linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] use oom_killer

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Message-Id: <20110426115902.F374.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:57:13 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use oom_killer_disabled in all oom pathes

> oom_killer_disable should be a global switch, also fit for oom paths
> other than __alloc_pages_slowpath 
> 
> Here add it to mem_cgroup_handle_oom and pagefault_out_of_memory as well.

Can you please explain more? Why should? Now oom_killer_disabled is used
only hibernation path. so, Why pagefault and memcg allocation will be happen?




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