linux-kernel - Re: better oopsing when frozen

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:23:43 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: better oopsing when frozen

Am Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2011, 11:21:21 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
> > mm...  The patch as proposed is very simple, direct, explicit.  I
> > suspect that trying to embed this operation within some other one would
> > end up producing a less clear result.  Sometimes we do exceptional and
> > weird things, and leaving the code exceptional and weird-looking is
> > better than hiding it in some framework, if you follow what I mean.
> 
> My point is that instead of using the oom_killer_disabled variable in
> page_alloc.c, we could use a oom_killer_disabled() function returning
> the value of the new tasks_are_frozen variable.  Then,
> oom_killer_disable/enable() won't be necessary any more.

Well, if we do this, it'll be a separate change. Not that I disagree. 

	Regards
		Oliver
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