Currently oom_killer_disabled is only used in __alloc_pages_slowpath, For page fault oom case it is not considered. One use case is virtio balloon driver, when memory pressure is high, virtio ballooning will cause oom killing due to such as page fault oom. Thus add oom_killer_disabled checking in pagefault_out_of_memory. Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/oom_kill.c 2011-04-26 11:32:21.446452686 +0800 +++ linux-2.6/mm/oom_kill.c 2011-04-26 11:33:05.426452586 +0800 @@ -747,6 +747,9 @@ out: */ void pagefault_out_of_memory(void) { + if (oom_killer_disabled) + return; + if (try_set_system_oom()) { out_of_memory(NULL, 0, 0, NULL); clear_system_oom(); -- 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>