On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:19:43 -0700 (PDT) David Rientjes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> > > Subject: [patch -mm] oom: fix constraint deadlock
> > > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:18:17 -0700 (PDT)
> > >
> > > Fixes a deadlock in the OOM killer for allocations that are not
> > > __GFP_HARDWALL.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Why is this described as "patch -mm"? It applies to mainline. If it's
> > fixing a -mm patch, do you know which one?
> >
>
> Fair enough. It definitely is applicable to mainline and fixes a deadlock
> which we've been struggling with for awhile because not only does it block
> while holding callback_mutex, but also tasklist_lock.
OK, thanks. I tagged it for a 2.6.20.x backport as well.
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