linux-kernel - Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH -mm] fix bad call of memcg_oom

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:57:41 +0900
From:	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH -mm] fix bad call of memcg_oom_recover at cancel
 move.

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:54:42 +0530, Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> * KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> [2010-06-17 17:20:34]:
> 
> > From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> > 
> > When cgroup_cancel_attach() is called via cgroup_attach_task(),
> > mem_cgroup_clear_mc() can be called even when any migration
> > was done. In such case, mc.to and mc.from is NULL.
> > 
> > But, memcg-clean-up-waiting-move-acct-v2.patch
> > doesn't handle this correctly and pass NULL to memcg_oom_recover.
> > fix it.
> > 
> > BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 000000000000114c
> > IP: [<ffffffff81153bb9>] memcg_oom_recover+0x9/0x30
> > PGD 61ce4b067 PUD 613ea0067 PMD 0
> > Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> > <snip>
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<ffffffff81155359>] mem_cgroup_clear_mc+0x119/0x1c0
> >  [<ffffffff811554de>] mem_cgroup_cancel_attach+0xe/0x10
> >  [<ffffffff810b619c>] cgroup_attach_task+0x26c/0x2c0
> >  [<ffffffff810b6257>] cgroup_tasks_write+0x67/0x1c0
> >  [<ffffffff81121555>] ? might_fault+0xa5/0xb0
> >  [<ffffffff8112150c>] ? might_fault+0x5c/0xb0
> >  [<ffffffff810b40a2>] cgroup_file_write+0x2d2/0x330
> >  [<ffffffff81093aa2>] ? print_lock_contention_bug+0x22/0xf0
> >  [<ffffffff81259fef>] ? security_file_permission+0x1f/0x80
> >  [<ffffffff8115d998>] vfs_write+0xc8/0x190
> >  [<ffffffff8115e3a1>] sys_write+0x51/0x90
> >  [<ffffffff8100b072>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> > Code: 20 48 39 43 20 41 bc f0 ff ff ff 75 c7 45 88 ae 48 11 00 00 45 31 e4 eb bb 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89 e5 0f 1f 44 00 00 <8b> 87 4c 11 00 00 85 c0 75 05 c9 c3 0f 1f 00 48 89 f9 31 d2 be
> > RIP  [<ffffffff81153bb9>] memcg_oom_recover+0x9/0x30
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> > ---
> >  mm/memcontrol.c |    6 ++++--
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Index: mmotm-2.6.35-0611/mm/memcontrol.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- mmotm-2.6.35-0611.orig/mm/memcontrol.c
> > +++ mmotm-2.6.35-0611/mm/memcontrol.c
> > @@ -4485,8 +4485,10 @@ static void mem_cgroup_clear_mc(void)
> >  	mc.to = NULL;
> >  	mc.moving_task = NULL;
> >  	spin_unlock(&mc.lock);
> > -	memcg_oom_recover(from);
> > -	memcg_oom_recover(to);
> > +	if (from)
> > +		memcg_oom_recover(from);
> > +	if (to)
> > +		memcg_oom_recover(to);
> >  	wake_up_all(&mc.waitq);
> 
> May I recommend the following change instead
> 
> 
> Don't crash on a null memcg being passed, check if memcg
> is NULL and handle the condition gracefully
> 
> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index c6ece0a..d71c488 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ static void memcg_wakeup_oom(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  
>  static void memcg_oom_recover(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  {
> -	if (mem->oom_kill_disable && atomic_read(&mem->oom_lock))
> +	if (mem && mem->oom_kill_disable && atomic_read(&mem->oom_lock))
>  		memcg_wakeup_oom(mem);
>  }
>  
I agree to this fix.

Acked-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>

Thanks,
Daisuke Nishimura.
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