Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:30:47 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] memcg: Simplify mem_cgroup_force_empty_list error handling |
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:35:59 +0100 Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> wrote:
> > If the kernel is uniprocessor and the caller is SCHED_FIFO: ad infinitum! > > ... > > Can we consider this as a corner case (it is much easier to kill a > machine with SCHED_FIFO than this anyway) or the concern is really > strong and we should come with a solution before this can get merged?
Sure. SCHED_FIFO can be used to permanently block all kernel threads which pretty quickly results in a very sick kernel. My observation was just a general moan about the SCHED_FIFO wontfix problem :)
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