Re: Re: Re: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm, oom: fix potential data corruption when oom_reaper races with writer

[Michal Hocko]

On Tue 15-08-17 21:58:29, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
[...]
> If I apply this patch, I can no longer reproduce this problem even with btrfs.
> 
> -+ * and could cause a memory corruption (zero pages instead of the
> -+ * original content).
> ++ * and could cause a memory corruption (random content instead of the
> ++ * original content).

If anything then I would word it this way

and could cause a memory corruption (zero pages for refaults but even a
random content has been observed but never explained properly)

> Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs