Re: [PATCH] mm: Mark the OOM reaper thread as freezable

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sun Sep 19 2021 - 18:41:39 EST

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On Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:39:20 -0700 Sultan Alsawaf <sultan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The OOM reaper thread uses wait_event_freezable() without actually being
> marked as freezable. Fix it by adding a set_freezable() call.

Oh.

What are the runtime effects of this defect?

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