linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v4 1/2] freezer: check OOM kill while being frozen

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Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:04:48 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch v4 1/2] freezer: check OOM kill while being frozen

On Thu 11-09-14 16:17:56, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
[...]
> And I'm still wondering if the OOM killer may be made avoid killing frozen
> tasks.

This is really tricky. OOM killer aims at the biggest memory hog. We
shouldn't ignore it just because it hides into the fridge... So even
if we "fix" oom killer to ignore frozen tasks (which is inherently
racy btw.) then we have a potential problem of freezer abuse (e.g. in
container environments). So I strongly believe that the OOM killer has
to be able to kill a frozen tasks.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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