Re: [patch 01/18] oom: check PF_KTHREAD instead of !mm to skip kthreads

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* David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> [2010-06-06 15:34:00]:

> From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> select_bad_process() thinks a kernel thread can't have ->mm != NULL, this
> is not true due to use_mm().
> 
> Change the code to check PF_KTHREAD.
>

Quick check are all kernel threads marked with PF_KTHREAD? daemonize()
marks threads as kernel threads and I suppose children of init_task
inherit the flag on fork. I suppose both should cover all kernel
threads, but just checking to see if we missed anything.
 
> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
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	Three Cheers,
	Balbir

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