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authorDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>2010-08-09 20:18:49 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-08-09 23:44:56 -0400
commit4358997ae38a1901498d128d6508119d9f318b36 (patch)
tree0c5a47808790e80a754b44aebe82c5c683811788 /mm/oom_kill.c
parent7b98c2e402eaa1f2beec18b1bde17f74948a19db (diff)
oom: avoid sending exiting tasks a SIGKILL
It's unnecessary to SIGKILL a task that is already PF_EXITING and can actually cause a NULL pointer dereference of the sighand if it has already been detached. Instead, simply set TIF_MEMDIE so it has access to memory reserves and can quickly exit as the comment implies. Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/oom_kill.c')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 64cdacad83d9..0c7c18f78425 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
453 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly 453 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
454 */ 454 */
455 if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) { 455 if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
456 __oom_kill_task(p, 0); 456 set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
457 return 0; 457 return 0;
458 } 458 }
459 459