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SubjectRe: [PATCH] support for panic at OOM
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> This patch adds a feature to panic at OOM, oom_die.

Makes sense I guess.

> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2.orig/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extern int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *tabl
> extern int C_A_D;
> extern int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
> extern int sysctl_overcommit_ratio;
> +extern int sysctl_oom_die;
> extern int max_threads;
> extern int sysrq_enabled;
> extern int core_uses_pid;

One day we should create a header file for all these.

> @@ -718,6 +719,14 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
> .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
> },
> {
> + .ctl_name = VM_OOM_DIE,
> + .procname = "oom_die",

I'd suggest it be called "panic_on_oom". Like the current panic_on_oops.

> +int sysctl_oom_die = 0;

The initialisation is unneeded.

> +static void oom_die(void)
> +{
> + panic("Panic: out of memory: oom_die is selected.");
> +}
> +
> /**
> * oom_kill - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
> *
> @@ -331,6 +337,8 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zone
>
> case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
> retry:
> + if (sysctl_oom_die)
> + oom_die();

I don't think we need a separate function for this?

Please document the new sysctl in Documentation/sysctl/.
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