Re: oom killer rewrite

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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:09:34AM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Hi
> 
> > KOSAKI,
> > 
> > I've been notified that my entire oom killer rewrite has been dropped from 
> > -mm based solely on your feedback.  The problem is that I have absolutely 
> > no idea what issues you have with the changes that haven't already been 
> > addressed (nobody else does, either, it seems).

I had exactly the same issues with the userland kernel API changes and
the pagefault OOM regression it introduced, which I told you months ago.
You ignored me, it seems.

> 
> That's simple. A regression and an incompatibility are absolutely
> unacceptable. They should be removed. Your patches have some funny parts,
> but, afaik, nobody said funny requirement itself is wrong. They only said
> your requirement don't have to cause any pain to other users.
> 
> Zero risk patches are always acceptable.

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