linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs, seqfile: always allow oom killer

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Date:	Fri, 25 Sep 2015 06:13:35 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs, seqfile: always allow oom killer

On Fri, 2015-09-25 at 00:43 -0700, Greg Thelen wrote:
> Since commit 5cec38ac866b ("fs, seq_file: fallback to vmalloc instead of
> oom kill processes") seq_buf_alloc() avoids calling the oom killer for
> PAGE_SIZE or smaller allocations; but larger allocations can use the oom
> killer via vmalloc().  Thus reads of small files can return ENOMEM, but
> larger files use the oom killer to avoid ENOMEM.
> 
> Memory overcommit requires use of the oom killer to select a victim
> regardless of file size.
> 
> Enable oom killer for small seq_buf_alloc() allocations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks guys.


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