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

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Message-ID: <20131202141203.GA31402@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Dec 2013 15:12:03 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Cc:	William Dauchy <wdauchy@...il.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	"Ma, Xindong" <xindong.ma@...el.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"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

On 11/28, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> On 11/28, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >
> > They are both trying to solve the same issue. Neither of them is
> > optimal unfortunately.
>
> yes, but this one doesn't look right.
>
> > Oleg said he would look into this and I have seen
> > some patches but didn't geto check them.
>
> Only preparations so far.

OK, I am going to send the initial fixes today. This means (I hope)
that we do not need this or Sameer's "[PATCH] mm, oom: Fix race when
selecting process to kill".

Oleg.

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