linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] memcg: oom: fix totalpages calculation for memory.swappiness==0

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]

Date:	Wed, 7 Nov 2012 14:53:40 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] memcg: oom: fix totalpages calculation for
 memory.swappiness==0

On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 23:46:40 +0100
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> wrote:

> > Realistically, is anyone likely to hurt from this?
> 
> The primary motivation for the fix was a real report by a customer.

Describe it please and I'll copy it to the changelog.

So that Greg can understand why we sent this at him and so that others
who hit the same problem (or any other problem!) will be able to
determine whether this patch might solve it.
--
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/