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Message-ID: <CAEf4BzZL+W0AYcr_+6oeV4+uOjam9hFSneCux93GnNRPdyqapA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:23:05 -0700
From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski@...gle.com>,
Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 10/14] bpf: selftests: bpf OOM handler test
On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM Roman Gushchin
<roman.gushchin@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> Implement a pseudo-realistic test for the OOM handling
> functionality.
>
> The OOM handling policy which is implemented in bpf is to
> kill all tasks belonging to the biggest leaf cgroup, which
> doesn't contain unkillable tasks (tasks with oom_score_adj
> set to -1000). Pagecache size is excluded from the accounting.
>
> The test creates a hierarchy of memory cgroups, causes an
> OOM at the top level, checks that the expected process will be
> killed and checks memcg's oom statistics.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
> ---
> .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_oom.c | 229 ++++++++++++++++++
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_oom.c | 108 +++++++++
> 2 files changed, 337 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_oom.c
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_oom.c
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_oom.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_oom.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..eaeb14a9d18f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_oom.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +#include <test_progs.h>
> +#include <bpf/btf.h>
> +#include <bpf/bpf.h>
> +
> +#include "cgroup_helpers.h"
> +#include "test_oom.skel.h"
> +
> +struct cgroup_desc {
> + const char *path;
> + int fd;
> + unsigned long long id;
> + int pid;
> + size_t target;
> + size_t max;
> + int oom_score_adj;
> + bool victim;
> +};
> +
> +#define MB (1024 * 1024)
> +#define OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN (-1000)
> +#define OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX 1000
> +
> +static struct cgroup_desc cgroups[] = {
> + { .path = "/oom_test", .max = 80 * MB},
> + { .path = "/oom_test/cg1", .target = 10 * MB,
> + .oom_score_adj = OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX },
> + { .path = "/oom_test/cg2", .target = 40 * MB,
> + .oom_score_adj = OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN },
> + { .path = "/oom_test/cg3" },
> + { .path = "/oom_test/cg3/cg4", .target = 30 * MB,
> + .victim = true },
> + { .path = "/oom_test/cg3/cg5", .target = 20 * MB },
> +};
> +
> +static int spawn_task(struct cgroup_desc *desc)
> +{
> + char *ptr;
> + int pid;
> +
> + pid = fork();
> + if (pid < 0)
> + return pid;
> +
> + if (pid > 0) {
> + /* parent */
> + desc->pid = pid;
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + /* child */
> + if (desc->oom_score_adj) {
> + char buf[64];
> + int fd = open("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", O_WRONLY);
> +
> + if (fd < 0)
> + return -1;
> +
> + snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", desc->oom_score_adj);
> + write(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
> + close(fd);
> + }
> +
> + ptr = (char *)malloc(desc->target);
> + if (!ptr)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + memset(ptr, 'a', desc->target);
> +
> + while (1)
> + sleep(1000);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void setup_environment(void)
> +{
> + int i, err;
> +
> + err = setup_cgroup_environment();
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "setup_cgroup_environment"))
> + goto cleanup;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cgroups); i++) {
> + cgroups[i].fd = create_and_get_cgroup(cgroups[i].path);
> + if (!ASSERT_GE(cgroups[i].fd, 0, "create_and_get_cgroup"))
> + goto cleanup;
> +
> + cgroups[i].id = get_cgroup_id(cgroups[i].path);
> + if (!ASSERT_GT(cgroups[i].id, 0, "get_cgroup_id"))
> + goto cleanup;
> +
> + /* Freeze the top-level cgroup */
> + if (i == 0) {
> + /* Freeze the top-level cgroup */
> + err = write_cgroup_file(cgroups[i].path, "cgroup.freeze", "1");
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "freeze cgroup"))
> + goto cleanup;
> + }
> +
> + /* Recursively enable the memory controller */
> + if (!cgroups[i].target) {
> +
> + err = write_cgroup_file(cgroups[i].path, "cgroup.subtree_control",
> + "+memory");
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "enable memory controller"))
> + goto cleanup;
> + }
> +
> + /* Set memory.max */
> + if (cgroups[i].max) {
> + char buf[256];
> +
> + snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%lu", cgroups[i].max);
> + err = write_cgroup_file(cgroups[i].path, "memory.max", buf);
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "set memory.max"))
> + goto cleanup;
> +
> + snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "0");
> + write_cgroup_file(cgroups[i].path, "memory.swap.max", buf);
> +
> + }
> +
> + /* Spawn tasks creating memory pressure */
> + if (cgroups[i].target) {
> + char buf[256];
> +
> + err = spawn_task(&cgroups[i]);
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "spawn task"))
> + goto cleanup;
> +
> + snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", cgroups[i].pid);
> + err = write_cgroup_file(cgroups[i].path, "cgroup.procs", buf);
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "put child into a cgroup"))
> + goto cleanup;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + return;
> +
> +cleanup:
> + cleanup_cgroup_environment();
> +}
> +
> +static int run_and_wait_for_oom(void)
> +{
> + int ret = -1;
> + bool first = true;
> + char buf[4096] = {};
> + size_t size;
> +
> + /* Unfreeze the top-level cgroup */
> + ret = write_cgroup_file(cgroups[0].path, "cgroup.freeze", "0");
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(ret, "freeze cgroup"))
> + return -1;
> +
> + for (;;) {
> + int i, status;
> + pid_t pid = wait(&status);
> +
> + if (pid == -1) {
> + if (errno == EINTR)
> + continue;
> + /* ECHILD */
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (!first)
> + continue;
> +
> + first = false;
> +
> + /* Check which process was terminated first */
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cgroups); i++) {
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(cgroups[i].victim !=
> + (pid == cgroups[i].pid),
> + "correct process was killed")) {
> + ret = -1;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (!cgroups[i].victim)
> + continue;
> +
> + /* Check the memcg oom counter */
> + size = read_cgroup_file(cgroups[i].path,
> + "memory.events",
> + buf, sizeof(buf));
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(size <= 0, "read memory.events")) {
> + ret = -1;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (!ASSERT_OK(strstr(buf, "oom_kill 1") == NULL,
> + "oom_kill count check")) {
> + ret = -1;
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + /* Kill all remaining tasks */
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cgroups); i++)
> + if (cgroups[i].pid && cgroups[i].pid != pid)
> + kill(cgroups[i].pid, SIGKILL);
> + }
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +void test_oom(void)
> +{
> + struct test_oom *skel;
> + int err;
> +
> + setup_environment();
> +
> + skel = test_oom__open_and_load();
> + err = test_oom__attach(skel);
> + if (CHECK_FAIL(err))
> + goto cleanup;
> +
> + /* Unfreeze all child tasks and create the memory pressure */
> + err = run_and_wait_for_oom();
> + CHECK_FAIL(err);
> +
> +cleanup:
> + cleanup_cgroup_environment();
> + test_oom__destroy(skel);
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_oom.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_oom.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ca83563fc9a8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_oom.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +#include "vmlinux.h"
> +#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
> +#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
> +
> +char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
> +
> +#define OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN (-1000)
> +
> +void bpf_rcu_read_lock(void) __ksym;
> +void bpf_rcu_read_unlock(void) __ksym;
> +struct task_struct *bpf_task_acquire(struct task_struct *p) __ksym;
> +void bpf_task_release(struct task_struct *p) __ksym;
> +struct mem_cgroup *bpf_get_root_mem_cgroup(void) __ksym;
> +struct mem_cgroup *bpf_get_mem_cgroup(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) __ksym;
> +void bpf_put_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) __ksym;
> +int bpf_oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, struct task_struct *task,
> + const char *message__str) __ksym;
These declarations should come from vmlinux.h, if you don't get them,
you might not have recent enough pahole.
At the very least these should all be __ksym __weak, not just __ksym
(but I'd rather not add them, though).
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