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Subject: Re: [patch] cpusets: do not allow TIF_MEMDIE tasks to allocate
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, David Rientjes wrote:

> Reverts git commit c596d9f320aaf30d28c1d793ff3a976dee1db8f5.
> 
> OOM-killed tasks, marked as TIF_MEMDIE, should not be able to access 
> memory outside its cpuset because it could potentially cause other 
> exclusive cpusets to OOM themselves.

Those terminating tasks need that memory to terminate properly right?