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diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 042e6436c3ee..d46ed0f1dc06 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/cpuset.h>
+int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
/* #define DEBUG */
/**
- * oom_badness - calculate a numeric value for how bad this task has been
+ * badness - calculate a numeric value for how bad this task has been
* @p: task struct of which task we should calculate
* @uptime: current uptime in seconds
*
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints)
continue;
/*
- * This is in the process of releasing memory so for wait it
+ * This is in the process of releasing memory so wait for it
* to finish before killing some other task by mistake.
*/
releasing = test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE) ||
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long points,
}
/**
- * oom_kill - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
+ * out_of_memory - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
*
* If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either
* killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse)
@@ -344,6 +345,8 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
break;
case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
+ if (sysctl_panic_on_oom)
+ panic("out of memory. panic_on_oom is selected\n");
retry:
/*
* Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever