On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 06:06:39PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > 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? It was moved into mem_cgroup_handle_over_high()'s body.