From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Peter Bergmann <bergmann.peter@gmx.net>
Cc: Maciej Zenczykowski <maze@cela.pl>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: oom killer in 2.4.23
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:42:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031204184248.GJ1086@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9405.1070562818@www45.gmx.net>
On Thu, Dec 04 2003, Peter Bergmann wrote:
> >
> > Yes, and as a side question, couldn't oom killer be made into a config
> > option?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > MaZe.
>
> I just tried it and - no it does not work.
> At least not with the following changes:
>
> added #define PF_MEMDIE 0x00001000 to sched.h
>
> replaced oom_kill.c with the 2.4.22 version
>
> added out_of_memory() to the end of try_to_free_pages_zone()
>
> replaced if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC && !in_interrupt()) {
> with
> replaced if ((current->flags & (PF_MEMALLOC | PF_MEMDIE)) && !in_interrupt()
> ) {
> in page_alloc.c
>
>
> effect is still unchanged.
> processes get killed by VM and not oom_kikll.c
>
> any hints ??
You probably want to look at the change to
vmscan.c:try_to_free_pages_zone().
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-04 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-04 16:12 oom killer in 2.4.23 Peter Bergmann
2003-12-04 17:02 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-12-04 17:20 ` Guillermo Menguez Alvarez
2003-12-04 23:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2003-12-04 18:33 ` Peter Bergmann
2003-12-04 18:42 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2003-12-04 20:38 ` Peter Bergmann
2003-12-04 20:28 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-12-04 23:58 ` Andrea Arcangeli
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[not found] ` <Z8Ag-3BK-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <Zbyn-23P-29@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-12-05 13:05 ` Kristian Peters
2003-12-05 13:56 ` Robert L. Harris
2003-12-05 19:58 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2003-12-06 9:31 ` Kristian Peters
2003-12-09 14:21 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2003-12-09 14:52 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-12-09 17:06 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2003-12-09 18:50 ` Kristian Peters
2003-12-05 22:38 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-12-05 22:56 ` Andrea Arcangeli
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