On 02/10/2010 11:32 AM, David Rientjes wrote:
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1914,6 +1914,9 @@ rebalance: * running out of options and have to consider going OOM */ if (!did_some_progress) { + /* The oom killer won't necessarily free lowmem */ + if (high_zoneidx< ZONE_NORMAL) + goto nopage; if ((gfp_mask& __GFP_FS)&& !(gfp_mask& __GFP_NORETRY)) { if (oom_killer_disabled) goto nopage;
Are there architectures that only have one memory zone? s390 or one of the other virtualized-only architectures perhaps? -- All rights reversed. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>