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Date:	Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:30:01 +0400
From:	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
	San Mehat <san@...gle.com>, Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] staging: android/lowmemorykiller: Do not kill kernel
 threads

LMK should not try killing kernel threads.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c
index 6e800d3..ae38c39 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ static int lowmem_shrink(struct shrinker *s, struct shrink_control *sc)
 		struct task_struct *p;
 		int oom_adj;
 
+		if (tsk->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
+			continue;
+
 		p = find_lock_task_mm(tsk);
 		if (!p)
 			continue;
-- 
1.7.7.6
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