Re: [PATCH 1/2] oom: do not live lock on frozen tasks

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Mon Sep 26 2011 - 05:14:44 EST


On Mon 26-09-11 01:56:57, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
> > diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
> > index 626303b..b9774f3 100644
> > --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
> > +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
> > #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
> > #include <linux/security.h>
> > #include <linux/ptrace.h>
> > +#include <linux/freezer.h>
> >
> > int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
> > int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
> > @@ -451,6 +452,9 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> > task_pid_nr(q), q->comm);
> > task_unlock(q);
> > force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
> > +
> > + if (frozen(q))
> > + thaw_process(q);
> > }
> >
> > set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
>
> This is in the wrong place, oom_kill_task() iterates over all threads that
> are _not_ in the same thread group as the chosen thread and kills them
> without giving them access to memory reserves. The chosen task, p, could
> still be frozen and may not exit.

Ahh, right you are. I ave missed that one. Updated patch bellow.

>
> Once that's fixed, feel free to add my
>
> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

>
> once Rafael sends his acked-by or reviewed-by.
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