Re: + freezer-check-oom-kill-while-being-frozen.patch added to -mm tree

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Thu Oct 16 2014 - 16:43:15 EST


> Fix the issue by checking for TIF_MEMDIE thread flag and get away from the
> fridge if it is set. oom_scan_process_thread doesn't have to check for
> the frozen task anymore because do_send_sig_info will wake up the thread
> and TIF_MEMDIE is already set by that time.

I must have missed something... but __refrigerator() sleeps in
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and do_send_sig_info() won't wake it up?

Oleg.

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