linux-kernel - Re: [v5 3/4] mm, oom: introduce oom

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:44:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, kernel-team@...com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v5 3/4] mm, oom: introduce oom_priority for memory cgroups

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, Roman Gushchin wrote:

> Introduce a per-memory-cgroup oom_priority setting: an integer number
> within the [-10000, 10000] range, which defines the order in which
> the OOM killer selects victim memory cgroups.
> 
> OOM killer prefers memory cgroups with larger priority if they are
> populated with elegible tasks.
> 
> The oom_priority value is compared within sibling cgroups.
> 
> The root cgroup has the oom_priority 0, which cannot be changed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Cc: kernel-team@...com
> Cc: cgroups@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org

Tested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>