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-rw-r--r--mm/oom_kill.c9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 709aedfaa014..7c0dc414dba8 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -256,14 +256,11 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints,
for_each_process(p) {
unsigned long points;
- /*
- * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
- * their mm.
- */
+ /* skip tasks that have already released their mm */
if (!p->mm)
continue;
- /* skip the init task */
- if (is_global_init(p))
+ /* skip the init task and kthreads */
+ if (is_global_init(p) || (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
continue;
if (mem && !task_in_mem_cgroup(p, mem))
continue;