On Fri 12-01-24 09:10:33, Roman Gushchin wrote: > 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. Ohh, right. Somehow overlooked that even when I was staring at that path. Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Thanks! -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs