On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 03:06:46AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 04:05:59PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > On Wed 02-09-15 18:06:20, Greg KH wrote: > > > [...] > > > > And if we aren't taking patch 1/2, I guess this one isn't needed either? > > > > > > Unlike the patch1 which was pretty much cosmetic this fixes a real > > > issue. > > > > Ok, then it would be great to get this in a format that I can apply it > > in :) > > I see. Here is a minimal patch. > (Acked-by: from http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150827084443.GE14367@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ) > ---------------------------------------- > >From 118609fa25700af11791b1b7e8349f8973a9e7e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 02:58:12 +0900 > Subject: [PATCH] android, lmk: Send SIGKILL before setting TIF_MEMDIE. > > It was observed that setting TIF_MEMDIE before sending SIGKILL at > oom_kill_process() allows memory reserves to be depleted by allocations > which are not needed for terminating the OOM victim. > > This patch reverts commit 6bc2b856bb7c ("staging: android: lowmemorykiller: > set TIF_MEMDIE before send kill sig"), for oom_kill_process() was updated > to send SIGKILL before setting TIF_MEMDIE. > > Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c | 12 ++++-------- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) Please send this in a format that I can apply it in that doesn't require me to hand-edit the email :( thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
