Public bug reported: A patch upstream landed on 2011-12-6 that reduces the mmap_sem hold time, which is crucial during OOM killer invocation. It would be very beneficial if this patch could get pulled into all supported arm precise kernels.
See http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=7178/1 for details on the patch. The upstream git commit is http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=8878a539ff19a43cf3729e7562cd528f490246ae I have attached the raw patch as well for review. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Incomplete ** Affects: linux-armadaxp (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: New ** Affects: linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: New ** Tags: no-bot-spam -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951043 Title: Port OOM changes into do_page_fault for arm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/951043/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
