Re: [PATCH] mm: nommu: set MMF_OOM_SKIP in exit_mmap()

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 14-10-26 21:58:52, Alexis Bouzigues wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 09:50:30AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > Set MMF_OOM_SKIP in the NOMMU exit_mmap() once the VMAs are freed, as
> > > the MMU version does.
> > Is this a real problem that you can actually hit?
> 
> Yes, without this change the oom killer can fail to make progress to
> resolve a global oom.

Are you really looking into the code or just relying on an LLM?
Go and check to learn that the oom reaper is only compiled in with
CONFIG_MMU=y

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs