1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index fc81cb22869e..859250c7dc06 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -208,8 +208,13 @@ unsigned int oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *mem,
          */
         points += p->signal->oom_score_adj;
 
-        if (points < 0)
-                return 0;
+        /*
+         * Never return 0 for an eligible task that may be killed since it's
+         * possible that no single user task uses more than 0.1% of memory and
+         * no single admin tasks uses more than 3.0%.
+         */
+        if (points <= 0)
+                return 1;
         return (points < 1000) ? points : 1000;
 }