[PATCH 0/1] select_bad_process: improve the PF_EXITING check

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On 03/10, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> It is not tested. I do not pretend I really understand oom-killer in
> all details (although oom_kill.c itself is quite trivial).
>
> The patch assumes that
>
> 	oom-prevent-unnecessary-oom-kills-or-kernel-panics.patch
> 	oom-skip-zombies-when-iterating-tasklist.patch
>
> are dropped.
>
> I think, this patch __might__ address the problems described in the
> changelog, but of course I am not sure.
>
> I am relying on your and Kosaki's review, if you disagree with this
> change I won't argue.

And another uncompiled/untested/needs_review patch which might help.

Nobody ever argued, the current PF_EXITING check is not very good.
I do not know how much it is useful, but we can at least improve it.

Oleg.

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