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 13:54:59 +0800
From:   Zhaoyang Huang <huangzhaoyang@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-patch-test@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] ringbuffer: Don't choose the process with adj equal OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN

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;