Re: [PATCH] mm, meminit: Serially initialise deferred memory if trace_buf_size is specified

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Nov 15 2017 - 09:28:28 EST


On Wed 15-11-17 14:13:29, Mel Gorman wrote:
[...]
> I doubt anyone well. Even the original reporter appeared to pick that
> particular value just to trigger the OOM.

Then why do we care at all? The trace buffer size can be configured from
the userspace if it is not sufficiently large IIRC.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs