From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:51:14 +0100 > It could happen that all !SOCK_MEMALLOC sockets have buffered so > much data that we're over the global rmem limit. This will prevent > SOCK_MEMALLOC buffers from receiving data, which will prevent userspace > from running, which is needed to reduce the buffered data. > > Fix this by exempting the SOCK_MEMALLOC sockets from the rmem limit. > Once this change it applied, it is important that sockets that set > SOCK_MEMALLOC do not clear the flag until the socket is being torn down. > If this happens, a warning is generated and the tokens reclaimed to > avoid accounting errors until the bug is fixed. > > [davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: Warning about clearing SOCK_MEMALLOC] > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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>