Michal Hocko wrote: > On Sat 06-06-15 15:51:35, Tetsuo Handa wrote: > > For me, !__GFP_FS allocations not calling out_of_memory() _forever_ is a > > violation of the user policy. > > Yes, the current behavior of GFP_NOFS is highly suboptimal, but this has > _nothing_ what so ever to do with this patch and panic_on_oom handling. > The former one is the page allocator proper while we are in the OOM > killer layer here. > > This is not the first time you have done that. Please stop it. It makes > a complete mess of the original discussions. My specific area of expertise in Linux kernel is security/tomoyo/ directory. What I could contribute with other areas is to pay attention to potential possibilities. But I'm such outsider about other areas that I can't differentiate the page allocator proper from the OOM killer layer. Excuse me for focusing on the wrong issue, but I will likely unconsciously make the same mistake again. Please ignore or point out when I made mistakes. -- 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>