Re: [PATCH] mm, oom: remove sleep from under oom_lock

[David Rientjes]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018, David Rientjes wrote:

> I think it's better, thanks.  However, does it address the question about 
> why __oom_reap_task_mm() needs oom_lock protection?  Perhaps it would be 
> helpful to mention synchronization between reaping triggered from 
> oom_reaper and by exit_mmap().
> 

Actually, can't we remove the need to take oom_lock in exit_mmap() if 
__oom_reap_task_mm() can do a test and set on MMF_UNSTABLE and, if already 
set, bail out immediately?