> > I think there are two bugs here. > > The raid1 bug that Torsten mentions is certainly real (and has been around > > for an embarrassingly long time). > > The bug that I identified in too_many_isolated is also a real bug and can be > > triggered without md/raid1 in the mix. > > So this is not a 'full fix' for every bug in the kernel :-), but it could > > well be a full fix for this particular bug. > > > > Can we just delete the too_many_isolated() logic? (Crappy comment > describes what the code does but not why it does it). if my remember is correct, we got bug report that LTP may makes misterious OOM killer invocation about 1-2 years ago. because, if too many parocess are in reclaim path, all of reclaimable pages can be isolated and last reclaimer found the system don't have any reclaimable pages and lead to invoke OOM killer. We have strong motivation to avoid false positive oom. then, some discusstion made this patch. if my remember is incorrect, I hope Wu or Rik fix me. -- 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>