Hello, I wonder if there is a specific reason why the OOM killer hasn't been enabled in the mem_cgroup_do_precharge() function in mm/memcontrol.c ? In my testing (2.6.32 kernel with some backported cgroups patches), it improves the case when there isn't room for the task in the target cgroup. Signed-off-by: Viktor Rosendahl <viktor.rosendahl@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index ebd1e86..9a38b80 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -5176,7 +5176,7 @@ one_by_one: batch_count = PRECHARGE_COUNT_AT_ONCE; cond_resched(); } - ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, 1, &mem, false); + ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, 1, &mem, true); if (ret || !mem) /* mem_cgroup_clear_mc() will do uncharge later */ return -ENOMEM; -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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>