On Thu 11-01-24 14:28:07, Johannes Weiner wrote: [...] > @@ -2867,11 +2882,17 @@ static int try_charge_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask, > } > } while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg))); > > + /* > + * Reclaim is set up above to be called from the userland > + * return path. But also attempt synchronous reclaim to avoid > + * excessive overrun while the task is still inside the > + * kernel. If this is successful, the return path will see it > + * when it rechecks the overage and simply bail out. > + */ > if (current->memcg_nr_pages_over_high > MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH && > !(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) && > - gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask)) { > + gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask)) > mem_cgroup_handle_over_high(gfp_mask); Have you lost the check for the dying task here? Other than that looks good to me. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs