Hello, On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 09:41:25AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > With pending freezer changes, allowing TIF_MEMDIE tasks to exit > > freezer by modifying freezing() shouldn't be difficult, which should > > be race-free and much simpler than diddling with thaw_task(). > > Will the rework help with the initial problem of unkillable OOM selected > frozen tasks or it will just help with other races that might be present > with the patch? In other words will this work deprecate the 2 patches > sent earlier in this thread? I think it shouldn't be difficult to allow OOM-killing frozen tasks. That should be good enough, right? > > How urgent is this? Can we wait for the next merge window? > > Yes, I think we can wait some more. I'm still processing rather large backlog. I'll ping you back once I sort out the pending freezer changes. Thanks. -- tejun -- 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>