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Date:	Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:51:37 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] oom: use same_thread_group instead comparing ->mm

> On 06/16, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >
> > Now, oom are using "child->mm != p->mm" check to distinguish subthread.
> 
> Heh. is it true??? I never undestood what oom_kill_process()->list_for_each_entry()
> is supposed to do.

I guessed. true history was gone long time ago ;)
ok, I'll remove dubious guess.

> > But It's incorrect. vfork() child also have the same ->mm.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > This patch change to use same_thread_group() instead.
> 
> I don't think we need same_thread_group(). Please note that any children must
> be from the different thread_group.

Agghh. I see.
ok, probably, I've got correct original author intention now.
To be honest, andrea's ancient patch is very hard to understand for me ;)

> 
> So,
> 
> > --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
> > +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> > @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
> >  		list_for_each_entry(c, &t->children, sibling) {
> >  			child = find_lock_task_mm(c);
> >  			if (child) {
> > -				if (child->mm != p->mm)
> > +				if (same_thread_group(p, child))
> >  					points += child->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
> >  				task_unlock(child);
> >  			}
> > @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
> >  		list_for_each_entry(child, &t->children, sibling) {
> >  			unsigned long child_points;
> >
> > -			if (child->mm == p->mm)
> > +			if (same_thread_group(p, child))
> >  				continue;
> 
> In both cases same_thread_group() must be false.
> 
> This means that the change in oom_badness() doesn't look right,
> "child->mm != p->mm" is the correct check to decide whether we should
> account child->mm.
> 
> The change in oom_kill_process() merely removes this "continue".
> Could someone please explain what this code _should_ do?

I think you are right.


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