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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/4] oom: Do not invoke oom notifiers on sysrq+f
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Michal Hocko wrote:

> Shrinkers are there to reclaim and prevent from OOM. This API is a gray
> zone. It looks generic method for the notification yet it allows to
> prevent from oom killer. I can imagine somebody might abuse this
> interface to implement OOM killer policies.
>
> Anyway, I think it would be preferable to kill it altogether rather than
> play with its placing. It will always be a questionable API.
>

Agreed.


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