The patch titled oom: fix constraint deadlock has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is oom-fix-constraint-deadlock.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: oom: fix constraint deadlock From: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes a deadlock in the OOM killer for allocations that are not __GFP_HARDWALL. Before the OOM killer checks for the allocation constraint, it takes callback_mutex. constrained_alloc() iterates through each zone in the allocation zonelist and calls cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall() to determine whether an allocation for gfp_mask is possible. If a zone's node is not in the OOM-triggering task's mems_allowed, it is not exiting, and we did not fail on a __GFP_HARDWALL allocation, cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall() attempts to take callback_mutex to check the nearest exclusive ancestor of current's cpuset. This results in deadlock. We now take callback_mutex after iterating through the zonelist since we don't need it yet. Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Martin J. Bligh <mbligh@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/oom_kill.c~oom-fix-constraint-deadlock mm/oom_kill.c --- a/mm/oom_kill.c~oom-fix-constraint-deadlock +++ a/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zone struct task_struct *p; unsigned long points = 0; unsigned long freed = 0; + int constraint; blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed); if (freed > 0) @@ -416,14 +417,15 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zone if (sysctl_panic_on_oom == 2) panic("out of memory. Compulsory panic_on_oom is selected.\n"); - cpuset_lock(); - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); - /* * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for * NUMA) that may require different handling. */ - switch (constrained_alloc(zonelist, gfp_mask)) { + constraint = constrained_alloc(zonelist, gfp_mask); + cpuset_lock(); + read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + + switch (constraint) { case CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY: oom_kill_process(current, points, "No available memory (MPOL_BIND)"); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx are slab-x86_64-skip-cache_free_alien-on-non-numa.patch i386-add-ptep_test_and_clear_dirtyyoung.patch i386-use-pte_update_defer-in-ptep_test_and_clear_dirtyyoung.patch i386-use-pte_update_defer-in-ptep_test_and_clear_dirtyyoung-fix.patch smaps-extract-pmd-walker-from-smaps-code.patch smaps-add-pages-referenced-count-to-smaps.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix-fix.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix-fix-2.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-cleanup.patch smaps-use-ptep_test_and_clear_young.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-docs.patch maps2-uninline-some-functions-in-the-page-walker.patch maps2-eliminate-the-pmd_walker-struct-in-the-page-walker.patch maps2-remove-vma-from-args-in-the-page-walker.patch maps2-propagate-errors-from-callback-in-page-walker.patch maps2-add-callbacks-for-each-level-to-page-walker.patch maps2-move-the-page-walker-code-to-lib.patch maps2-move-the-page-walker-code-to-lib-fix.patch maps2-simplify-interdependence-of-proc-pid-maps-and-smaps.patch maps2-move-clear_refs-code-to-task_mmuc.patch maps2-regroup-task_mmu-by-interface.patch maps2-make-proc-pid-smaps-optional-under-config_embedded.patch maps2-make-proc-pid-clear_refs-option-under-config_embedded.patch maps2-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface.patch maps2-add-proc-kpagemap-interface.patch cpusets-allow-tif_memdie-threads-to-allocate-anywhere.patch mm-fix-handling-of-panic_on_oom-when-cpusets-are-in-use.patch oom-fix-constraint-deadlock.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html