linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 0/7] cgroup-aware OOM killer

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Message-ID: <20180716220918.GA3898@castle.DHCP.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:09:21 -0700
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
CC:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, <linux-mm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 0/7] cgroup-aware OOM killer

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 06:13:47AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> No response from Roman and David...
> 
> Andrew, will you once drop Roman's cgroup-aware OOM killer and David's patches?
> Roman's series has a bug which I mentioned and which can be avoided by my patch.
> David's patch is using MMF_UNSTABLE incorrectly such that it might start selecting
> next OOM victim without trying to reclaim any memory.
> 
> Since they are not responding to my mail, I suggest once dropping from linux-next.

I was in cc, and didn't thought that you're expecting something from me.

I don't get, why it's necessary to drop the cgroup oom killer to merge your fix?
I'm happy to help with rebasing and everything else.

Thanks,
Roman