1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index cd6520f7553d..412f43453a68 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
 int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
 int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks = 1;
 
+/*
+ * Serializes oom killer invocations (out_of_memory()) from all contexts to
+ * prevent from over eager oom killing (e.g. when the oom killer is invoked
+ * from different domains).
+ *
+ * oom_killer_disable() relies on this lock to stabilize oom_killer_disabled
+ * and mark_oom_victim
+ */
 DEFINE_MUTEX(oom_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA