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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Wait for oom_lock before retrying.
On (01/13/17 11:52), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
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> and we really don't want to cond_resched() when we are in panic.
> that's why console_flush_on_panic() sets it to zero explicitly.
>
> console_trylock() checks oops_in_progress, so re-taking the semaphore
> when we are in
>
> panic()
> console_flush_on_panic()
> console_unlock()
> console_trylock()
>
> should be OK. as well as doing get_console_conditional_schedule() somewhere
> in console driver code.

d'oh... no, this is false. console_flush_on_panic() is called after we
bust_spinlocks(0), BUT with local IRQs disabled. so console_trylock()
would still set console_may_schedule to 0.

-ss

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