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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 07:22:53 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [Patch v4 1/2] freezer: check OOM kill while being frozen
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On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 11:53:34PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> But please tell me this: If TIF_MEMDIE is set and we thaw the process,
> can it do *anything* before dying or will it die immediately?

The task could be in freezer from anywhere and there's no limit in
what the task may do before it eventually dies.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun