On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Kamezawa Hiroyuki wrote: > fatal_signal_pending() == false if test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE)==false ? > Yeah, the only thing that sets TIF_MEMDIE is the oom killer and it immediately SIGKILLs it afterwards. Aside: I've been thinking of adding a check to the page allocator for !(gfp & __GFP_FS) && !(gfp & __GFP_NORETRY) to set TIF_MEMDIE for current if it has a fatal signal since such an allocation isn't eligible for calling into the oom killer. -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>