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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2 (repost)] mm: serialize OOM kill operations
Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> wrote:
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> Adding a 'oom_notify' bitfield after the existing 'dumpable'
> bitfield in mm_struct would save that slot:
>
> unsigned dumpable:2;
> unsigned oom_notify:1;

Note that these will occupy the same machine word. So they'll need
locking. (Good luck trying to demonstrate the race though!)

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