linux-kernel - Re: Unending loop in __alloc_pages_slowpath following OOM-kill; rfc: patch.

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Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 13:16:59 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Barry <abarry@...y.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Unending loop in __alloc_pages_slowpath following OOM-kill; rfc:
 patch.

On 05/20/2011 12:49 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:

> From: Andrew Barry<abarry@...y.com>
>
> I believe I found a problem in __alloc_pages_slowpath, which allows a process to
> get stuck endlessly looping, even when lots of memory is available.

> Signed-off-by: Andrew Barry<abarry@...y.com>
> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim<minchan.kim@...il.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman<mgorman@...e.de>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel<riel@...hat.com>

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