Re: [PATCH] oom: skip frozen tasks

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 26-08-11 14:03:17, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Michal Hocko wrote:
> 
> >@@ -450,6 +459,10 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> >  			pr_err("Kill process %d (%s) sharing same memory\n",
> >  				task_pid_nr(q), q->comm);
> >  			task_unlock(q);
> >+
> >+			if (frozen(q))
> >+				thaw_process(q);
> >+
> 
> We must thaw task strictly after sending SIGKILL.

Sounds reasonable.

> But anyway I think this is a bad idea.

Why?

> 
> >  			force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
> >  		}
> >

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
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190 00 Praha 9    
Czech Republic
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