linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/3 for 2.6.38] oom: fixes

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:04:19 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/3 for 2.6.38] oom: fixes

On 03/13, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> The _trivial_ exploit (distinct from this one) can kill the system.
> ...
> I'll return to this tomorrow.

I am going to give up, I do not understand the changes in -mm ;)

But I think we have other problems which should be fixed first.
Note that each fix has the "this is _not_ enough" comment. I was
going to _try_ to do something more complete later, but since we
are going to add more hacks^W subtle changes... lets fix the obvious
bugs first.

Add Linus. Hopefully the changes are simple enough. But once again,
we need more.

Oleg.

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