Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757020Ab3G2Ozq (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:55:46 -0400 Received: from zene.cmpxchg.org ([85.214.230.12]:51261 "EHLO zene.cmpxchg.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755265Ab3G2Ozo (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:55:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:55:29 -0400 From: Johannes Weiner To: Michal Hocko Cc: Andrew Morton , David Rientjes , KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , azurIt , linux-mm@kvack.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 6/6] mm: memcg: do not trap chargers with full callstack on OOM Message-ID: <20130729145529.GW715@cmpxchg.org> References: <1374791138-15665-1-git-send-email-hannes@cmpxchg.org> <1374791138-15665-7-git-send-email-hannes@cmpxchg.org> <20130726144310.GH17761@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20130726212808.GD17975@cmpxchg.org> <20130729141250.GF4678@dhcp22.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130729141250.GF4678@dhcp22.suse.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3507 Lines: 80 On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 04:12:50PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Fri 26-07-13 17:28:09, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 04:43:10PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > On Thu 25-07-13 18:25:38, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > > > @@ -2189,31 +2191,20 @@ static void memcg_oom_recover(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) > > > > } > > > > > > > > /* > > > > - * try to call OOM killer. returns false if we should exit memory-reclaim loop. > > > > + * try to call OOM killer > > > > */ > > > > -static bool mem_cgroup_handle_oom(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t mask, > > > > - int order) > > > > +static void mem_cgroup_oom(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t mask, int order) > > > > { > > > > - struct oom_wait_info owait; > > > > - bool locked, need_to_kill; > > > > + bool locked, need_to_kill = true; > > > > > > > > - owait.memcg = memcg; > > > > - owait.wait.flags = 0; > > > > - owait.wait.func = memcg_oom_wake_function; > > > > - owait.wait.private = current; > > > > - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&owait.wait.task_list); > > > > - need_to_kill = true; > > > > - mem_cgroup_mark_under_oom(memcg); > > > > > > You are marking memcg under_oom only for the sleepers. So if we have > > > no sleepers then the memcg will never report it is under oom which > > > is a behavior change. On the other hand who-ever relies on under_oom > > > under such conditions (it would basically mean a busy loop reading > > > memory.oom_control) would be racy anyway so it is questionable it > > > matters at all. At least now when we do not have any active notification > > > that under_oom has changed. > > > > > > Anyway, this shouldn't be a part of this patch so if you want it because > > > it saves a pointless hierarchy traversal then make it a separate patch > > > with explanation why the new behavior is still OK. > > > > This made me think again about how the locking and waking in there > > works and I found a bug in this patch. > > > > Basically, we have an open-coded sleeping lock in there and it's all > > obfuscated by having way too much stuffed into the memcg_oom_lock > > section. > > > > Removing all the clutter, it becomes clear that I can't remove that > > (undocumented) final wakeup at the end of the function. As with any > > lock, a contender has to be woken up after unlock. We can't rely on > > the lock holder's OOM kill to trigger uncharges and wakeups, because a > > contender for the OOM lock could show up after the OOM kill but before > > the lock is released. If there weren't any more wakeups, the > > contender would sleep indefinitely. > > I have checked that path again and I still do not see how wakeup_oom > helps here. What prevents us from the following race then? > > spin_lock(&memcg_oom_lock) > locked = mem_cgroup_oom_lock(memcg) # true > spin_unlock(&memcg_oom_lock) prepare_to_wait() > spin_lock(&memcg_oom_lock) > locked = mem_cgroup_oom_lock(memcg) # false > spin_unlock(&memcg_oom_lock) > > mem_cgroup_out_of_memory() > > spin_lock(&memcg_oom_lock) > mem_cgroup_oom_unlock(memcg) > memcg_wakeup_oom(memcg) > schedule() > spin_unlock(&memcg_oom_lock) > mem_cgroup_unmark_under_oom(memcg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/