linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix race between oom kill and task exit

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:09:16 +0000
From:	"Ma, Xindong" <xindong.ma@...el.com>
To:	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"mhocko@...e.cz" <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"rientjes@...gle.com" <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	"hannes@...xchg.org" <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	"rusty@...tcorp.com.au" <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Peter Zijlstra'" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"'gregkh@...uxfoundation.org'" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"Ma, Xindong" <xindong.ma@...el.com>,
	"Tu, Xiaobing" <xiaobing.tu@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix race between oom kill and task exit

From: Leon Ma <xindong.ma@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:46:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix race between oom kill and task exit

There is a race between oom kill and task exit. Scenario is:
   TASK  A                      TASK  B
TASK B is selected to oom kill
in oom_kill_process()
check PF_EXITING of TASK B
                            task call do_exit()
                            task set PF_EXITING flag
                            write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
                            remove TASK B from thread group in __unhash_process()
                            write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
traverse threads of TASK B
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);

After that, the following traversal of threads in TASK B will not end because TASK B is not in the thread group:
do {
....
} while_each_thread(p, t);

Signed-off-by: Leon Ma <xindong.ma@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: xiaobing tu <xiaobing.tu@...el.com>
---
 mm/oom_kill.c |   20 ++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 1e4a600..32ec88d 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -412,16 +412,6 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(oom_rs, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,
 					      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
 
-	/*
-	 * 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) {
-		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
-		put_task_struct(p);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (__ratelimit(&oom_rs))
 		dump_header(p, gfp_mask, order, memcg, nodemask);
 
@@ -437,6 +427,16 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 	 * still freeing memory.
 	 */
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	/*
+	 * 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) {
+		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
+		put_task_struct(p);
+		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		return;
+	}
 	do {
 		list_for_each_entry(child, &t->children, sibling) {
 			unsigned int child_points;
-- 
1.7.4.1

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