linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, vmscan: do not loop on too_many

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 10:20:19 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:     hannes@...xchg.org, riel@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        mgorman@...e.de, vbabka@...e.cz, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, vmscan: do not loop on too_many_isolated for ever

On Sat 01-07-17 20:43:56, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> > It is really hard to pursue this half solution when there is no clear
> > indication it helps in your testing. So could you try to test with only
> > this patch on top of the current linux-next tree (or Linus tree) and see
> > if you can reproduce the problem?
> 
> With this patch on top of next-20170630, I no longer hit this problem.
> (Of course, this is because this patch eliminates the infinite loop.)

I assume you haven't seen other negative side effects, like unexpected
OOMs etc... Are you willing to give your Tested-by?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs