Re: [patch 12/12] mm: page_alloc: do not lock up low-order allocations upon OOM

On Wed 25-03-15 02:17:16, Johannes Weiner wrote: > When both page reclaim and the OOM killer fail to free memory, there > are no more options for the allocator to make progress on its own. > > Don't risk hanging these allocations. Leave it to the allocation site > to implement the fallback policy

[patch 12/12] mm: page_alloc: do not lock up low-order allocations upon OOM

When both page reclaim and the OOM killer fail to free memory, there are no more options for the allocator to make progress on its own. Don't risk hanging these allocations. Leave it to the allocation site to implement the fallback policy for failing allocations. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner