On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:24:28 -0800 (PST) David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If a thread is chosen for oom kill and is already PF_EXITING, then the > oom killer simply sets TIF_MEMDIE and returns. This allows the thread to > have access to memory reserves so that it may quickly exit. This logic > is preceeded with a comment saying there's no need to alarm the sysadmin. > This patch adds truth to that statement. > > There's no need to emit any warning about the oom condition if the thread > is already exiting since it will not be killed. In this condition, just > silently return the oom killer since its only giving access to memory > reserves and is otherwise a no-op. > > Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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>