Re: [PATCH] oom: always panic on OOM when panic_on_oom is configured

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Mon Jun 08 2015 - 07:53:45 EST


Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Sat 06-06-15 15:51:35, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > For me, !__GFP_FS allocations not calling out_of_memory() _forever_ is a
> > violation of the user policy.
>
> Yes, the current behavior of GFP_NOFS is highly suboptimal, but this has
> _nothing_ what so ever to do with this patch and panic_on_oom handling.
> The former one is the page allocator proper while we are in the OOM
> killer layer here.
>
> This is not the first time you have done that. Please stop it. It makes
> a complete mess of the original discussions.

My specific area of expertise in Linux kernel is security/tomoyo/ directory.
What I could contribute with other areas is to pay attention to potential
possibilities. But I'm such outsider about other areas that I can't
differentiate the page allocator proper from the OOM killer layer.

Excuse me for focusing on the wrong issue, but I will likely unconsciously
make the same mistake again. Please ignore or point out when I made mistakes.
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