Tetsuo Handa wrote: > If such a delay is theoretically impossible, I'm OK with your patch. > Oops, I forgot to mention that task_unlock(p) should be called before put_task_struct(p), in case p->usage == 1 at put_task_struct(p). * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly */ - if (task_will_free_mem(p)) { + task_lock(p); + if (p->mm && task_will_free_mem(p)) { set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE); put_task_struct(p); + task_unlock(p); return; } + task_unlock(p); if (__ratelimit(&oom_rs)) dump_header(p, gfp_mask, order, memcg, nodemask); -- 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>