Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:46:41 -0700 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [patch] oom: thaw threads if oom killed thread is frozen before deferring |
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Hello,
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 09:41:25AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > With pending freezer changes, allowing TIF_MEMDIE tasks to exit > > freezer by modifying freezing() shouldn't be difficult, which should > > be race-free and much simpler than diddling with thaw_task(). > > Will the rework help with the initial problem of unkillable OOM selected > frozen tasks or it will just help with other races that might be present > with the patch? In other words will this work deprecate the 2 patches > sent earlier in this thread?
I think it shouldn't be difficult to allow OOM-killing frozen tasks. That should be good enough, right?
> > How urgent is this? Can we wait for the next merge window? > > Yes, I think we can wait some more.
I'm still processing rather large backlog. I'll ping you back once I sort out the pending freezer changes.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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