On Fri 26-08-11 14:03:17, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:

Michal Hocko wrote:

quoted

@@ -450,6 +459,10 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 			pr_err("Kill process %d (%s) sharing same memory\n",
 				task_pid_nr(q), q->comm);
 			task_unlock(q);
+
+			if (frozen(q))
+				thaw_process(q);
+

We must thaw task strictly after sending SIGKILL.

Sounds reasonable.

But anyway I think this is a bad idea.

Why?

quoted

 			force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
 		}

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9    
Czech Republic

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