On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Subject: [patch -mm] oom: fix constraint deadlock > > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:18:17 -0700 (PDT) > > > > Fixes a deadlock in the OOM killer for allocations that are not > > __GFP_HARDWALL. > > Thanks. > > Why is this described as "patch -mm"? It applies to mainline. If it's > fixing a -mm patch, do you know which one? >
Fair enough. It definitely is applicable to mainline and fixes a deadlock which we've been struggling with for awhile because not only does it block while holding callback_mutex, but also tasklist_lock. Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/