From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>, Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Subject: Re: [patch 06/12] mm: oom_kill: simplify OOM killer locking Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:07:42 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20150326160742.GR15257@dhcp22.suse.cz> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20150326151746.GC23973@cmpxchg.org> On Thu 26-03-15 11:17:46, Johannes Weiner wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 02:31:11PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > > @@ -795,27 +728,21 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, > > > */ > > > void pagefault_out_of_memory(void) > > > { > > > - struct zonelist *zonelist; > > > - > > > - down_read(&oom_sem); > > > if (mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize(true)) > > > - goto unlock; > > > + return; > > > > OK, so we are back to what David has asked previously. We do not need > > the lock for memcg and oom_killer_disabled because we know that no tasks > > (except for potential oom victim) are lurking around at the time > > oom_killer_disable() is called. So I guess we want to stick a comment > > into mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize before we check for oom_killer_disabled. > > I would prefer everybody that sets TIF_MEMDIE and kills a task to hold > the lock, including memcg. Simplicity is one thing, but also a global > OOM kill might not even be necessary when it's racing with the memcg. sure I am find with that. > > After those are fixed, feel free to add > > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> > > Thanks. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>, Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Subject: Re: [patch 06/12] mm: oom_kill: simplify OOM killer locking Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:07:42 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20150326160742.GR15257@dhcp22.suse.cz> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20150326151746.GC23973@cmpxchg.org> On Thu 26-03-15 11:17:46, Johannes Weiner wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 02:31:11PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > > @@ -795,27 +728,21 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, > > > */ > > > void pagefault_out_of_memory(void) > > > { > > > - struct zonelist *zonelist; > > > - > > > - down_read(&oom_sem); > > > if (mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize(true)) > > > - goto unlock; > > > + return; > > > > OK, so we are back to what David has asked previously. We do not need > > the lock for memcg and oom_killer_disabled because we know that no tasks > > (except for potential oom victim) are lurking around at the time > > oom_killer_disable() is called. So I guess we want to stick a comment > > into mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize before we check for oom_killer_disabled. > > I would prefer everybody that sets TIF_MEMDIE and kills a task to hold > the lock, including memcg. Simplicity is one thing, but also a global > OOM kill might not even be necessary when it's racing with the memcg. sure I am find with that. > > After those are fixed, feel free to add > > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> > > Thanks. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-26 16:07 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 140+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2015-03-25 6:17 [patch 00/12] mm: page_alloc: improve OOM mechanism and policy Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 01/12] mm: oom_kill: remove unnecessary locking in oom_enable() Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 0:51 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 0:51 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 11:51 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 11:51 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 13:18 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 13:18 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 19:30 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 19:30 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 11:43 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 11:43 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 20:05 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 20:05 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 02/12] mm: oom_kill: clean up victim marking and exiting interfaces Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 3:34 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 3:34 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 11:54 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 11:54 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 03/12] mm: oom_kill: switch test-and-clear of known TIF_MEMDIE to clear Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 3:31 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 3:31 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 11:05 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 11:05 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 19:50 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 19:50 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-30 14:48 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-30 14:48 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-02 23:01 ` [patch] android, lmk: avoid setting TIF_MEMDIE if process has already exited David Rientjes 2015-04-02 23:01 ` David Rientjes 2015-04-28 22:50 ` [patch resend] " David Rientjes 2015-04-28 22:50 ` David Rientjes 2015-03-26 11:57 ` [patch 03/12] mm: oom_kill: switch test-and-clear of known TIF_MEMDIE to clear Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 11:57 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 04/12] mm: oom_kill: remove unnecessary locking in exit_oom_victim() Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 12:53 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 12:53 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 13:01 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 13:01 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 15:10 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:10 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:04 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:04 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 05/12] mm: oom_kill: generalize OOM progress waitqueue Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 13:03 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 13:03 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 06/12] mm: oom_kill: simplify OOM killer locking Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 13:31 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 13:31 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 15:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 16:07 ` Michal Hocko [this message] 2015-03-26 16:07 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 07/12] mm: page_alloc: inline should_alloc_retry() Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 14:11 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 14:11 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 15:18 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:18 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 08/12] mm: page_alloc: wait for OOM killer progress before retrying Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 14:15 ` Tetsuo Handa 2015-03-25 14:15 ` Tetsuo Handa 2015-03-25 17:01 ` Vlastimil Babka 2015-03-25 17:01 ` Vlastimil Babka 2015-03-26 11:28 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 11:28 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 11:24 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 11:24 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 14:32 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 14:32 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 15:23 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:23 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:38 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 15:38 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 18:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 18:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-27 14:01 ` [patch 08/12] mm: page_alloc: wait for OOM killer progressbefore retrying Tetsuo Handa 2015-03-27 14:01 ` Tetsuo Handa 2015-03-26 15:58 ` [patch 08/12] mm: page_alloc: wait for OOM killer progress before retrying Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 15:58 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 18:23 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 18:23 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 09/12] mm: page_alloc: private memory reserves for OOM-killing allocations Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-14 16:49 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-14 16:49 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-24 19:13 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-24 19:13 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 10/12] mm: page_alloc: emergency reserve access for __GFP_NOFAIL allocations Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-14 16:55 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-14 16:55 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 11/12] mm: page_alloc: do not lock up GFP_NOFS allocations upon OOM Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 14:50 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 14:50 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-25 6:17 ` [patch 12/12] mm: page_alloc: do not lock up low-order " Johannes Weiner 2015-03-25 6:17 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-26 15:32 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 15:32 ` Michal Hocko 2015-03-26 19:58 ` [patch 00/12] mm: page_alloc: improve OOM mechanism and policy Dave Chinner 2015-03-26 19:58 ` Dave Chinner 2015-03-27 15:05 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-27 15:05 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-30 0:32 ` Dave Chinner 2015-03-30 0:32 ` Dave Chinner 2015-03-30 19:31 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-03-30 19:31 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-01 15:19 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-01 15:19 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-01 21:39 ` Dave Chinner 2015-04-01 21:39 ` Dave Chinner 2015-04-02 7:29 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-02 7:29 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-07 14:18 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-07 14:18 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-11 7:29 ` Tetsuo Handa 2015-04-11 7:29 ` Tetsuo Handa 2015-04-13 12:49 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-13 12:49 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-13 12:46 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-13 12:46 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-14 0:11 ` Dave Chinner 2015-04-14 0:11 ` Dave Chinner 2015-04-14 7:20 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-14 7:20 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-14 10:36 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-14 10:36 ` Johannes Weiner 2015-04-14 14:23 ` Michal Hocko 2015-04-14 14:23 ` Michal Hocko [not found] <048301d066d1$653e63d0$2fbb2b70$@alibaba-inc.com> 2015-03-25 8:05 ` [patch 06/12] mm: oom_kill: simplify OOM killer locking Hillf Danton 2015-03-25 8:05 ` Hillf Danton
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