Re: [PATCH] use oom_killer_disabled in all oom pathes

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:57 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro
> <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> oom_killer_disable should be a global switch, also fit for oom paths
> >> other than __alloc_pages_slowpath
> >>
> >> Here add it to mem_cgroup_handle_oom and pagefault_out_of_memory as well.
> >
> > Can you please explain more? Why should? Now oom_killer_disabled is used
> > only hibernation path. so, Why pagefault and memcg allocation will be happen?
> 
> Indeed I'm using it in virtio balloon test, oom killer triggered when
> memory pressure is high.
> 
> literally oom_killer_disabled scope should be global, isn't it?

ok. virtio baloon seems fair usage. if you add new usage of oom_killer_disabled 
into the patch description, I'll ack this one.

thanks.


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