Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:58:55 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Rientjes <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] oom: Do not invoke oom notifiers on sysrq+f |
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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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