At the present time, in the context of memcg OOM, even when sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task is enabled/or set, the "allocating" task cannot be selected, as a target for the OOM killer. This patch removes the restriction entirely. Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index eefd3f5fde46..3bae33e2d9c2 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -1089,9 +1089,9 @@ bool out_of_memory(struct oom_control *oc) oc->nodemask = NULL; check_panic_on_oom(oc); - if (!is_memcg_oom(oc) && sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task && - current->mm && !oom_unkillable_task(current) && - oom_cpuset_eligible(current, oc) && + if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task && current->mm && + !oom_unkillable_task(current) && + oom_cpuset_eligible(current, oc) && current->signal->oom_score_adj != OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN) { get_task_struct(current); oc->chosen = current; -- 2.26.3