On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:47:03 +0100 Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Huge page coverage should obviously have less priority than the > continued execution of a process. > > Never kill a process when charging it a huge page fails. Instead, > give up after the first failed reclaim attempt and fall back to > regular pages. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/memcontrol.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c > index 17c4e36..2945649 100644 > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c > @@ -1890,6 +1890,13 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm, > int csize = max(CHARGE_SIZE, (unsigned long) page_size); > > /* > + * Do not OOM on huge pages. Fall back to regular pages after > + * the first failed reclaim attempt. > + */ > + if (page_size > PAGE_SIZE) > + oom = false; > + > + /* > * Unlike gloval-vm's OOM-kill, we're not in memory shortage > * in system level. So, allow to go ahead dying process in addition to > * MEMDIE process. > -- > 1.7.3.5 > __mem_cgroup_try_charge() has "oom" switch already, so I prefer making callers use the switch properly by themselves. Thanks, Daisuke Nishimura. -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>