It doesn't make sense to call thread_group_cputime() under task_lock(), we can drop this lock right after we read get_mm_rss() and save the value in the local variable. Note: probably it makes more sense to use sum_exec_runtime instead of utime + stime, it is much more precise. A task can eat a lot of CPU time, but its Xtime can be zero. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- MM/mm/oom_kill.c~4_FORKBOMB_DROP_TASK_LOCK_EARLIER 2010-04-02 19:55:46.000000000 +0200 +++ MM/mm/oom_kill.c 2010-04-02 20:16:13.000000000 +0200 @@ -110,13 +110,16 @@ static unsigned long oom_forkbomb_penalt return 0; list_for_each_entry(child, &tsk->children, sibling) { struct task_cputime task_time; - unsigned long runtime; + unsigned long runtime, rss; task_lock(child); if (!child->mm || child->mm == tsk->mm) { task_unlock(child); continue; } + rss = get_mm_rss(child->mm); + task_unlock(child); + thread_group_cputime(child, &task_time); runtime = cputime_to_jiffies(task_time.utime) + cputime_to_jiffies(task_time.stime); @@ -126,10 +129,9 @@ static unsigned long oom_forkbomb_penalt * get to execute at all in such cases anyway. */ if (runtime < HZ) { - child_rss += get_mm_rss(child->mm); + child_rss += rss; forkcount++; } - task_unlock(child); } /* -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>