Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH] memcg: fix oom killing a child process in an other cgroup

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On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:39:35 +0900
Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:53 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
> <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This patch itself is againt mmotm-Feb10 but can be applied to 2.6.32.8
> > without problem.
> >
> > ==
> > From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Now, oom-killer is memcg aware and it finds the worst process from
> > processes under memcg(s) in oom. Then, it kills victim's child at first.
> > It may kill a child in other cgroup and may not be any help for recovery.
> > And it will break the assumption users have...
> >
> > This patch fixes it.
> >
> > CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Sorry for noise, Kame.
> 
No problem. You give me a chance to consider other problems/dirtiness of codes.
I continue review to make memcg cleaer.

Thanks,
-Kame

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