On Tue, 11 Jul 2017, Michal Hocko wrote: > This? > --- > diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c > index 5dc0ff22d567..e155d1d8064f 100644 > --- a/mm/oom_kill.c > +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c > @@ -470,11 +470,14 @@ static bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm) > { > struct mmu_gather tlb; > struct vm_area_struct *vma; > - bool ret = true; > > if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) > return false; > > + /* There is nothing to reap so bail out without signs in the log */ > + if (!mm->mmap) > + goto unlock; > + > /* > * Tell all users of get_user/copy_from_user etc... that the content > * is no longer stable. No barriers really needed because unmapping > @@ -508,9 +511,10 @@ static bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm) > K(get_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES)), > K(get_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES)), > K(get_mm_counter(mm, MM_SHMEMPAGES))); > +unlock: > up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); > > - return ret; > + return true; > } > > #define MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES 10 Yes, this folded in with the original RFC patch appears to work better with light testing. However, I think MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES and/or the timeout of HZ/10 needs to be increased as well to address the issue that Tetsuo pointed out. The oom reaper shouldn't be required to do any work unless it is resolving a livelock, and that scenario should be relatively rare. The oom killer being a natural ultra slow path, I think it would be justifiable to wait longer or retry more times than simply 1 second before declaring that reaping is not possible. It reduces the likelihood of additional oom killing. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>