diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
index b3e888638bb7c819547cba13e5ec48724d596cd1..6f32f9c84a2ddde12a85826a4339f70c857ee2f0 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$8");
#define TIF_UAC_NOPRINT 10 /* see sysinfo.h */
#define TIF_UAC_NOFIX 11
#define TIF_UAC_SIGBUS 12
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 13
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 13 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 14 /* restore signal mask in do_signal */
#define TIF_FREEZE 16 /* is freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index b74970ec02c4431ae1636289ffb3728d5d6bcc8f..763e29fa85300b23180221a0c832c71b71b3e382 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ extern void vfp_flush_hwstate(struct thread_info *);
#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE 8
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 16
#define TIF_USING_IWMMXT 17
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 18
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 18 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 19
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 20
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h
index fd0c5d7e933701c31166deb5f4f7269c2adb8206..7a9c03dcb0b6d631b137604f54a94e7bfbbdd0b3 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
#define TIF_BREAKPOINT 4 /* enter monitor mode on return */
#define TIF_SINGLE_STEP 5 /* single step in progress */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 6
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 6 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 7 /* restore signal mask in do_signal */
#define TIF_CPU_GOING_TO_SLEEP 8 /* CPU is entering sleep 0 mode */
#define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 9 /* callback before returning to user */
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
index e9a5614cdbb15abb2a78412661c364e4af9f5e12..02560fd8a12182f019802e2f7b4c392110c2eb66 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 2 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 3 /* true if poll_idle() is polling
TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 4
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 4 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 5 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_FREEZE 6 /* is freezing for suspend */
#define TIF_IRQ_SYNC 7 /* sync pipeline stage */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h
index c3aade36c330400cb7dceb69051a422bb16ed34a..91776069ca807b30c3902922b70889d9e5bb5746 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 3 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 9 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 16 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 17
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 18 /* is freezing for suspend */
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE (1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
index e608e056bb5301582b44b13d2bba9d9ccabfc23a..11f33ead29bf3244b5169cf2073692782b8a9233 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info asm("gr15");
#define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4 /* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 5 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 16 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* OOM killer killed process */
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 18 /* freezing for suspend */
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 70e67e47d0205eef549c4529c3ac627ac9cd2e42..d6f1784bfdeee1dc8a719d726b7a0acbb223792b 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 2 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 3 /* true if poll_idle() is polling
TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 4
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 4 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 5 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 6 /* callback before returning to user */
#define TIF_FREEZE 16 /* is freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 8ce2e388e37c550573bfc2ca28033a43b7d74d50..b6a5ba2aca3429f7bd4a7602c21f81f011bf0205 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4 /* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
#define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 6 /* resumption notification requested */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 16 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 17
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_MCA_INIT 18 /* this task is processing MCA or INIT */
#define TIF_DB_DISABLED 19 /* debug trap disabled for fsyscall */
#define TIF_FREEZE 20 /* is freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
index ed240b6e8e77a37ea96241063167ffce66ef0503..71faff5bcc278e4dff72c942629a6a1b5dd6a789 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static inline unsigned int get_thread_fault_code(void)
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 8 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_USEDFPU 16 /* FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP) */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 17 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 18 /* OOM killer killed process */
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 18 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 19 /* is freezing for suspend */
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE (1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_mm.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_mm.h
index 67266c683453e34c05e4edf9bf5e1df2f2197a4d..3bf31dc51b12965e646e3cc31f4ea9a324e6ec7d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_mm.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_mm.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 7 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_DELAYED_TRACE 14 /* single step a syscall */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE 15 /* syscall trace active */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 16
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 16 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 17 /* thread is freezing for suspend */
#endif /* _ASM_M68K_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_no.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_no.h
index 884776f686cacf4159699a00953e4203ee0e8537..51f354b672e687e4cef54e9b8ddb82740bce8c61 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_no.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/thread_info_no.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 2 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 3 /* true if poll_idle() is polling
TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 4
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 4 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 16 /* is freezing for suspend */
/* as above, but as bit values */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
index b2ca80f646403d683fa9d9a10e3ea79f67bafb0c..8a8e9fc6e0c04ad7f87db735cc08a23e2fe6d7e9 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
/* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
#define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4
#define TIF_IRET 5 /* return with iret */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 6
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 6 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 9 /* syscall auditing active */
#define TIF_SECCOMP 10 /* secure computing */
#define TIF_FREEZE 14 /* Freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 845da2107ed144379b2e9bc6761a169c30ae9f23..2376f2e06e470a264eeff5115dc692c80e9f37c3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 9 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_USEDFPU 16 /* FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP) */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 17 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 18
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 18 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 19
#define TIF_FIXADE 20 /* Fix address errors in software */
#define TIF_LOGADE 21 /* Log address errors to syslog */
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 58d64f8b2cc3d44769ecdcee23c3ccb9477a4239..2001cb657a95029ddeb19f40f2706064876e1b55 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static inline unsigned long current_stack_pointer(void)
#define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4 /* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 5 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 16 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* OOM killer killed process */
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 18 /* freezing for suspend */
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE +(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 7ecc1039cfedfcb130c83da82fd64ed325b68364..aa8de727e90ba28f77eb81162e429d328ff5390d 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 2 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 3 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
#define TIF_32BIT 4 /* 32 bit binary */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 5
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 5 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 6 /* restore saved signal mask */
#define TIF_FREEZE 7 /* is freezing for suspend */
#define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 8 /* callback before returning to user */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index aa9d383a1c09525daab6721a24b67607fcaeaf8f..65eb85976a03a9199e3316f5e59424d3105822c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
#define TIF_PERFMON_CTXSW 6 /* perfmon needs ctxsw calls */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 7 /* syscall auditing active */
#define TIF_SINGLESTEP 8 /* singlestepping active */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 9
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 9 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_SECCOMP 10 /* secure computing */
#define TIF_RESTOREALL 11 /* Restore all regs (implies NOERROR) */
#define TIF_NOERROR 12 /* Force successful syscall return */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 34f0873d65258aeb34f938e2aaa881d2401468ac..370b4df68e88f8dec146b443cefe208813003772 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 16 /* true if poll_idle() is polling
TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
#define TIF_31BIT 17 /* 32bit process */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 18
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 18 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 19 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_FREEZE 20 /* thread is freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 55939992c27db5c74f402cb5ea6ef6abb55b5494..8570d08f58c1f25cc8194d85cbe987133153526c 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("r28");
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 9 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 17 /* true if poll_idle() is polling
TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 18
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 18 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE (1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
#define _TIF_SIGPENDING (1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 55a36fef6875d2cb3bb985143d3ea07781887e76..c228946926edba4025a52cf379a335050059ed29 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ extern void init_thread_xstate(void);
#define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 7 /* callback before returning to user */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT 8 /* for ftrace syscall instrumentation */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 17 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 18
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 18 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 19 /* Freezing for suspend */
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
index 844d73a0340cd9c002a5399a10b943b8b60ce92d..9dd0318d3ddfe5313eb6317f7c41965c93aece46 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ BTFIXUPDEF_CALL(void, free_thread_info, struct thread_info *)
* this quantum (SMP) */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 9 /* true if poll_idle() is polling
* TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 10
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 10 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_FREEZE 11 /* is freezing for suspend */
/* as above, but as bit values */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
index 4827a3aeac7f441f4a241e230f4b5072fa8af53d..fb2ea7705a46fc228d5d985d30d7686f0135b3ea 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ register struct thread_info *current_thread_info_reg asm("g6");
* an immediate value in instructions such as andcc.
*/
/* flag bit 12 is available */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 13
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 13 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 14
#define TIF_FREEZE 15 /* is freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
index fd911f855367a2d55506d7b002fce51cd2039ec2..e2cf786bda0a28c43a8173ab40ec62ee2ab8a6de 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
#define TIF_SIGPENDING 1 /* signal pending */
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 2 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 3 /* true if poll_idle() is polling
- * TIF_NEED_RESCHED
- */
-#define TIF_RESTART_BLOCK 4
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 5
+ * TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
+#define TIF_RESTART_BLOCK 4
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 5 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 6
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 7
#define TIF_FREEZE 16 /* is freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index e0d28901e9691ee53fcd57edf0fa08a6cd5ce8c2..4cc1be269757313badc9bb16389b9900a003ee08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define TIF_NOTSC 16 /* TSC is not accessible in userland */
#define TIF_IA32 17 /* 32bit process */
#define TIF_FORK 18 /* ret_from_fork */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 20
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 20 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_DEBUG 21 /* uses debug registers */
#define TIF_IO_BITMAP 22 /* uses I/O bitmap */
#define TIF_FREEZE 23 /* is freezing for suspend */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 13165641cc5153bb9990a634042262f2c120085a..7be8accb0b0caf7270144d3eaba8e571f5c6b0eb 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 2 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_SINGLESTEP 3 /* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
#define TIF_IRET 4 /* return with iret */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE 5
+#define TIF_MEMDIE 5 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 6 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 16 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
#define TIF_FREEZE 17 /* is freezing for suspend */