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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/oom_kill.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/oom_kill.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index bfddc93ccd34..4c21f744daa6 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -283,10 +283,22 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct oom_control *oc, /* * This task already has access to memory reserves and is being killed. - * Don't allow any other task to have access to the reserves. + * Don't allow any other task to have access to the reserves unless + * the task has MMF_OOM_REAPED because chances that it would release + * any memory is quite low. */ - if (!is_sysrq_oom(oc) && atomic_read(&task->signal->oom_victims)) - return OOM_SCAN_ABORT; + if (!is_sysrq_oom(oc) && atomic_read(&task->signal->oom_victims)) { + struct task_struct *p = find_lock_task_mm(task); + enum oom_scan_t ret = OOM_SCAN_ABORT; + + if (p) { + if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_REAPED, &p->mm->flags)) + ret = OOM_SCAN_CONTINUE; + task_unlock(p); + } + + return ret; + } /* * If task is allocating a lot of memory and has been marked to be @@ -913,9 +925,14 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, struct task_struct *p, /* * We cannot use oom_reaper for the mm shared by this * process because it wouldn't get killed and so the - * memory might be still used. + * memory might be still used. Hide the mm from the oom + * killer to guarantee OOM forward progress. */ can_oom_reap = false; + set_bit(MMF_OOM_REAPED, &mm->flags); + pr_info("oom killer %d (%s) has mm pinned by %d (%s)\n", + task_pid_nr(victim), victim->comm, + task_pid_nr(p), p->comm); continue; } do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, p, true); |