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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/oom_kill.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/oom_kill.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index 9e8b4f030c1c..c9f3569a76c7 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -824,7 +824,8 @@ static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message) /* * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill - * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly + * its children or threads, just give it access to memory reserves + * so it can die quickly */ task_lock(p); if (task_will_free_mem(p)) { @@ -889,9 +890,9 @@ static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message) count_memcg_event_mm(mm, OOM_KILL); /* - * We should send SIGKILL before setting TIF_MEMDIE in order to prevent - * the OOM victim from depleting the memory reserves from the user - * space under its control. + * We should send SIGKILL before granting access to memory reserves + * in order to prevent the OOM victim from depleting the memory + * reserves from the user space under its control. */ do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, victim, true); mark_oom_victim(victim); |