+ mmoom_reaper-remove-pointless-kthread_run-error-check.patch added to -mm tree

+ mmoom_reaper-remove-pointless-kthread_run-error-check.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm,oom_reaper: remove pointless kthread_run() error check
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mmoom_reaper-remove-pointless-kthread_run-error-check.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mmoom_reaper-remove-pointless-kthread_run-error-check.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mmoom_reaper-remove-pointless-kthread_run-error-check.patch

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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Subject: mm,oom_reaper: remove pointless kthread_run() error check

Since oom_init() is called before userspace processes start, memory
allocation failure for creating the OOM reaper kernel thread will let the
OOM killer call panic() rather than wake up the OOM reaper.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1510137800-4602-1-git-send-email-penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/oom_kill.c |    8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/oom_kill.c~mmoom_reaper-remove-pointless-kthread_run-error-check mm/oom_kill.c
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c~mmoom_reaper-remove-pointless-kthread_run-error-check
+++ a/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -641,9 +641,6 @@ static int oom_reaper(void *unused)
 
 static void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	if (!oom_reaper_th)
-		return;