Re: [PATCH 2/4] oom: Do not invoke oom notifiers on sysrq+f

From	Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 2/4] oom: Do not invoke oom notifiers on sysrq+f
Date	2015-07-15 11:50 +0200
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On Tue 14-07-15 14:58:55, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Michal Hocko wrote:
> 
> > Shrinkers are there to reclaim and prevent from OOM. This API is a gray
> > zone. It looks generic method for the notification yet it allows to
> > prevent from oom killer. I can imagine somebody might abuse this
> > interface to implement OOM killer policies.
> > 
> > Anyway, I think it would be preferable to kill it altogether rather than
> > play with its placing. It will always be a questionable API.
> > 
> 
> Agreed.

In such a case it would be still good to fix the bug fixed by this
patch.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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Re: [PATCH 2/4] oom: Do not invoke oom notifiers on sysrq+f David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> - 2015-07-09 01:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/4] oom: Do not invoke oom notifiers on sysrq+f Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2015-07-09 11:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] oom: Do not invoke oom notifiers on sysrq+f Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2015-07-15 11:50 +0200

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