Re: [PATCH] mm, proc: make clear_refs killable

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 02/29, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
> --- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> @@ -1027,11 +1027,15 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>  		};
>
>  		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_MM_HIWATER_RSS) {
> +			if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
> +				count = -EINTR;
> +				goto out_mm;
> +			}
> +

We do not even need to change count, userspace won't see it anyway. But I agree
it look more clean this way.

I believe the patch is fine.

Oleg.