linux-kernel - Re: v3.4-rc2 out-of-memory problems (was Re: 3.4-rc1 sticks-and-crashs)

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Message-ID: <4F83923E.6010802@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:51:58 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	werner <w.landgraf@...ru>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@...ricsson.com>,
	Christian Bejram <christian.bejram@...ricsson.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, rientjes@...gle.com
Subject: Re: v3.4-rc2 out-of-memory problems (was Re: 3.4-rc1 sticks-and-crashs)

On 04/09/2012 09:52 PM, werner wrote:
> At least until now, and also tested hard by starting and stopping
> several memory-consuming operations, I'm happy to can inform that the
> computer didnt yet crash again, and that also slownessnesses what I
> observed under 3.3 (but without crashs) don't occur

That could be due to a few VM patches which I wrote, that
went in through -mm.

I am very interested in whether people do find a way to
break the VM with those patches, in ways that used to work
before.

If you find any, please let me know so I can fix them
before the 3.4 kernel comes out.

If everything you try works better than before, I'm not
going to complain about good news :)

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