On 04/26/2014 06:10 AM, Chris Wilson wrote: >>> > > Thanks for the pointer to >>> > > register_oom_notifier(), I can use that to make sure that we do purge >>> > > everything from the GPU, and do a sanity check at the same time, before >>> > > we start killing processes. >> > >> > Actually, that one doesn't get called until we're *SURE* we are going to >> > OOM. Any action taken in there won't be taken in to account. > blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed); > if (freed > 0) > /* Got some memory back in the last second. */ > return; > > That looks like it should abort the oom and so repeat the allocation > attempt? Or is that too hopeful? You're correct. I was reading the code utterly wrong. -- 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>