On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:25:22 -0800 (PST) David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Nick Piggin wrote: > > > > I'll add this check to __alloc_pages_may_oom() for the !(gfp_mask & > > > __GFP_NOFAIL) path since we're all content with endlessly looping. > > > > Thanks. Yes endlessly looping is far preferable to randomly oopsing > > or corrupting memory. > > > > Here's the new patch for your consideration. > Then, can we take kdump in this endlessly looping situaton ? panic_on_oom=always + kdump can do that. Thanks, -Kame -- 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>