> I'm afraid that a second time through the tasklist in select_bad_process() > is simply a non-starter for _any_ case; it significantly increases the > amount of time that tasklist_lock is held and causes problems elsewhere on > large systems -- such as some of ours -- since irqs are disabled while > waiting for the writeside of the lock. I think it would be better to use > a proportional privilege for root processes based on the amount of memory > they are using (discounting 1% of memory per 10% of memory used, as > proposed earlier, seems sane) so we can always protect root when necessary > and never iterate through the list again. > > Please look into the earlier review comments on the other patches, refresh > the series, and post it again. Thanks! Never mind. You never see to increase tasklist_lock. You never seen all processes have root privilege case. -- 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>