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Date:	Thu,  3 Jun 2010 09:41:51 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] oom: dump_tasks() use find_lock_task_mm() too

> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:06 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro
> <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >> > @@ -344,35 +344,30 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints,
> >> >   */
> >> >  static void dump_tasks(const struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> >> >  {
> >> > -   struct task_struct *g, *p;
> >> > +   struct task_struct *p;
> >> > +   struct task_struct *task;
> >> >
> >> >     printk(KERN_INFO "[ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss cpu oom_adj "
> >> >            "name\n");
> >> > -   do_each_thread(g, p) {
> >> > +
> >> > +   for_each_process(p) {
> >> >             struct mm_struct *mm;
> >> >
> >> > -           if (mem && !task_in_mem_cgroup(p, mem))
> >> > +           if (is_global_init(p) || (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
> >>
> >> select_bad_process needs is_global_init check to not select init as victim.
> >> But in this case, it is just for dumping information of tasks.
> >
> > But dumping oom unrelated process is useless and making confusion.
> > Do you have any suggestion? Instead, adding unkillable field?
> 
> I think it's not unrelated. Of course, init process doesn't consume
> lots of memory but might consume more memory than old as time goes by
> or some BUG although it is unlikely.
> 
> I think whether we print information of init or not isn't a big deal.
> But we have been done it until now and you are trying to change it.
> At least, we need some description why you want to remove it.
> Making confusion? Hmm.. I don't think it make many people confusion.

Hm. ok, I'll change logic as you said.



> >> > -           mm = p->mm;
> >> > -           if (!mm) {
> >> > -                   /*
> >> > -                    * total_vm and rss sizes do not exist for tasks with no
> >> > -                    * mm so there's no need to report them; they can't be
> >> > -                    * oom killed anyway.
> >> > -                    */
> >>
> >> Please, do not remove the comment for mm newbies unless you think it's useless.
> >
> > How is this?
> >
> >               task = find_lock_task_mm(p);
> >               if (!task)
> >                        /*
> >                         * Probably oom vs task-exiting race was happen and ->mm
> >                         * have been detached. thus there's no need to report them;
> >                         * they can't be oom killed anyway.
> >                         */
> >                        continue;
> >
> 
> Looks good to adding story about racing. but my point was "total_vm
> and rss sizes do not exist for tasks with no mm". But I don't want to
> bother you due to trivial.
> It depends on you. :)


old ->mm check have two intention.

   a) the task is kernel thread?
   b) the task have alredy detached ->mm

but a) is not strictly correct check because we should think use_mm(). 
therefore we appended PF_KTHREAD check. then, here find_lock_task_mm()
focus exiting race, I think.




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