The patch titled select_bad_process(): cleanup 'releasing' check has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is select_bad_process-cleanup-releasing-check.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: select_bad_process(): cleanup 'releasing' check From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> No logic changes, but imho easier to read. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/oom_kill.c~select_bad_process-cleanup-releasing-check mm/oom_kill.c --- a/mm/oom_kill.c~select_bad_process-cleanup-releasing-check +++ a/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_pr do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime); do_each_thread(g, p) { unsigned long points; - int releasing; /* * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released @@ -227,16 +226,15 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_pr * the process of exiting and releasing its resources. * Otherwise we could get an OOM deadlock. */ - releasing = test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE) || - p->flags & PF_EXITING; - if (releasing) { - if (p->flags & PF_EXITING && p == current) { - chosen = p; - *ppoints = ULONG_MAX; - break; - } - return ERR_PTR(-1UL); + if ((p->flags & PF_EXITING) && p == current) { + chosen = p; + *ppoints = ULONG_MAX; + break; } + if ((p->flags & PF_EXITING) || + test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE)) + return ERR_PTR(-1UL); + if (p->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE) continue; @@ -246,6 +244,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_pr *ppoints = points; } } while_each_thread(g, p); + return chosen; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are pid-implement-transfer_pid-and-use-it-to-simplify-de_thread.patch pid-remove-temporary-debug-code-in-attach_pid.patch rtmutex-clean-up-and-remove-some-extra-spinlocks.patch rtmutex-clean-up-and-remove-some-extra-spinlocks-more.patch elf_core_dump-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch elf_fdpic_core_dump-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch has_stopped_jobs-cleanup.patch __dequeue_signal-cleanup.patch do_sched_setscheduler-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch introduce-is_rt_policy-helper.patch sched_setscheduler-fix-policy-checks.patch reparent_to_init-use-has_rt_policy.patch copy_process-cosmetic-ioprio-tweak.patch futex_find_get_task-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch sys_get_robust_list-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch set-exit_dead-state-in-do_exit-not-in-schedule.patch kill-pf_dead-flag.patch introduce-task_dead-state.patch select_bad_process-kill-a-bogus-pf_dead-task_dead-check.patch select_bad_process-cleanup-releasing-check.patch simplify-pid-iterators.patch pidhash-temporary-debug-checks.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html