[PATCH] oom: handle current exiting
If current *is* exiting, it should actually be allowed to access reserved
memory rather than OOM kill something else. Can't do this via a straight
check in page_alloc.c because that would allow multiple tasks to use up
reserves. Instead cause current to OOM-kill itself which will mark it as
TIF_MEMDIE.
The current procedure of simply aborting the OOM-kill if a task is exiting can
lead to OOM deadlocks.
In the case of killing a PF_EXITING task, don't make a lot of noise about it.
This becomes more important in future patches, where we can "kill" OOM_DISABLE
tasks.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 4f815b0..0131bae 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -210,11 +210,26 @@
/*
* This is in the process of releasing memory so wait for it
* to finish before killing some other task by mistake.
+ *
+ * However, if p is the current task, we allow the 'kill' to
+ * go ahead if it is exiting: this will simply set TIF_MEMDIE,
+ * which will allow it to gain access to memory reserves in
+ * the process of exiting and releasing its resources.
+ * Otherwise we could get an OOM deadlock.
*/
releasing = test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE) ||
p->flags & PF_EXITING;
- if (releasing && !(p->flags & PF_DEAD))
+ if (releasing) {
+ /* PF_DEAD tasks have already released their mm */
+ if (p->flags & PF_DEAD)
+ continue;
+ if (p->flags & PF_EXITING && p == current) {
+ chosen = p;
+ *ppoints = ULONG_MAX;
+ break;
+ }
return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
+ }
if (p->flags & PF_SWAPOFF)
return p;
@@ -248,8 +263,11 @@
return;
}
task_unlock(p);
- printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Killed process %d (%s).\n",
+
+ if (message) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Killed process %d (%s).\n",
message, p->pid, p->comm);
+ }
/*
* We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
@@ -300,8 +318,17 @@
struct task_struct *c;
struct list_head *tsk;
- printk(KERN_ERR "Out of Memory: Kill process %d (%s) score %li and "
- "children.\n", p->pid, p->comm, points);
+ /*
+ * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
+ * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
+ */
+ if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
+ __oom_kill_task(p, NULL);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Out of Memory: Kill process %d (%s) score %li"
+ " and children.\n", p->pid, p->comm, points);
/* Try to kill a child first */
list_for_each(tsk, &p->children) {
c = list_entry(tsk, struct task_struct, sibling);
