On Sat 29-07-17 13:31:44, Tetsuo Handa wrote: [...] > @@ -806,6 +799,20 @@ static bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task) > } > rcu_read_unlock(); > > + /* > + * It is possible that current thread fails to try allocation from > + * memory reserves if the OOM reaper set MMF_OOM_SKIP on this mm before > + * current thread calls out_of_memory() in order to get TIF_MEMDIE. > + * In that case, allow current thread to try TIF_MEMDIE allocation > + * before start selecting next OOM victims. > + */ > + if (ret && test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags)) { > + if (task == current && !task->oom_kill_free_check_raced) > + task->oom_kill_free_check_raced = true; > + else > + ret = false; > + } > + > return ret; > } I was going to argue that this will not work because we could mark a former OOM victim again after it passed exit_oom_victim but this seems impossible because task_will_free_mem checks task->mm and that will be NULL by that time. This is still an ugly hack and it doesn't provide any additional guarantee. Once we merge [1] then the oom victim wouldn't need to get TIF_MEMDIE to access memory reserves. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170727090357.3205-2-mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- 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>