Merge commit 'v2.6.39-rc4' into sched/core

Merge reason: Pick up upstream fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 6a819d1b2c7..83fb72c108b 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -84,24 +84,6 @@ static bool has_intersects_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk,
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
 /*
- * If this is a system OOM (not a memcg OOM) and the task selected to be
- * killed is not already running at high (RT) priorities, speed up the
- * recovery by boosting the dying task to the lowest FIFO priority.
- * That helps with the recovery and avoids interfering with RT tasks.
- */
-static void boost_dying_task_prio(struct task_struct *p,
-				  struct mem_cgroup *mem)
-{
-	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 1 };
-
-	if (mem)
-		return;
-
-	if (!rt_task(p))
-		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
-}
-
-/*
  * The process p may have detached its own ->mm while exiting or through
  * use_mm(), but one or more of its subthreads may still have a valid
  * pointer.  Return p, or any of its subthreads with a valid ->mm, with
@@ -452,13 +434,6 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 	set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
 	force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
 
-	/*
-	 * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
-	 * all the memory it needs. That way it should be able to
-	 * exit() and clear out its resources quickly...
-	 */
-	boost_dying_task_prio(p, mem);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 #undef K
@@ -482,7 +457,6 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 	 */
 	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
 		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
-		boost_dying_task_prio(p, mem);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -556,7 +530,6 @@ void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *mem, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	 */
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 		set_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE);
-		boost_dying_task_prio(current, NULL);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -712,7 +685,6 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	 */
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 		set_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE);
-		boost_dying_task_prio(current, NULL);
 		return;
 	}