On 2017-12-29 08:36 PM, Felix Kuehling wrote:
> Is it possible that the test is broken? A test that allocates memory to
> exhaustion may well trigger the OOM killer. A test can do that by using
> malloc. Why not by using the graphics driver? The OOM killer does what
> it's supposed to do, and kills the broken application.
> 
> As I understand it, this change is adds artificial limitations to
> workaround a bug in a user mode test.

I'm afraid it's not that simple. While triggering the OOM killer might
be acceptable or even expected, hard hangs aren't.


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