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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1607141504110.72383@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:04:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
cc:	mpatocka@...hat.com, mhocko@...nel.org, okozina@...hat.com,
	jmarchan@...hat.com, skozina@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: System freezes after OOM

On Fri, 15 Jul 2016, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> Whether the OOM reaper will free some memory no longer matters. Instead,
> whether the OOM reaper will let the OOM killer select next OOM victim matters.
> 
> Are you aware that the OOM reaper will let the OOM killer select next OOM
> victim (currently by clearing TIF_MEMDIE)? Clearing TIF_MEMDIE in 4.6 occurred
> only when OOM reaping succeeded. But we are going to change the OOM reaper
> always clear TIF_MEMDIE in 4.8 (or presumably change the OOM killer not to
> depend on TIF_MEMDIE) so that the OOM reaper guarantees that the OOM killer
> always selects next OOM victim.
> 

That's cute, I'll have to look into those patches.

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