Re: [KERNEL] Re: Bug 4.9 and memorymanagement

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 30-12-16 17:52:30, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> Sorry, did reply only you..
> 
> Am Fr den 30. Dez 2016 um 12:11 schrieb Michal Hocko:
> > > If this turns out to be memory cgroup related then the patch from
> > > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161226124839.GB20715@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx might
> > > help.
> >
> > Did you get chance to test the above patch? I would like to send it for
> > merging and having it tested on another system would be really helpeful
> > and much appreciated.
> 
> Sorry, no, I was a bit busy when coming back from X-mass. ;-)
> 
> Maybe I can do so today.
> 
> The only think is, how can I find out if the bug is fixed? Is 7 days
> enough? Or is there a change to force the bug to happen (or not)...?

Just try to run with the patch and do what you do normally. If you do
not see any OOMs in few days it should be sufficient evidence. From your
previous logs it seems you hit the problem quite early after few hours
as far as I remember.
 
> Am Fr den 30. Dez 2016 um 12:11 schrieb Michal Hocko:
> > > If this turns out to be memory cgroup related then the patch from
> > > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161226124839.GB20715@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx might
> > > help.
> 
> Which of the 3 patches is the one? All 3 or just one.

Just this one should be sufficient
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