This patchset fixes a couple of issues with the oom killer, namely tasklist_lock locking requirements and sending SIGKILLs to already exiting tasks. It also cleans up a couple functions, __oom_kill_task() and oom_badness(). This patchset is based on mmotm-2010-03-24-14-48. Many thanks to Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> for interest in this work. --- fs/proc/base.c | 5 +--- include/linux/oom.h | 2 +- mm/oom_kill.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) -- 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>