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Message-Id: <20110531085006.e420d157.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 08:50:06 +0900
From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To: "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]"
<cal.leeming@...plicitymedialtd.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
"kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com" <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
"minchan.kim@...il.com" <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
"rientjes@...gle.com" <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: cgroup OOM killer loop causes system to lockup (possible fix
included)
On Mon, 30 May 2011 22:36:10 +0100
"Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]" <cal.leeming@...plicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
> FYI everyone, I found a bug within openssh-server which caused this problem.
>
> I've patched and submitted to the openssh list.
>
> You can find details of this by googling for:
> "port-linux.c bug with oom_adjust_restore() - causes real bad oom_adj -
> which can cause DoS conditions"
>
Thank you.
> It's extremely strange.. :S
>
yes...
Thanks,
-Kame
> Cal
>
> On 30/05/2011 18:36, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
> > Here is an strace of the SSH process (which is somehow inheriting the
> > -17 oom_adj on all forked user instances)
> >
> > (broken server - with bnx2 module loaded)
> > [pid 2200] [ 7f13a09c9cb0] open("/proc/self/oom_adj",
> > O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 2120] [ 7f13a09c9f00] write(7, "\0\0\2\240\n\n\n\nPort
> > 22\n\n\n\nProtocol 2\n\nH"..., 680 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 2200] [ 7f13a09c9cb0] <... open resumed> ) = 9
> > [pid 2120] [ 7f13a09c9f00] <... write resumed> ) = 680
> > [pid 2120] [ 7f13a09c9e40] close(7 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 2200] [ 7f13a09c9844] fstat(9, <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 2120] [ 7f13a09c9e40] <... close resumed> ) = 0
> > [pid 2200] [ 7f13a09c9844] <... fstat resumed>
> > {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> > [pid 2120] [ 7f13a09c9e40] close(8 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 2200] [ 7f13a09d2a2a] mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> > MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 2120] [ 7f13a09c9e40] <... close resumed> ) = 0
> > [pid 2200] [ 7f13a09d2a2a] <... mmap resumed> ) = 0x7f13a25a6000
> > [pid 2120] [ 7f13a09c9e40] close(4 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 2200] [ 7f13a09c9f00] write(9, "-17\n", 4 <unfinished ...>
> >
> >
> > (working server - with bnx2 module unloaded)
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbe40] close(7) = 0
> > [pid 1631] [ 7fae577fbcb0] open("/proc/self/oom_adj",
> > O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbf00] write(8, "\0\0\2\217\0", 5 <unfinished
> > ...>
> > [pid 1631] [ 7fae577fbcb0] <... open resumed> ) = 10
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbf00] <... write resumed> ) = 5
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbf00] write(8, "\0\0\2\206\n\n\n\nPort
> > 22\n\n\n\nProtocol 2\n\nH"..., 654 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 1631] [ 7fae577fb844] fstat(10, <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbf00] <... write resumed> ) = 654
> > [pid 1631] [ 7fae577fb844] <... fstat resumed>
> > {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbe40] close(8) = 0
> > [pid 1631] [ 7fae57804a2a] mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> > MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbe40] close(9 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 1631] [ 7fae57804a2a] <... mmap resumed> ) = 0x7fae593d9000
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbe40] <... close resumed> ) = 0
> > [pid 1323] [ 7fae577fbe40] close(5 <unfinished ...>
> > [pid 1631] [ 7fae577fbf00] write(10, "0\n", 2 <unfinished ...>
> >
> > The two servers are *EXACT* duplicates of each other, completely fresh
> > Debian installs, with exactly the same packages installed.
> >
> > As you can see, the working server sends "0" into the oom_adj and the
> > broken one sends "-17".
> >
> >
> > On 30/05/2011 15:27, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
> >> I FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!
> >>
> >> Explicit details can be found on the Debian kernel mailing list, but
> >> to cut short, it's caused by the firmware-bnx2 kernel module:
> >>
> >> The broken server uses 'firmware-bnx2'.. so I purged the bnx2
> >> package, removed the bnx*.ko files from /lib/modules, ran
> >> update-initramfs, and then rebooted (i then confirmed it was removed
> >> by checking ifconfig and lsmod).
> >>
> >> And guess what.. IT WORKED.
> >>
> >> So, this problem seems to be caused by the firmware-bnx2 module being
> >> loaded.. some how, that module is causing -17 oom_adj to be set for
> >> everything..
> >>
> >> WTF?!?! Surely a bug?? Could someone please forward this to the
> >> appropriate person for the bnx2 kernel module, as I wouldn't even
> >> know where to begin :S
> >>
> >> Cal
> >>
> >> On 30/05/2011 11:52, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
> >>> -resent due to incorrect formatting, sorry if this dups!
> >>>
> >>> @Kame
> >>> Thanks for the reply!
> >>> Both kernels used the same env/dist, but which slightly different
> >>> packages.
> >>> After many frustrating hours, I have pin pointed this down to a dodgy
> >>> Debian package which appears to continue affecting the system, even
> >>> after purging. I'm still yet to pin point the package down (I'm doing
> >>> several reinstall tests, along with tripwire analysis after each
> >>> reboot).
> >>>
> >>> @Hiroyuki
> >>> Thank you for sending this to the right people!
> >>>
> >>> @linux-mm
> >>> On a side note, would someone mind taking a few minutes to give a
> >>> brief explanation as to how the default oom_adj is set, and under what
> >>> conditions it is given -17 by default? Is this defined by the
> >>> application? I looked through the kernel source,
> >>> and noticed some of the code was defaulted to set oom_adj to
> >>> OOM_DISABLE (which is defined in the headers as -17).
> >>>
> >>> Assuming the debian problem is resolved, this might be another call
> >>> for the oom-killer to be modified so that if it encounters the
> >>> unrecoverable loop, it ignores the -17 rule (with some exceptions,
> >>> such as kernel processes, and other critical things). If this is going
> >>> to be a relatively simple task, I wouldn't mind spending a few hours
> >>> patching this?
> >>>
> >>> Cal
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:23 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
> >>> <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >>>> Thank you. memory cgroup and OOM troubles are handled in linux-mm.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, 29 May 2011 23:24:07 +0100
> >>>> "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media
> >>>> Ltd]"<cal.leeming@...plicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Some further logs:
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.369927]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.369939]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.399285]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.399296]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.428690]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.428702]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.487696]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.487708]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.517023]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.517035]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.546379]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:38 vicky kernel: [ 2283.546391]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.310789]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.310804]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.369918]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.369930]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.399284]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.399296]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.433634]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.433648]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.463947]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.463959]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.493439]
> >>>>> redis-server
> >>>>> invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=-17
> >>>>> ./log/syslog:May 30 07:44:43 vicky kernel: [ 2288.493451]
> >>>>> [<ffffffff810b12b7>] ? oom_kill_process+0x82/0x283
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> hmm, in short, applications has -17 oom_adj in default with
> >>>> 2.6.32.41 ?
> >>>> AFAIK, no kernel has such crazy settings as default..
> >>>>
> >>>> Does your 2 kernel uses the same environment/distribution ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> -Kame
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 29/05/2011 22:50, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
> >>>>>> First of all, my apologies if I have submitted this problem to the
> >>>>>> wrong place, spent 20 minutes trying to figure out where it needs to
> >>>>>> be sent, and was still none the wiser.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The problem is related to applying memory limitations within a
> >>>>>> cgroup.
> >>>>>> If the OOM killer kicks in, it gets stuck in a loop where it
> >>>>>> tries to
> >>>>>> kill a process which has an oom_adj of -17. This causes an infinite
> >>>>>> loop, which in turn locks up the system.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> May 30 03:13:08 vicky kernel: [ 1578.117055] Memory cgroup out of
> >>>>>> memory: kill process 6016 (java) score 0 or a child
> >>>>>> May 30 03:13:08 vicky kernel: [ 1578.117154] Memory cgroup out of
> >>>>>> memory: kill process 6016 (java) score 0 or a child
> >>>>>> May 30 03:13:08 vicky kernel: [ 1578.117248] Memory cgroup out of
> >>>>>> memory: kill process 6016 (java) score 0 or a child
> >>>>>> May 30 03:13:08 vicky kernel: [ 1578.117343] Memory cgroup out of
> >>>>>> memory: kill process 6016 (java) score 0 or a child
> >>>>>> May 30 03:13:08 vicky kernel: [ 1578.117441] Memory cgroup out of
> >>>>>> memory: kill process 6016 (java) score 0 or a child
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> root@...ky [/home/foxx]> uname -a
> >>>>>> Linux vicky 2.6.32.41-grsec #3 SMP Mon May 30 02:34:43 BST 2011
> >>>>>> x86_64
> >>>>>> GNU/Linux
> >>>>>> (this happens on both the grsec patched and non patched 2.6.32.41
> >>>>>> kernel)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> When this is encountered, the memory usage across the whole
> >>>>>> server is
> >>>>>> still within limits (not even hitting swap).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The memory configuration for the cgroup/lxc is:
> >>>>>> lxc.cgroup.memory.limit_in_bytes = 3000M
> >>>>>> lxc.cgroup.memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes = 3128M
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Now, what is even more strange, is that when running under the
> >>>>>> 2.6.32.28 kernel (both patched and unpatched), this problem doesn't
> >>>>>> happen. However, there is a slight difference between the two
> >>>>>> kernels.
> >>>>>> The 2.6.32.28 kernel gives a default of 0 in the /proc/X/oom_adj,
> >>>>>> where as the 2.6.32.41 gives a default of -17. I suspect this is the
> >>>>>> root cause of why it's showing in the later kernel, but not the
> >>>>>> earlier.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> To test this theory, I started up the lxc on both servers, and then
> >>>>>> ran a one liner which showed me all the processes with an oom_adj
> >>>>>> of -17:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> (the below is the older/working kernel)
> >>>>>> root@...rtney.internal [/mnt/encstore/lxc]> uname -a
> >>>>>> Linux courtney.internal 2.6.32.28-grsec #3 SMP Fri Feb 18
> >>>>>> 16:09:07 GMT
> >>>>>> 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >>>>>> root@...rtney.internal [/mnt/encstore/lxc]> for x in `find /proc
> >>>>>> -iname 'oom_adj' | xargs grep "\-17" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}'`
> >>>>>> ; do
> >>>>>> ps -p $x --no-headers ; done
> >>>>>> grep: /proc/1411/task/1411/oom_adj: No such file or directory
> >>>>>> grep: /proc/1411/oom_adj: No such file or directory
> >>>>>> 804 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 804 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 25536 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 25536 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 31861 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 31861 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 32173 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 32173 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 32174 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 32174 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> (the below is the newer/broken kernel)
> >>>>>> root@...ky [/mnt/encstore/ssd/kernel/linux-2.6.32.41]> uname -a
> >>>>>> Linux vicky 2.6.32.41-grsec #3 SMP Mon May 30 02:34:43 BST 2011
> >>>>>> x86_64
> >>>>>> GNU/Linux
> >>>>>> root@...ky [/mnt/encstore/ssd/kernel/linux-2.6.32.41]> for x in
> >>>>>> `find /proc -iname 'oom_adj' | xargs grep "\-17" | awk -F '/'
> >>>>>> '{print
> >>>>>> $3}'` ; do ps -p $x --no-headers ; done
> >>>>>> grep: /proc/3118/task/3118/oom_adj: No such file or directory
> >>>>>> grep: /proc/3118/oom_adj: No such file or directory
> >>>>>> 895 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 895 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 1091 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 1091 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 1092 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 1092 ? 00:00:00 udevd
> >>>>>> 2596 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 2596 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 2608 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 2608 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 2613 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 2613 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 2614 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
> >>>>>> 2614 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
> >>>>>> 2620 pts/0 00:00:00 sudo
> >>>>>> 2620 pts/0 00:00:00 sudo
> >>>>>> 2621 pts/0 00:00:00 su
> >>>>>> 2621 pts/0 00:00:00 su
> >>>>>> 2622 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
> >>>>>> 2622 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
> >>>>>> 2685 ? 00:00:00 lxc-start
> >>>>>> 2685 ? 00:00:00 lxc-start
> >>>>>> 2699 ? 00:00:00 init
> >>>>>> 2699 ? 00:00:00 init
> >>>>>> 2939 ? 00:00:00 rc
> >>>>>> 2939 ? 00:00:00 rc
> >>>>>> 2942 ? 00:00:00 startpar
> >>>>>> 2942 ? 00:00:00 startpar
> >>>>>> 2964 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
> >>>>>> 2964 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
> >>>>>> 2964 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
> >>>>>> 2964 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
> >>>>>> 2980 ? 00:00:00 startpar
> >>>>>> 2980 ? 00:00:00 startpar
> >>>>>> 2981 ? 00:00:00 ctlscript.sh
> >>>>>> 2981 ? 00:00:00 ctlscript.sh
> >>>>>> 3016 ? 00:00:00 cron
> >>>>>> 3016 ? 00:00:00 cron
> >>>>>> 3025 ? 00:00:00 mysqld_safe
> >>>>>> 3025 ? 00:00:00 mysqld_safe
> >>>>>> 3032 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 3032 ? 00:00:00 sshd
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3097 ? 00:00:00 mysqld.bin
> >>>>>> 3113 ? 00:00:00 ctl.sh
> >>>>>> 3113 ? 00:00:00 ctl.sh
> >>>>>> 3115 ? 00:00:00 sleep
> >>>>>> 3115 ? 00:00:00 sleep
> >>>>>> 3116 ? 00:00:00 .memcached.bin
> >>>>>> 3116 ? 00:00:00 .memcached.bin
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> As you can see, it is clear that the newer kernel is setting -17 by
> >>>>>> default, which in turn is causing the OOM killer loop.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So I began to try and find what may have caused this problem by
> >>>>>> comparing the two sources...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I checked the code for all references to 'oom_adj' and
> >>>>>> 'oom_adjust' in
> >>>>>> both code sets, but found no obvious differences:
> >>>>>> grep -R -e oom_adjust -e oom_adj . | sort | grep -R -e oom_adjust -e
> >>>>>> oom_adj
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Then I checked for references to "-17" in all .c and .h files, and
> >>>>>> found a couple of matches, but only one obvious one:
> >>>>>> grep -R "\-17" . | grep -e ".c:" -e ".h:" -e "\-17" | wc -l
> >>>>>> ./include/linux/oom.h:#define OOM_DISABLE (-17)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> But again, a search for OOM_DISABLE came up with nothing obvious...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> In a last ditch attempt, I did a search for all references to 'oom'
> >>>>>> (case-insensitive) in both code bases, then compared the two:
> >>>>>> root@...abelle [~/lol/linux-2.6.32.28]> grep -i -R "oom" . |
> >>>>>> sort -n
> >>>>>>> /tmp/annabelle.oom_adj
> >>>>>> root@...ky [/mnt/encstore/ssd/kernel/linux-2.6.32.41]> grep -i -R
> >>>>>> "oom" . | sort -n> /tmp/vicky.oom_adj
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> and this brought back (yet again) nothing obvious..
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> root@...ky [/mnt/encstore/ssd/kernel/linux-2.6.32.41]> md5sum
> >>>>>> ./include/linux/oom.h
> >>>>>> 2a32622f6cd38299fc2801d10a9a3ea8 ./include/linux/oom.h
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> root@...abelle [~/lol/linux-2.6.32.28]> md5sum
> >>>>>> ./include/linux/oom.h
> >>>>>> 2a32622f6cd38299fc2801d10a9a3ea8 ./include/linux/oom.h
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> root@...ky [/mnt/encstore/ssd/kernel/linux-2.6.32.41]> md5sum
> >>>>>> ./mm/oom_kill.c
> >>>>>> 1ef2c2bec19868d13ec66ec22033f10a ./mm/oom_kill.c
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> root@...abelle [~/lol/linux-2.6.32.28]> md5sum ./mm/oom_kill.c
> >>>>>> 1ef2c2bec19868d13ec66ec22033f10a ./mm/oom_kill.c
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Could anyone please shed some light as to why the default oom_adj is
> >>>>>> set to -17 now (and where it is actually set)? From what I can tell,
> >>>>>> the fix for this issue will either be:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 1. Allow OOM killer to override the decision of ignoring
> >>>>>> oom_adj ==
> >>>>>> -17 if an unrecoverable loop is encountered.
> >>>>>> 2. Change the default back to 0.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Again, my apologies if this bug report is slightly unorthodox, or
> >>>>>> doesn't follow usual procedure etc. I can assure you I have tried my
> >>>>>> absolute best to give all the necessary information though.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cal
> >>>>>>
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