linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm,oom: Use timeout based back off.

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Message-ID: <20181025071140.GK18839@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:11:40 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, guro@...com,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        yang.s@...baba-inc.com,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm,oom: Use timeout based back off.

On Wed 24-10-18 15:54:54, Andrew Morton wrote:
[...]
> There has been a lot of heat and noise and confusion and handwaving in
> all of this.  What we're crying out for is simple testcases which
> everyone can run.  Find a problem, write the testcase, distribute that.
> Develop a solution for that testcase then move on to the next one.

Agreed! It is important for these test to represent some reasonable
workloads though.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs