linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/oom_kill.c: don't kill TASK

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Date:	Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:44:51 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Kyle Walker <kwalker@...hat.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rientjes@...gle.com, hannes@...xchg.org,
	vdavydov@...allels.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	Stanislav Kozina <skozina@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/oom_kill.c: don't kill TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks

On 09/19, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
> This has been posted in various forms many times over past years. I
> still do not think this is a right approach of dealing with the problem.

Agreed. But still I think it makes sense to try to kill another task
if the victim refuse to die. Yes, the details are not clear to me.

Oleg.

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