I simply do not see how this is possible. Let's try with the following
extended debugging patch.
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git 116b181bb646afedd770985de20a68721bdb2648
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4603ad75c9a9..e2dfdf4361ba 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1388,6 +1388,8 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
bool ret;
mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
+ pr_info("task=%s pid=%d invoked memcg oom killer. oom_victim=%d\n",
+ current->comm, current->pid, tsk_is_oom_victim(current));
ret = out_of_memory(&oc);
mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
return ret;
@@ -2108,6 +2110,9 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
return 0;
+ if (tsk_is_oom_victim(current))
+ pr_info("task=%s pid=%d charge for nr_pages=%d\n",
+ current->comm, current->pid, nr_pages);
retry:
if (consume_stock(memcg, nr_pages))
return 0;
@@ -2137,8 +2142,11 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
*/
if (unlikely(tsk_is_oom_victim(current) ||
fatal_signal_pending(current) ||
- current->flags & PF_EXITING))
+ current->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+ pr_info("task=%s pid=%d charge bypass\n",
+ current->comm, current->pid);
goto force;
+ }
/*
* Prevent unbounded recursion when reclaim operations need to
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 104ef4a01a55..7d9adcde8cf6 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -692,6 +692,8 @@ static void mark_oom_victim(struct task_struct *tsk)
__thaw_task(tsk);
atomic_inc(&oom_victims);
trace_mark_victim(tsk->pid);
+ pr_info("task=%s pid=%d is oom victim now\n",
+ current->comm, current->pid);
}
/**
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
