linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] oom-kill: give the dying task a higher priority

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Message-Id: <20100528090357.7DFB.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 May 2010 11:54:07 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	"Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lclaudio@...g.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, williams@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] oom-kill: give the dying task a higher priority

Hi Luis,

> On 05/27, Luis Claudio R. Goncalves wrote:
> >
> > It sounds plausible giving the dying task an even higher priority to be
> > sure it will be scheduled sooner and free the desired memory.
> 
> As usual, I can't really comment the changes in oom logic, just minor
> nits...
> 
> > @@ -413,6 +415,8 @@ static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, int verbose)
> >  	 */
> >  	p->rt.time_slice = HZ;
> >  	set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
> > +	param.sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1;
> > +	sched_setscheduler(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
> >
> >  	force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
> 
> Probably sched_setscheduler_nocheck() makes more sense.
> 
> Minor, but perhaps it would be a bit better to send SIGKILL first,
> then raise its prio.

I have no objection too. but I don't think Oleg's pointed thing is minor.
Please send updated patch.

Thanks.


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