Messages in this thread | | | From | KOSAKI Motohiro <> | Subject | Re: [patch v2] oom: dump stack and VM state when oom killer panics | Date | Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:02:19 +0900 (JST) |
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> The oom killer header, including information such as the allocation order > and gfp mask, current's cpuset and memory controller, call trace, and VM > state information is currently only shown when the oom killer has > selected a task to kill. > > This information is omitted, however, when the oom killer panics either > because of panic_on_oom sysctl settings or when no killable task was > found. It is still relevant to know crucial pieces of information such > as the allocation order and VM state when diagnosing such issues, > especially at boot. > > This patch displays the oom killer header whenever it panics so that bug > reports can include pertinent information to debug the issue, if > possible. > > Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Looks good to me. Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
thanks.
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