From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760670AbZEKXN5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2009 19:13:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754347AbZEKXNr (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2009 19:13:47 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:40220 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752007AbZEKXNq (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2009 19:13:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:07:04 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: rientjes@google.com, fengguang.wu@intel.com, linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, pavel@ucw.cz, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, jens.axboe@oracle.com, alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-testers@vger.kernel.org, mel@csn.ul.ie Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm: Add __GFP_NO_OOM_KILL flag Message-Id: <20090511160704.e1fa2512.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <200905120044.37342.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <200905100103.23815.rjw@sisk.pl> <200905120044.37342.rjw@sisk.pl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 12 May 2009 00:44:36 +0200 "Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: > Which means this patch: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124165031723627 (it also is my favourite > one). ho hum, I could live with that ;) Would it make sense to turn it into something more general? Instead of "tasks_frozen/processes_are_frozen()", present it as "oom_killer_disabled/oom_killer_is_disabled()"? That would invite other subsystems to use it, if they want to. Which might well be a bad thing on their behalf, hard to say.. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm: Add __GFP_NO_OOM_KILL flag Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:07:04 -0700 Message-ID: <20090511160704.e1fa2512.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <200905100103.23815.rjw@sisk.pl> <200905120044.37342.rjw@sisk.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200905120044.37342.rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org> Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: rientjes-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, fengguang.wu-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-pm-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org, torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, jens.axboe-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, alan-jenkins-cCz0Lq7MMjm9FHfhHBbuYA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, mel-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org On Tue, 12 May 2009 00:44:36 +0200 "Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: > Which means this patch: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124165031723627 (it also is my favourite > one). ho hum, I could live with that ;) Would it make sense to turn it into something more general? Instead of "tasks_frozen/processes_are_frozen()", present it as "oom_killer_disabled/oom_killer_is_disabled()"? That would invite other subsystems to use it, if they want to. Which might well be a bad thing on their behalf, hard to say..