linux-kernel - Re: [-mm patch] Show memcg information during OOM

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Message-ID: <4987D512.90001@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:24:34 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
CC:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp" <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] Show memcg information during OOM

David Rientjes wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Balbir Singh wrote:
> 
>>>> diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
>>>> index d3b9bac..b8e53ae 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
>>>> @@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
>>>>  			current->comm, gfp_mask, order, current->oomkilladj);
>>>>  		task_lock(current);
>>>>  		cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed(current);
>>>> +		mem_cgroup_print_mem_info(mem);
>>> I think this can be put outside the task lock. The lock is used to call task_cs() safely in
>>> cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed().
>>>
>> Thanks, I'll work on that in the next version.
>>  
> 
> I was also wondering about this and assumed that it was necessary to 
> prevent the cgroup from disappearing during the oom.  If task_lock() isn't 
> held, is the memcg->css.cgroup->dentry->d_name.name dereference always 
> safe without rcu?
> 

The cgroup won't disappear, since mem_cgroup_out_of_memory() is called with memcg's css refcnt
increased. :)


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