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From: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/6] mm, page_alloc: fix more premature OOM due to race
 with cpuset update
Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 10:27:55 -0500 (CDT)
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On Wed, 17 May 2017, Michal Hocko wrote:

> > The race is where? If you expand the node set during the move of the
> > application then you are safe in terms of the legacy apps that did not
> > include static bindings.
>
> I am pretty sure it is describe in those changelogs and I won't repeat
> it here.

I cannot figure out what you are referring to. There are numerous
patches and discussions about OOM scenarios in this context.

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