Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Sep 2014 17:16:55 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [Patch v4 1/2] freezer: check OOM kill while being frozen |
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On Tue 09-09-14 07:50:12, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 12:48:28AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Well, not exactly from anywhere. Just from where try_to_freeze() is called > > I suppose? > > Yeap, anywhere try_to_freeze() may be called. > > > Which means that if this is a user space task, it won't to a lot before dying, > > will it? > > Userland tasks aren't likely to a lot of damages before dying but then > again there's no guarantee. As it currently stands, try_to_freeze() > can be anywhere.
But OOM killer doesn't kill kernel threads as they do not own any memory. So the check should be safe, no? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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