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diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index ef17551..463cdd2 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -803,8 +803,9 @@ static bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
return true;
/*
- * This is really pessimistic but we do not have any reliable way
- * to check that external processes share with our mm
+ * Make sure that all tasks which share the mm with the given tasks
+ * are dying as well to make sure that a) nobody pins its mm and
+ * b) the task is also reapable by the oom reaper.
*/
rcu_read_lock();
for_each_process(p) {
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