linux-kernel - Re: + oom-pf_exiting-check-should-take-mm-into-account.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-Id: <20100617102101.FB5D.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:51:38 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	oleg@...hat.com, balbir@...ibm.com, rientjes@...gle.com
Subject: Re: + oom-pf_exiting-check-should-take-mm-into-account.patch added to -mm tree

> 
> The patch titled
>      oom: PF_EXITING check should take mm into account
> has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
>      oom-pf_exiting-check-should-take-mm-into-account.patch
> 
> Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
>    a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
>    b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
>    c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
>       reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's
> 
> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
> 
> See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
> out what to do about this
> 
> The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: oom: PF_EXITING check should take mm into account
> From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> 
> select_bad_process() checks PF_EXITING to detect the task which is going
> to release its memory, but the logic is very wrong.
> 
> 	- a single process P with the dead group leader disables
> 	  select_bad_process() completely, it will always return
> 	  ERR_PTR() while P can live forever
> 
> 	- if the PF_EXITING task has already released its ->mm
> 	  it doesn't make sense to expect it is goiing to free
> 	  more memory (except task_struct/etc)
> 
> Change the code to ignore the PF_EXITING tasks without ->mm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>
> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>



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