Re: [Patch v4 1/2] freezer: check OOM kill while being frozen

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Sep 08 2014 - 18:23:02 EST


On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 11:53:34PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> But please tell me this: If TIF_MEMDIE is set and we thaw the process,
> can it do *anything* before dying or will it die immediately?

The task could be in freezer from anywhere and there's no limit in
what the task may do before it eventually dies.

Thanks.

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tejun
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