dump_tasks() can call __task_cred() safely because we are holding tasklist_lock. but rcu lock validator don't have enough knowledge and it makes following annoying warning. Then, this patch change to call rcu_read_lock() explicitly. =================================================== [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ] --------------------------------------------------- mm/oom_kill.c:410 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1 4 locks held by kworker/1:2/651: #0: (events){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8106aae7>] process_one_work+0x137/0x4a0 #1: (moom_work){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff8106aae7>] process_one_work+0x137/0x4a0 #2: (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff810fafd4>] out_of_memory+0x164/0x3f0 #3: (&(&p->alloc_lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff810fa48e>] find_lock_task_mm+0x2e/0x70 Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index c48c5ef..57c05f7 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -371,11 +371,13 @@ static void dump_tasks(const struct mem_cgroup *mem) continue; } + rcu_read_lock(); pr_info("[%5d] %5d %5d %8lu %8lu %3u %3d %5d %s\n", task->pid, __task_cred(task)->uid, task->tgid, task->mm->total_vm, get_mm_rss(task->mm), task_cpu(task), task->signal->oom_adj, task->signal->oom_score_adj, task->comm); + rcu_read_unlock(); task_unlock(task); } } -- 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>