David Rientjes wrote: > Ping? > > This can be something that can easily be removed if it becomes obsoleted > because the oom reaper is always able to free memory to the extent of > exit_mmap(). I argue that it cannot, because it cannot do free_pgtables() > for large amounts of virtual memory, but am fine to be proved wrong. This is "[PATCH 3/8] mm,oom: Fix unnecessary killing of additional processes." in my series. > > In the meantime, however, this patch should introduce no significant > change in functionality and the only interface it is added is in debugfs > and can easily be removed if it is obsoleted. > > The work to make the oom reaper more effective or realible can still > continue with this patch. >
