The patch titled
oom: add oom_kill_allocating_task sysctl
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl.patch
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Subject: oom: add oom_kill_allocating_task sysctl
From: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Adds a new sysctl, 'oom_kill_allocating_task', which will automatically kill
the OOM-triggering task instead of scanning through the tasklist to find a
memory-hogging target. This is helpful for systems with an insanely large
number of tasks where scanning the tasklist significantly degrades
performance.
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sysctl.c | 9 +++++++++
mm/oom_kill.c | 13 ++++++++-----
3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt~oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt~oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl
+++ a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/
- min_unmapped_ratio
- min_slab_ratio
- panic_on_oom
+- oom_kill_allocating_task
- mmap_min_address
- numa_zonelist_order
@@ -220,6 +221,27 @@ The default value is 0.
1 and 2 are for failover of clustering. Please select either
according to your policy of failover.
+=============================================================
+
+oom_kill_allocating_task
+
+This enables or disables killing the OOM-triggering task in
+out-of-memory situations.
+
+If this is set to zero, the OOM killer will scan through the entire
+tasklist and select a task based on heuristics to kill. This normally
+selects a rogue memory-hogging task that frees up a large amount of
+memory when killed.
+
+If this is set to non-zero, the OOM killer simply kills the task that
+triggered the out-of-memory condition. This avoids the expensive
+tasklist scan.
+
+If panic_on_oom is selected, it takes precedence over whatever value
+is used in oom_kill_allocating_task.
+
+The default value is 0.
+
==============================================================
mmap_min_addr
diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl kernel/sysctl.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ extern int print_fatal_signals;
extern int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
extern int sysctl_overcommit_ratio;
extern int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
+extern int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
extern int max_threads;
extern int core_uses_pid;
extern int suid_dumpable;
@@ -776,6 +777,14 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
{
+ .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+ .procname = "oom_kill_allocating_task",
+ .data = &sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
+ },
+ {
.ctl_name = VM_OVERCOMMIT_RATIO,
.procname = "overcommit_ratio",
.data = &sysctl_overcommit_ratio,
diff -puN mm/oom_kill.c~oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl mm/oom_kill.c
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c~oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl
+++ a/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/notifier.h>
int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
+int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
static DEFINE_MUTEX(zone_scan_mutex);
/* #define DEBUG */
@@ -471,14 +472,16 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zone
"No available memory (MPOL_BIND)");
break;
- case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET:
- oom_kill_process(current, points,
- "No available memory in cpuset");
- break;
-
case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
if (sysctl_panic_on_oom)
panic("out of memory. panic_on_oom is selected\n");
+ /* Fall-through */
+ case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET:
+ if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task) {
+ oom_kill_process(current, points,
+ "Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task)");
+ break;
+ }
retry:
/*
* Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx are
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-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
oom-move-prototypes-to-appropriate-header-file.patch
oom-move-constraints-to-enum.patch
oom-change-all_unreclaimable-zone-member-to-flags.patch
oom-change-all_unreclaimable-zone-member-to-flags-fix.patch
oom-add-per-zone-locking.patch
oom-serialize-out-of-memory-calls.patch
oom-add-oom_kill_allocating_task-sysctl.patch
oom-suppress-extraneous-stack-and-memory-dump.patch
oom-compare-cpuset-mems_allowed-instead-of-exclusive.patch
oom-do-not-take-callback_mutex.patch
add-a-missing-00-index-file-for-documentation-vm-fix.patch
memory-controller-add-documentation.patch
memory-controller-resource-counters-v7.patch
memory-controller-resource-counters-v7-fix.patch
memory-controller-containers-setup-v7.patch
memory-controller-accounting-setup-v7.patch
memory-controller-memory-accounting-v7.patch
memory-controller-task-migration-v7.patch
memory-controller-add-per-container-lru-and-reclaim-v7.patch
memory-controller-add-per-container-lru-and-reclaim-v7-fix.patch
memory-controller-improve-user-interface.patch
memory-controller-oom-handling-v7.patch
memory-controller-add-switch-to-control-what-type-of-pages-to-limit-v7.patch
memory-controller-add-switch-to-control-what-type-of-pages-to-limit-v7-fix-2.patch
memory-controller-make-page_referenced-container-aware-v7.patch
memory-controller-make-charging-gfp-mask-aware.patch
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