linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] ringbuffer: Don't choose the process with adj equal OOM_SCORE_ADJ

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Date:   Sun, 8 Apr 2018 08:47:56 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Zhaoyang Huang <huangzhaoyang@...il.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] ringbuffer: Don't choose the process with adj equal
 OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN

[ Removing kernel-patch-test, because of annoying "moderator" messages ]

On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 13:54:59 +0800
Zhaoyang Huang <huangzhaoyang@...il.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 11:48 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > On Sun,  8 Apr 2018 10:16:23 +0800
> > Zhaoyang Huang <huangzhaoyang@...il.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> Don't choose the process with adj == OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN which
> >> over-allocating pages for ring buffers.  
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > -- Steve  
> because in oom_evaluate_task, the process with adj == OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN will
> be suppressed by oom_badness, but with applying your latest patch,
> such process will
> be selected by oom_task_origin
> 
>         if (oom_task_origin(task)) {
>                 points = ULONG_MAX;
>                 goto select;
>         }
> 
>         points = oom_badness(task, NULL, oc->nodemask, oc->totalpages);
>         if (!points || points < oc->chosen_points)
>                 goto next;

And what's wrong with that?

-- Steve