linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [134/223] exec: make argv/envp memory visible to oom-killer

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Date:	Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:10:39 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [134/223] exec: make argv/envp memory visible to
 oom-killer

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:18:59PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 12/13, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >
> > 2.6.35-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> >
> > ------------------
> > From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> 
> Nack ;)
> 
> > With this patch get_arg_page() increments current's MM_ANONPAGES
> > counter every time we allocate the new page for argv/envp. When
> > do_execve() succeds or fails, we change this counter back.
> 
> This works starting from 2.6.36.

I replaced the patch. Thanks.
-Andi
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