On Thu 14-01-16 13:51:16, David Rientjes wrote: > I think it's time to kill sysrq+F and I'll send those two patches > unless there is a usecase I'm not aware of. I have described one in the part you haven't quoted here. Let me repeat: : Your system might be trashing to the point you are not able to log in : and resolve the situation in a reasonable time yet you are still not : OOM. sysrq+f is your only choice then. Could you clarify why it is better to ditch a potentially usefull emergency tool rather than to make it work reliably and predictably? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>