linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/19 v2.1] avr32/mm/fault.c: Port OOM changes to do_page

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Message-ID: <CAFPAmTT4tHkLM1ig8GRM4O8vMmXPO2o4cCE=2abqd0e+B+CkTQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:27:03 +0530
From:	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
To:	Håvard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com>
Cc:	Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@...fundet.no>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Mohd. Faris" <mohdfarisq2010@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/19 v2.1] avr32/mm/fault.c: Port OOM changes to do_page_fault

hi,

When can I see this patch in linux-next ?

Thanks,
Kautuk.

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Håvard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com> wrote:
>> Commit d065bd810b6deb67d4897a14bfe21f8eb526ba99
>> (mm: retry page fault when blocking on disk transfer) and
>> commit 37b23e0525d393d48a7d59f870b3bc061a30ccdb
>> (x86,mm: make pagefault killable)
>>
>> The above commits introduced changes into the x86 pagefault handler
>> for making the page fault handler retryable as well as killable.
>>
>> These changes reduce the mmap_sem hold time, which is crucial
>> during OOM killer invocation.
>>
>> Port these changes to AVR32.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mohd. Faris <mohdfarisq2010@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
>
> Acked-by: Havard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com>
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