On Tue, 10 May 2011, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > This patch introduces do_each_thread_reverse() and > select_bad_process() uses it. The benefits are two, > 1) oom-killer can kill younger process than older if > they have a same oom score. Usually younger process > is less important. 2) younger task often have PF_EXITING > because shell script makes a lot of short lived processes. > Reverse order search can detect it faster. > I like this change, thanks! I'm suprised we haven't needed a do_each_thread_reverse() in the past somewhere else in the kernel. Could you update the comment about do_each_thread() not being break-safe in the second version, though? After that: Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: CAI Qian <caiqian@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/sched.h | 6 ++++++ > mm/oom_kill.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h > index 013314a..a0a8339 100644 > --- a/include/linux/sched.h > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h > @@ -2194,6 +2194,9 @@ static inline unsigned long wait_task_inactive(struct task_struct *p, > #define next_task(p) \ > list_entry_rcu((p)->tasks.next, struct task_struct, tasks) > > +#define prev_task(p) \ > + list_entry_rcu((p)->tasks.prev, struct task_struct, tasks) > + > #define for_each_process(p) \ > for (p = &init_task ; (p = next_task(p)) != &init_task ; ) > > @@ -2206,6 +2209,9 @@ extern bool current_is_single_threaded(void); > #define do_each_thread(g, t) \ > for (g = t = &init_task ; (g = t = next_task(g)) != &init_task ; ) do > > +#define do_each_thread_reverse(g, t) \ > + for (g = t = &init_task ; (g = t = prev_task(g)) != &init_task ; ) do > + > #define while_each_thread(g, t) \ > while ((t = next_thread(t)) != g) > > diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c > index 118d958..0cf5091 100644 > --- a/mm/oom_kill.c > +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c > @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints, > struct task_struct *chosen = NULL; > *ppoints = 0; > > - do_each_thread(g, p) { > + do_each_thread_reverse(g, p) { > unsigned int points; > > if (!p->mm) -- 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 internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>