Re: [PATCH] improve lmk to avoid deadlock issue

2015-07-30 Thread Joe Perches
On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 13:09 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c > > b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c [] > > @@ -127,11 +127,15 @@ static unsigned long lowmem_scan(struct shrinker *s, > > struct shrink_control *sc) > > if (!

Re: [PATCH] improve lmk to avoid deadlock issue

2015-07-30 Thread Dan Carpenter
gt; From: "wang, biao" > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:14:44 +0800 > Subject: [PATCH] improve lmk to avoid deadlock issue 2) Don't put these lines in the patch. > > Consider the following case: > Task A trigger lmk with a lock held, while process B try to > get t

[PATCH] improve lmk to avoid deadlock issue

2015-07-29 Thread Wang, Biao
From: "wang, biao" Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:14:44 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] improve lmk to avoid deadlock issue Consider the following case: Task A trigger lmk with a lock held, while process B try to get this lock, but unfortunately B is the very culprit Task lmk select to kill. So B