linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm,oom: Exclude TIF_MEMDIE processes from candidates.

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:24:16 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	rientjes@...gle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mgorman@...e.de,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, oleg@...hat.com, hughd@...gle.com,
	andrea@...nel.org, riel@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm,oom: Exclude TIF_MEMDIE processes from candidates.

On Wed 13-01-16 19:15:58, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
[...]
> I like the OOM reaper approach. I said I don't like current patch because
> current patch ignores unlikely cases described below.

articulate your concerns regardning oom reaper in the email thread which
proposes it: e.g. here
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452094975-551-2-git-send-email-mhocko%40kernel.org

discussing it in an unrelated thread will not help future searching of
this topic.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs