linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] oom-kill: add lowmem usage aware oom kill handling

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Date:	Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:41:39 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	rientjes@...gle.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] oom-kill: add lowmem usage aware oom kill handling

2010/1/23 KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>:
>> <snip>
>>> @@ -475,7 +511,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem
>>>
>>>      read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
>>>  retry:
>>> -    p = select_bad_process(&points, mem);
>>> +    p = select_bad_process(&points, mem, CONSTRAINT_NONE);
>>
>> Why do you fix this with only CONSTRAINT_NONE?
>> I think we can know CONSTRAINT_LOWMEM with gfp_mask in here.
>>
> memcg is just for accounting anon/file pages. Then, it's never
> cause lowmem oom problem (any memory is ok for memcg).

Okay. Thanks for the explanation.
-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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