linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: delete unused MMF_OOM

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Date:   Tue, 10 May 2022 15:08:45 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: delete unused MMF_OOM_VICTIM flag

On Mon 09-05-22 20:00:14, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> With the last usage of MMF_OOM_VICTIM in exit_mmap gone, this flag is
> now unused and can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>

LGTM
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

One question below
[...]
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/coredump.h b/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
> index 4d9e3a656875..746f6cb07a20 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
> @@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ static inline int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  #define MMF_UNSTABLE		22	/* mm is unstable for copy_from_user */
>  #define MMF_HUGE_ZERO_PAGE	23      /* mm has ever used the global huge zero page */
>  #define MMF_DISABLE_THP		24	/* disable THP for all VMAs */
> -#define MMF_OOM_VICTIM		25	/* mm is the oom victim */
>  #define MMF_OOM_REAP_QUEUED	26	/* mm was queued for oom_reaper */
>  #define MMF_MULTIPROCESS	27	/* mm is shared between processes */

Have you consider renumbering the follow up flags so that we do not have
holes in there. Nothing really important but it can confuse somebody in
the future.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs