From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:41:22 -0500 > When charging socket memory, the code currently checks only the local > page counter for excess to determine whether the memcg is under socket > pressure. But even if the local counter is fine, one of the ancestors > could have breached its limit, which should also force this child to > enter socket pressure. This currently doesn't happen. > > Fix this by using page_counter_try_charge() first. If that fails, it > means that either the local counter or one of the ancestors are in > excess of their limit, and the child should enter socket pressure. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>