linux-kernel - Re: [v8 0/4] cgroup-aware OOM killer

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:16:03 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, kernel-team@...com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v8 0/4] cgroup-aware OOM killer

On Fri 15-09-17 12:55:55, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2017, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> 
> > > But then you just enforce a structural restriction on your configuration
> > > because
> > > 	root
> > >         /  \
> > >        A    D
> > >       /\   
> > >      B  C
> > > 
> > > is a different thing than
> > > 	root
> > >         / | \
> > >        B  C  D
> > >
> > 
> > I actually don't have a strong argument against an approach to select
> > largest leaf or kill-all-set memcg. I think, in practice there will be
> > no much difference.
> > 
> > The only real concern I have is that then we have to do the same with
> > oom_priorities (select largest priority tree-wide), and this will limit
> > an ability to enforce the priority by parent cgroup.
> > 
> 
> Yes, oom_priority cannot select the largest priority tree-wide for exactly 
> that reason.  We need the ability to control from which subtree the kill 
> occurs in ancestor cgroups.  If multiple jobs are allocated their own 
> cgroups and they can own memory.oom_priority for their own subcontainers, 
> this becomes quite powerful so they can define their own oom priorities.   
> Otherwise, they can easily override the oom priorities of other cgroups.

Could you be more speicific about your usecase? What would be a
problem If we allow to only increase priority in children (like other
hierarchical controls).

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs