linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix race between oom kill and task exit

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:41:40 +0100
From:	William Dauchy <wdauchy@...il.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	"Ma, Xindong" <xindong.ma@...el.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"mhocko@...e.cz" <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"rientjes@...gle.com" <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	"rusty@...tcorp.com.au" <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Tu, Xiaobing" <xiaobing.tu@...el.com>, azurIt <azurit@...ox.sk>,
	Sameer Nanda <snanda@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix race between oom kill and task exit

Hi Johannes,

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:
> Cc William and azur who might have encountered this problem.

Thank you for letting me know.
Note that before this patch I saw the one from Sameer Nanda
mm, oom: Fix race when selecting process to kill
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/11/13/336

After applying this later one, I still have the issue I sent you (oom
killing a task outside cgroup i.e Task in / killed as a result of
limit of /lxc/foo) *but* I don't have a crash any more. So I was in
the process of reapplying your debug patch to send you a new report.

However, I'm now wondering if this present patch is a replacement of
Sameer Nanda's patch or if this a complementary patch.

Thanks,
-- 
William
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