On Tue 14-07-15 14:58:55, David Rientjes wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > Shrinkers are there to reclaim and prevent from OOM. This API is a gray > > zone. It looks generic method for the notification yet it allows to > > prevent from oom killer. I can imagine somebody might abuse this > > interface to implement OOM killer policies. > > > > Anyway, I think it would be preferable to kill it altogether rather than > > play with its placing. It will always be a questionable API. > > > > Agreed. In such a case it would be still good to fix the bug fixed by this patch. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- 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>