From: Oleg Nesterov - It is not possible to have task->mm == &init_mm. - task_lock() buys nothing for 'if (!p->mm)' check. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Nick Piggin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- mm/oom_kill.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/oom_kill.c~oom_kill_task-cleanup-mm-checks mm/oom_kill.c --- a/mm/oom_kill.c~oom_kill_task-cleanup-mm-checks +++ a/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -260,14 +260,11 @@ static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_ return; } - task_lock(p); - if (!p->mm || p->mm == &init_mm) { + if (!p->mm) { WARN_ON(1); printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill an mm-less task!\n"); - task_unlock(p); return; } - task_unlock(p); if (message) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Killed process %d (%s).\n", @@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_str * However, this is of no concern to us. */ - if (mm == NULL || mm == &init_mm) + if (mm == NULL) return 1; __oom_kill_task(p, message); _