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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:49 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] kmod: make __request_module() killable
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:49:14 +0100
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:

> As Tetsuo Handa pointed out, request_module() can stress the
> system while the oom-killed caller sleeps in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE.

Whine.

Solving this problem is the entire point of the entire patchset and you
told us almost nothing about it.  Please, provide a complete
description of the problem which is being solved, so we can understand
the value of the patchset?