Re: [PATCH] oom_kill() race?

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 01:34:09 EST

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Andres Salomon wrote:

> In oom_kill(), is there any chance the task_struct can be unmapped
> between being returned from select_bad_process() (where the tasklist
> is locked) and where it walks the tasklist again, looking for threads?

Indeed you're right. Thanks for the patch!

regards,

Rik

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