A parent may wait a memory and zombie will prevent killing another task. Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index 7dcca55..2fc554e 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints, * blocked waiting for another task which itself is waiting * for memory. Is there a better alternative? */ - if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE)) + if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE) && p->mm) return ERR_PTR(-1UL); /* -- 1.7.1 -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>