Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Dec 2014 08:59:40 -0500 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -v2 2/5] OOM: thaw the OOM victim if it is frozen |
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On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 11:45:39AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: .... > void mark_tsk_oom_victim(struct task_struct *tsk) > { > set_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_MEMDIE); > + __thaw_task(tsk);
Yeah, this is a lot better. Maybe we can add a comment at least pointing readers to where to look at to understand what's going on? This stems from the fact that OOM killer which essentially is a memory reclaim operation overrides freezing. It'd be nice if that is documented somehow.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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