linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] kmod: make __request

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Date:	Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:49 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	apw@...onical.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com, fhrbata@...hat.com,
	john.johansen@...onical.com, penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp,
	rientjes@...gle.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, tj@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] kmod: make __request_module() killable

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:49:14 +0100
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:

> As Tetsuo Handa pointed out, request_module() can stress the
> system while the oom-killed caller sleeps in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE.

Whine.

Solving this problem is the entire point of the entire patchset and you
told us almost nothing about it.  Please, provide a complete
description of the problem which is being solved, so we can understand
the value of the patchset?

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