linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm, oom: Fix race when selecting process to kill

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Date:	Fri, 8 Nov 2013 19:45:15 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Sameer Nanda <snanda@...omium.org>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mhocko@...e.cz, rientjes@...gle.com,
	hannes@...xchg.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, semenzato@...gle.com,
	murzin.v@...il.com, dserrg@...il.com, msb@...omium.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm, oom: Fix race when selecting process to kill

Sorry.

I didn't have time to answer other emails, will try to do later.

And yes, yes, while_each_thread() should be fixed, still on my
TODO list... But just in case, whatever we do with while_each_thread()
we should also fix some users.

Until then,

On 11/08, Sameer Nanda wrote:
>
> @@ -412,13 +412,16 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
>  	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(oom_rs, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,
>  					      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
>
> +	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
>  	 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
>  	 */
> -	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
> +	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING || !pid_alive(p)) {

OK.

> -	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);

But you should also move read_unlock_down(), at least after
find_lock_task_mm().

And of course, this doesn't fix other users in oom_kill.c.

Oleg.

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