Re: [PATCH 0/2] initial while_each_thread() fixes

From: William Dauchy
Date: Tue Dec 03 2013 - 15:29:05 EST


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Before this patch, I was testing this one
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/11/13/336
>
> perhaps this patch makes more sense for stable.

I guess we should consider it.

> But, to clarify just in case, it is not needed after this series.
>
>> which is fixing my oom issues.
>
> Yes, but it doesn't fix all problems even in mm/oom_kill.c, and
> we need to fix while_each_thread() anyway.
>
>> I applied the two patches on top of a 3.10.x and got some tasks
>> stalled after the first OOM:
>
> So you are saying that this was introduced by this series?

yes, without thse two patches I can't reproduce my issue.

> Could you retest with the recent kernel?

I'll see if I find time for it; will keep you up to date.

Thanks,

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William
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