On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:26 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > > most architectures are relying on mmap_sem for write in their > arch_setup_additional_pages. If the waiting task gets killed by the oom > killer it would block oom_reaper from asynchronous address space reclaim > and reduce the chances of timely OOM resolving. Wait for the lock in > the killable mode and return with EINTR if the task got killed while > waiting. Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> # for the x86 vdso -- 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>