linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] oom: create a resource limit for oom

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1011141341360.22262@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:42:34 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
cc:	7eggert@....de, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gspencer@...omium.org, piman@...omium.org, wad@...omium.org,
	olofj@...omium.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oom: create a resource limit for oom_adj

On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:

> I've sent revert patch to linus. We DON'T want to break any userland seriously. 
> So, we reconsider about this area. personally I hope to reintroduce oom_score_adj
> later, but It must don't break current userland.
> 

Nobody is going to stall their development waiting for your patches to be 
merged (especially when you've proposed them four times before and they 
haven't been), so patches in this area should be against Linus' latest 
tree.
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