Re: [PATCH 6/5] oom, oom_reaper: disable oom_reaper for

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Wed Feb 17 2016 - 05:42:08 EST


Michal Hocko wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> although this can be folded into patch 5
> (mm-oom_reaper-implement-oom-victims-queuing.patch) I think it would be
> better to have it separate and revert after we sort out the proper
> oom_kill_allocating_task behavior or handle exclusion at oom_reaper
> level.

What a rough workaround. sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task == 1 does not
always mean we must skip OOM reaper, for OOM-unkillable callers take
sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task == 0 path.

I've just posted a patchset which allows you to merge the OOM reaper
without correcting problems found in "[PATCH 3/5] oom: clear TIF_MEMDIE
after oom_reaper managed to unmap the address space" and "[PATCH 5/5]
mm, oom_reaper: implement OOM victims queuing".