When oom_kill_allocating_task is enabled, an argument task of oom_kill_process is not selected by select_bad_process(), It's just out_of_memory() caller task. It mean the task can be unkillable. check it first. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index a4a5439..ee00817 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -687,7 +687,8 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, check_panic_on_oom(constraint, gfp_mask, order); read_lock(&tasklist_lock); - if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task) { + if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task && + !oom_unkillable_task(current, NULL, nodemask)) { /* * oom_kill_process() needs tasklist_lock held. If it returns * non-zero, current could not be killed so we must fallback to -- 1.6.5.2 -- 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>