From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: oom, suspend: fix oom_reaper vs. oom_killer_disable race
Tetsuo has reported the following potential oom_killer_disable vs.
oom_reaper race:
(1) freeze_processes() starts freezing user space threads.
(2) Somebody (maybe a kenrel thread) calls out_of_memory().
(3) The OOM killer calls mark_oom_victim() on a user space thread
P1 which is already in __refrigerator().
(4) oom_killer_disable() sets oom_killer_disabled = true.
(5) P1 leaves __refrigerator() and enters do_exit().
(6) The OOM reaper calls exit_oom_victim(P1) before P1 can call
exit_oom_victim(P1).
(7) oom_killer_disable() returns while P1 not yet finished
(8) P1 perform IO/interfere with the freezer.
This situation is unfortunate. We cannot move oom_killer_disable after
all the freezable kernel threads are frozen because the oom victim might
depend on some of those kthreads to make a forward progress to exit so we
could deadlock. It is also far from trivial to teach the oom_reaper to
not call exit_oom_victim() because then we would lose a guarantee of the
OOM killer and oom_killer_disable forward progress because exit_mm->mmput
might block and never call exit_oom_victim.
It seems the easiest way forward is to workaround this race by calling
try_to_freeze_tasks again after oom_killer_disable. This will make sure
that all the tasks are frozen or it bails out.
Fixes: 449d777d7ad6 ("mm, oom_reaper: clear TIF_MEMDIE for all tasks queued for oom_reaper")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466597634-16199-1-git-send-email-mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/power/process.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff -puN kernel/power/process.c~oom-suspend-fix-oom_reaper-vs-oom_killer_disable-race kernel/power/process.c
--- a/kernel/power/process.c~oom-suspend-fix-oom_reaper-vs-oom_killer_disable-race
+++ a/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -146,6 +146,18 @@ int freeze_processes(void)
if (!error && !oom_killer_disable())
error = -EBUSY;
+ /*
+ * There is a hard to fix race between oom_reaper kernel thread
+ * and oom_killer_disable. oom_reaper calls exit_oom_victim
+ * before the victim reaches exit_mm so try to freeze all the tasks
+ * again and catch such a left over task.
+ */
+ if (!error) {
+ pr_info("Double checking all user space processes after OOM killer disable... ");
+ error = try_to_freeze_tasks(true);
+ pr_cont("\n");
+ }
+
if (error)
thaw_processes();
return error;
_
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