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Message-Id: <201807040226.w642Qk6k001082@www262.sakura.ne.jp>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:26:46 +0900
From: penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch v3] mm, oom: fix unnecessary killing of additional processes
David Rientjes wrote:
> Ping?
>
> This can be something that can easily be removed if it becomes obsoleted
> because the oom reaper is always able to free memory to the extent of
> exit_mmap(). I argue that it cannot, because it cannot do free_pgtables()
> for large amounts of virtual memory, but am fine to be proved wrong.
This is "[PATCH 3/8] mm,oom: Fix unnecessary killing of additional processes." in my series.
>
> In the meantime, however, this patch should introduce no significant
> change in functionality and the only interface it is added is in debugfs
> and can easily be removed if it is obsoleted.
>
> The work to make the oom reaper more effective or realible can still
> continue with this patch.
>
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