From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail202.messagelabs.com (mail202.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.227]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EB4B6B01B0 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 03:07:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 17:07:14 +1000 From: Nick Piggin Subject: Re: oom killer rewrite Message-ID: <20100524070714.GV2516@laptop> References: <20100524100840.1E95.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100524100840.1E95.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: David Rientjes , linux-mm@kvack.org, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki List-ID: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:09:34AM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > Hi > > > KOSAKI, > > > > I've been notified that my entire oom killer rewrite has been dropped from > > -mm based solely on your feedback. The problem is that I have absolutely > > no idea what issues you have with the changes that haven't already been > > addressed (nobody else does, either, it seems). I had exactly the same issues with the userland kernel API changes and the pagefault OOM regression it introduced, which I told you months ago. You ignored me, it seems. > > That's simple. A regression and an incompatibility are absolutely > unacceptable. They should be removed. Your patches have some funny parts, > but, afaik, nobody said funny requirement itself is wrong. They only said > your requirement don't have to cause any pain to other users. > > Zero risk patches are always acceptable. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org