From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263526AbTLDUib (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:38:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263527AbTLDUia (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:38:30 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:25236 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263526AbTLDUi3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:38:29 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:38:28 +0100 (MET) From: "Peter Bergmann" To: Jens Axboe Cc: maze@cela.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20031204184248.GJ1086@suse.de> Subject: Re: oom killer in 2.4.23 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #13246506 Message-ID: <956.1070570308@www27.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > 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 I did, but my vm knolege is rather limited. I don't really know really know _where_ to place out_of_memory() in the new try_to_free_pages_zone()... and what other changes would be necessary in vmscan.c. My try & error approach did not succeed. I would be really glad if someone (aa may be :) could provide the information where/how to place the call for a custom (or the old) oom killer - if it's really that simple ... cheers, pet -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ Neu: Preissenkung für MMS und FreeMMS! http://www.gmx.net