Re: [patch 02/12] mm: oom_kill: clean up victim marking and exiting interfaces

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On Wed, 25 Mar 2015, Johannes Weiner wrote:

> Rename unmark_oom_victim() to exit_oom_victim().  Marking and
> unmarking are related in functionality, but the interface is not
> symmetrical at all: one is an internal OOM killer function used during
> the killing, the other is for an OOM victim to signal its own death on
> exit later on.  This has locking implications, see follow-up changes.
> 
> While at it, rename mark_tsk_oom_victim() to mark_oom_victim(), which
> is easier on the eye.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

I like exit_oom_victim() better since it follows the format of other 
do_exit() functions.
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