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> So I merged these but I have a feeling that this isn't the last I'll be
> hearing on the topic ;)
>
> Given the amount of churn, the amount of discussion and the size of the
> patches, this doesn't look like something we should push into 2.6.31.
>
> If we think that the 2ff05b2b regression is sufficiently serious to be
> a must-fix for 2.6.31 then can we please find something safer and
> smaller? =A0Like reverting 2ff05b2b?

I don't think the serious problem is only  this issue, I oppose to
ignore regression
bug report ;-)

Yes, your point makes sense. then, I'll make two patch series.
1. reverting 2ff05b2b for 2.6.31
2. retry fix oom livelock for -mm

I expect I can do that next sunday.


> These patches clash with the controversial
> mm-introduce-proc-pid-oom_adj_child.patch, so I've disabled that patch
> now.

I think we can drop this because workaround patch is only needed until
the issue not fixed.

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