Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] oom_kill: add rcu_read_lock() intofind_lock_task_mm()

[David Rientjes]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> find_lock_task_mm() expects it is called under rcu or tasklist lock,
> but it seems that at least oom_unkillable_task()->task_in_mem_cgroup()
> and mem_cgroup_out_of_memory()->oom_badness() can call it lockless.
> 
> Perhaps we could fix the callers, but this patch simply adds rcu lock
> into find_lock_task_mm(). This also allows to simplify a bit one of its
> callers, oom_kill_process().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
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