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-rw-r--r--mm/oom_kill.c25
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index bfddc93ccd34..4c21f744daa6 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -283,10 +283,22 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct oom_control *oc,
/*
* This task already has access to memory reserves and is being killed.
- * Don't allow any other task to have access to the reserves.
+ * Don't allow any other task to have access to the reserves unless
+ * the task has MMF_OOM_REAPED because chances that it would release
+ * any memory is quite low.
*/
- if (!is_sysrq_oom(oc) && atomic_read(&task->signal->oom_victims))
- return OOM_SCAN_ABORT;
+ if (!is_sysrq_oom(oc) && atomic_read(&task->signal->oom_victims)) {
+ struct task_struct *p = find_lock_task_mm(task);
+ enum oom_scan_t ret = OOM_SCAN_ABORT;
+
+ if (p) {
+ if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_REAPED, &p->mm->flags))
+ ret = OOM_SCAN_CONTINUE;
+ task_unlock(p);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+ }
/*
* If task is allocating a lot of memory and has been marked to be
@@ -913,9 +925,14 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, struct task_struct *p,
/*
* We cannot use oom_reaper for the mm shared by this
* process because it wouldn't get killed and so the
- * memory might be still used.
+ * memory might be still used. Hide the mm from the oom
+ * killer to guarantee OOM forward progress.
*/
can_oom_reap = false;
+ set_bit(MMF_OOM_REAPED, &mm->flags);
+ pr_info("oom killer %d (%s) has mm pinned by %d (%s)\n",
+ task_pid_nr(victim), victim->comm,
+ task_pid_nr(p), p->comm);
continue;
}
do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, p, true);