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Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2017 14:14:21 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Manish Jaggi <mjaggi@...iumnetworks.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm,oom: Use ALLOC_OOM for OOM victim's last
 second allocation.

On Thu 02-11-17 20:16:48, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Manish Jaggi noticed that running LTP oom01/oom02 ltp tests with high core
> count causes random kernel panics when an OOM victim which consumed memory
> in a way the OOM reaper does not help was selected by the OOM killer [1].
> 
> ----------
> oom02       0  TINFO  :  start OOM testing for mlocked pages.
> oom02       0  TINFO  :  expected victim is 4578.
> oom02       0  TINFO  :  thread (ffff8b0e71f0), allocating 3221225472 bytes.
> oom02       0  TINFO  :  thread (ffff8b8e71f0), allocating 3221225472 bytes.
> (...snipped...)
> oom02       0  TINFO  :  thread (ffff8a0e71f0), allocating 3221225472 bytes.
> [  364.737486] oom02:4583 invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x16080c0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO|__GFP_NOTRACK), nodemask=1,  order=0, oom_score_adj=0
> (...snipped...)
> [  365.036127] [ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss nr_ptes nr_pmds swapents oom_score_adj name
> [  365.044691] [ 1905]     0  1905     3236     1714      10       4        0             0 systemd-journal
> [  365.054172] [ 1908]     0  1908    20247      590       8       4        0             0 lvmetad
> [  365.062959] [ 2421]     0  2421     3241      878       9       3        0         -1000 systemd-udevd
> [  365.072266] [ 3125]     0  3125     3834      719       9       4        0         -1000 auditd
> [  365.080963] [ 3145]     0  3145     1086      630       6       4        0             0 systemd-logind
> [  365.090353] [ 3146]     0  3146     1208      596       7       3        0             0 irqbalance
> [  365.099413] [ 3147]    81  3147     1118      625       5       4        0          -900 dbus-daemon
> [  365.108548] [ 3149]   998  3149   116294     4180      26       5        0             0 polkitd
> [  365.117333] [ 3164]   997  3164    19992      785       9       3        0             0 chronyd
> [  365.126118] [ 3180]     0  3180    55605     7880      29       3        0             0 firewalld
> [  365.135075] [ 3187]     0  3187    87842     3033      26       3        0             0 NetworkManager
> [  365.144465] [ 3290]     0  3290    43037     1224      16       5        0             0 rsyslogd
> [  365.153335] [ 3295]     0  3295   108279     6617      30       3        0             0 tuned
> [  365.161944] [ 3308]     0  3308    27846      676      11       3        0             0 crond
> [  365.170554] [ 3309]     0  3309     3332      616      10       3        0         -1000 sshd
> [  365.179076] [ 3371]     0  3371    27307      364       6       3        0             0 agetty
> [  365.187790] [ 3375]     0  3375    29397     1125      11       3        0             0 login
> [  365.196402] [ 4178]     0  4178     4797     1119      14       4        0             0 master
> [  365.205101] [ 4209]    89  4209     4823     1396      12       4        0             0 pickup
> [  365.213798] [ 4211]    89  4211     4842     1485      12       3        0             0 qmgr
> [  365.222325] [ 4491]     0  4491    27965     1022       8       3        0             0 bash
> [  365.230849] [ 4513]     0  4513      670      365       5       3        0             0 oom02
> [  365.239459] [ 4578]     0  4578 37776030 32890957   64257     138        0             0 oom02
> [  365.248067] Out of memory: Kill process 4578 (oom02) score 952 or sacrifice child
> [  365.255581] Killed process 4578 (oom02) total-vm:151104120kB, anon-rss:131562528kB, file-rss:1300kB, shmem-rss:0kB
> [  365.266829] out_of_memory: Current (4583) has a pending SIGKILL
> [  365.267347] oom_reaper: reaped process 4578 (oom02), now anon-rss:131559616kB, file-rss:0kB, shmem-rss:0kB
> [  365.282658] oom_reaper: reaped process 4583 (oom02), now anon-rss:131561664kB, file-rss:0kB, shmem-rss:0kB
> [  365.283361] oom02:4586 invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x16040c0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOTRACK), nodemask=1,  order=0, oom_score_adj=0
> (...snipped...)
> [  365.576164] oom02:4585 invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x16080c0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO|__GFP_NOTRACK), nodemask=1,  order=0, oom_score_adj=0
> (...snipped...)
> [  365.576298] [ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss nr_ptes nr_pmds swapents oom_score_adj name
> [  365.576338] [ 2421]     0  2421     3241      878       9       3        0         -1000 systemd-udevd
> [  365.576342] [ 3125]     0  3125     3834      719       9       4        0         -1000 auditd
> [  365.576347] [ 3309]     0  3309     3332      616      10       3        0         -1000 sshd
> [  365.576356] [ 4580]     0  4578 37776030 32890417   64258     138        0             0 oom02
> [  365.576361] Kernel panic - not syncing: Out of memory and no killable processes...
> ----------
> 
> Since commit 696453e66630ad45 ("mm, oom: task_will_free_mem should skip
> oom_reaped tasks") changed task_will_free_mem(current) in out_of_memory()
> to return false as soon as MMF_OOM_SKIP is set, many threads sharing the
> victim's mm were not able to try allocation from memory reserves after the
> OOM reaper gave up reclaiming memory.

I think it would be really helpful to outline the race scenario as
suggested in http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171101135855.bqg2kuj6ao2cicqi@dhcp22.suse.cz

> Until Linux 4.7, we were using
> 
>   if (current->mm &&
>       (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current)))
> 
> as a condition to try allocation from memory reserves with the risk of OOM
> lockup, but reports like [1] were impossible. Linux 4.8+ are regressed
> compared to Linux 4.7 due to the risk of needlessly selecting more OOM
> victims.

I still believe that the wording makes the problem bigger than it
actually is and that might confuse people reading it.

> Although commit cd04ae1e2dc8e365 ("mm, oom: do not rely on TIF_MEMDIE for
> memory reserves access") mitigated this regression by not requiring each
> OOM victim thread to call task_will_free_mem(current), some of OOM victim
> threads which are between post __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask) and pre
> mutex_trylock(&oom_lock) (a race window which that commit cannot close)
> can call out_of_memory() without ever trying ALLOC_OOM allocation.

and this just confuses even more

> Therefore, this patch allows OOM victims to use ALLOC_OOM watermark
> for last second allocation attempt.

Can we have something as simple as

To reduce the above time window this patch allows OOM victims to ue
ALLOC_OOM watermark for the last allocation attempt before invoking the
oom killer.

Other than that the patch looks good to me.

> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e6c83a26-1d59-4afd-55cf-04e58bdde188@caviumnetworks.com
> 
> Fixes: 696453e66630ad45 ("mm, oom: task_will_free_mem should skip oom_reaped tasks")
> Reported-by: Manish Jaggi <mjaggi@...iumnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 1607326..45e763e 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -4111,13 +4111,19 @@ struct page *alloc_pages_before_oomkill(const struct oom_control *oc)
>  	 * !__GFP_NORETRY allocation which will never fail due to oom_lock
>  	 * already held. And since this allocation attempt does not sleep,
>  	 * there is no reason we must use high watermark here.
> +	 * But anyway, make sure that OOM victims can try ALLOC_OOM watermark
> +	 * in case they haven't tried ALLOC_OOM watermark.
>  	 */
>  	int alloc_flags = ALLOC_CPUSET | ALLOC_WMARK_HIGH;
>  	gfp_t gfp_mask = oc->gfp_mask | __GFP_HARDWALL;
> +	int reserve_flags;
>  
>  	if (!oc->ac)
>  		return NULL;
>  	gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;
> +	reserve_flags = __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask);
> +	if (reserve_flags)
> +		alloc_flags = reserve_flags;
>  	return get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, oc->order, alloc_flags, oc->ac);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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