linux-kernel - Re: OOM-Killer kills too much with 2.6.32.2

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:12:24 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	Roman Jarosz <kedgedev@...il.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	A Rojas <nqn1976list@...il.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	"A. Boulan" <arnaud.boulan@...ertysurf.fr>, michael@...nelt.co.at,
	jcnengel@...glemail.com, rientjes@...gle.com, earny@...4u.de,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: OOM-Killer kills too much with 2.6.32.2

Hi Linus,

Linus Torvalds kirjoitti:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>> Yes, we're very late in 2.6.33 cycle. Chris/Jesse, please apply
>> Motohiro-san's patch or revert the commit.
> 
> I assume you're talking about reverting commit 07f73f691 ("drm/i915: 
> Improve behaviour under memory pressure").

Yup.

> Motohiro-san's patch didn't have a sign-off or a commit message. I guess I 
> could cobble some commit message together from the thread, but it would be 
> good if somebody involved with the code were to do so. Please?

I wasn't involved with the actual patch so I'll just let Motohiro-san, 
Chris, or Jesse handle that.

			Pekka
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