linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] oom-kill: add lowmem usage aware oom kill handling

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:44:19 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>, rientjes@...gle.com,
	minchan.kim@...il.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] oom-kill: add lowmem usage aware oom kill handling

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:16:06 -0800
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:15:03 +0900
> KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 
> > -unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
> > +unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime,
> > +			int constraint)
> 
> And badness() should be renamed to something better (eg, oom_badness), and
> the declaration should be placed in a mm-specific header file.
> 
> Yes, the code was already like that.  But please don't leave crappiness in
> place when you come across it - take the opportunity to fix it up.
> 
Sure. I'll write v4.

-Kame

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