[PATCH] memcg: Do not hang on OOM when killed by userspace OOMaccess to memory reserves

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 08-01-14 11:33:19, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 07-01-14 16:25:03, Andrew Morton wrote:
> [...]
> > > OK, so can we at least agree on the patch posted here:
> > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/12/129. This is a real bug and definitely
> > > worth fixing.
> > 
> > Yes, can we please get Eric's bug fixed?  I don't believe that Eric has
> > tested either https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/12/129 or
> > http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-memcg-avoid-oom-notification-when-current-needs-access-to-memory-reserves.patch.
> > Is he the only person who can reproduce this?
> 
> I have gathered 3 patches from all the discussion and plan to post them
> today or tomorrow as the time permits. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/12/129
> will be a part of it.

OK, I've decided to post the oom notification parts later because they
will likely generate some discussion which might distract from the
actual fix so here it goes (can be applied on both mmotm and the current
Linus' tree):
---