Re: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler

[Ingo Molnar]

Rik,

what do you think about the attached patch? It increases the effective
priority of a (kernel-) killed process, and initiates a reschedule, so
that it gets selected ASAP. (except if there are RT processes around.)
This should make OOM decisions 'visible' much more quickly.

        Ingo

--- linux/kernel/signal.c.orig  Mon Oct  9 12:56:45 2000
+++ linux/kernel/signal.c       Mon Oct  9 13:00:20 2000
@@ -569,6 +569,14 @@
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->sigmask_lock, flags);
                return -ESRCH;
        }
+       /*
+        * Special case, kernel is forcing SIGKILL.
+        * Decrease signal delivery latency.
+        */
+       if (sig == SIGKILL && (t->policy == SCHED_OTHER)) {
+               t->counter = MAX_COUNTER;
+               current->need_resched = 1;
+       }
 
        if (t->sig->action[sig-1].sa.sa_handler == SIG_IGN)
                t->sig->action[sig-1].sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;