linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Cgroup based OOM killer controller

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:41:03 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arve Hj?nnev?g <arve@...roid.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Cgroup based OOM killer controller

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:

> Having some special application which will monitor /dev/mem_notify and
> kill processes based on its own hueristics is a good idea, but when it
> fails to do its work (or does not exist) system has to have ability to
> make a progress and invoke a main oom-killer.
> 

Agreed, very similiar to the cgroup oom notifier patch that invokes the 
oom killer if there are no attached tasks waiting to handle the situation. 

In this case, it would be a configurable delay to allow userspace to act 
in response to oom conditions before invoking the kernel oom killer.  So 
instead of thinking of this as a userspace replacement for the oom killer, 
it simply preempts it if userspace can provide more memory, including the 
possibility of killing tasks itself.
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