netdev - Re: [netfilter-core] kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable processes... (2)

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:28:17 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        davem@...emloft.net, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        coreteam@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        aarcange@...hat.com, yang.s@...baba-inc.com,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, guro@...com,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [netfilter-core] kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable
 processes... (2)

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 09:11:27AM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
> > On Mon 29-01-18 23:35:22, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > > Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > I hate what I'm saying, but I guess we need some tunable here.
> > > > Not sure what exactly.
> > > 
> > > Would memcg help?
> > 
> > That really depends. I would have to check whether vmalloc path obeys
> > __GFP_ACCOUNT (I suspect it does except for page tables allocations but
> > that shouldn't be a big deal). But then the other potential problem is
> > the life time of the xt_table_info (or other potentially large) data
> > structures. Are they bound to any process life time.
> 
> No.

Well, IIUC they bound to net namespace life time, so killing all
proccesses in the namespace would help to get memory back. :)

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov