Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:23:18 +1100 | From | paul.szabo@sydney ... | Subject | Re: Bug#695182: [PATCH] Subtract min_free_kbytes from dirtyable memory |
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Dear Jonathan,
>> If you can identify where it was fixed then your patch for older >> versions should go to stable with a reference to the upstream fix (see >> Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt). > > How about this patch? > > It was applied in mainline during the 3.3 merge window, so kernels > newer than 3.2.y shouldn't need it. > > ... > commit ab8fabd46f811d5153d8a0cd2fac9a0d41fb593d upstream. > ...
Yes, I beleive that is the correct patch, surely better than my simple subtraction of min_free_kbytes.
Noting, that this does not "solve" all problems, the latest 3.8 kernel still crashes with OOM: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1098961/comments/18
Thanks, Paul
Paul Szabo psz@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia
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