linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] oom, memcg: handle sysctl oom_kill_allocating

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <507D39E5.5010301@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:41:41 +0800
From:	Sha Zhengju <handai.szj@...il.com>
To:	Ni zhan Chen <nizhan.chen@...il.com>
CC:	linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mhocko@...e.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sha Zhengju <handai.szj@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oom, memcg: handle sysctl oom_kill_allocating_task while
 memcg oom happening

On 10/16/2012 06:20 PM, Ni zhan Chen wrote:
> On 10/16/2012 06:12 PM, Sha Zhengju wrote:
>> From: Sha Zhengju <handai.szj@...bao.com>
>>
>> Sysctl oom_kill_allocating_task enables or disables killing the 
>> OOM-triggering
>> task in out-of-memory situations, but it only works on overall 
>> system-wide oom.
>> But it's also a useful indication in memcg so we take it into 
>> consideration
>> while oom happening in memcg. Other sysctl such as panic_on_oom has 
>> already
>> been memcg-ware.
>
> Is it the resend one or new version, could you add changelog if it is 
> the last case?

Sorry, forget to mention that this patch is an updated one rebased on 
mhocko mm tree, since-3.6 branch.
The first one is on old kernel, please ignore it. :-)


Thanks,
Sha

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/