Re: [patch 1/5] oom: cleanup android low memory killer

From: David Rientjes
Date: Mon May 04 2009 - 20:00:17 EST


On Mon, 4 May 2009, Greg KH wrote:

> > > > This patch in the series is really more of a convenience than anything
> > > > else since it doesn't change anything functionally. I had to modify the
> > > > lowmemorykiller later because there's a potential for a NULL pointer from
> > > > dereferencing p->mm without holding task_lock(p) and also because I moved
> > > > oomkilladj from struct task_struct to struct mm_struct.
> > >
> > > Is this still the case on top of Arve's changes?
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, the first of two patches Arve just sent is broken:
>
> Ok, care to work with Arve to come up with a series that both of you
> agree will work properly?
>

I'll rebase my patchset on Linus' -git plus Arve's latest two patches
which seem to apply nicely and send them to both you and Andrew.
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