mm, oom: fix race when specifying a thread as the oom origin
authorDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:02:56 +0000 (16:02 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:22:27 +0000 (17:22 -0800)
test_set_oom_score_adj() and compare_swap_oom_score_adj() are used to
specify that current should be killed first if an oom condition occurs in
between the two calls.

The usage is

short oom_score_adj = test_set_oom_score_adj(OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX);
...
compare_swap_oom_score_adj(OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX, oom_score_adj);

to store the thread's oom_score_adj, temporarily change it to the maximum
score possible, and then restore the old value if it is still the same.

This happens to still be racy, however, if the user writes
OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX to /proc/pid/oom_score_adj in between the two calls.
The compare_swap_oom_score_adj() will then incorrectly reset the old value
prior to the write of OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX.

To fix this, introduce a new oom_flags_t member in struct signal_struct
that will be used for per-thread oom killer flags.  KSM and swapoff can
now use a bit in this member to specify that threads should be killed
first in oom conditions without playing around with oom_score_adj.

This also allows the correct oom_score_adj to always be shown when reading
/proc/pid/oom_score.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/oom.h
include/linux/sched.h
include/linux/types.h
mm/ksm.c
mm/oom_kill.c
mm/swapfile.c

index 922dab164eb03baacb693955866c7dcd847c3eb7..da60007075b509b864d386b3d9092c77aec97c64 100644 (file)
@@ -29,8 +29,23 @@ enum oom_scan_t {
        OOM_SCAN_SELECT,        /* always select this thread first */
 };
 
-extern void compare_swap_oom_score_adj(short old_val, short new_val);
-extern short test_set_oom_score_adj(short new_val);
+/* Thread is the potential origin of an oom condition; kill first on oom */
+#define OOM_FLAG_ORIGIN                ((__force oom_flags_t)0x1)
+
+static inline void set_current_oom_origin(void)
+{
+       current->signal->oom_flags |= OOM_FLAG_ORIGIN;
+}
+
+static inline void clear_current_oom_origin(void)
+{
+       current->signal->oom_flags &= ~OOM_FLAG_ORIGIN;
+}
+
+static inline bool oom_task_origin(const struct task_struct *p)
+{
+       return !!(p->signal->oom_flags & OOM_FLAG_ORIGIN);
+}
 
 extern unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
                struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
index ed30456152dace302786a6bc4cf084fd49181a87..3e387df065fcf55a5e4090ef9cb566974dbd5560 100644 (file)
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@ struct signal_struct {
        struct rw_semaphore group_rwsem;
 #endif
 
+       oom_flags_t oom_flags;
        short oom_score_adj;            /* OOM kill score adjustment */
        short oom_score_adj_min;        /* OOM kill score adjustment min value.
                                         * Only settable by CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. */
index 1cc0e4b9a048140420c45317980bd15f8e6524a8..4d118ba113497b11a31a9855ab223da663464380 100644 (file)
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
 #endif
 typedef unsigned __bitwise__ gfp_t;
 typedef unsigned __bitwise__ fmode_t;
+typedef unsigned __bitwise__ oom_flags_t;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
 typedef u64 phys_addr_t;
index b4d5a9deb17f5e8a82d6cc726595995700d3884f..382d930a0bf156c572176f8a47a7540d85f70eef 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1919,12 +1919,9 @@ static ssize_t run_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
        if (ksm_run != flags) {
                ksm_run = flags;
                if (flags & KSM_RUN_UNMERGE) {
-                       short oom_score_adj;
-
-                       oom_score_adj = test_set_oom_score_adj(OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX);
+                       set_current_oom_origin();
                        err = unmerge_and_remove_all_rmap_items();
-                       compare_swap_oom_score_adj(OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX,
-                                                               oom_score_adj);
+                       clear_current_oom_origin();
                        if (err) {
                                ksm_run = KSM_RUN_STOP;
                                count = err;
index 37ab4c5ab6e8fc2210bc4442693b05bafa884cb1..18f1ae2b45de6d45f64cf13b4490b2da62dd2fb5 100644 (file)
@@ -44,48 +44,6 @@ int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
 int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks = 1;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(zone_scan_lock);
 
-/*
- * compare_swap_oom_score_adj() - compare and swap current's oom_score_adj
- * @old_val: old oom_score_adj for compare
- * @new_val: new oom_score_adj for swap
- *
- * Sets the oom_score_adj value for current to @new_val iff its present value is
- * @old_val.  Usually used to reinstate a previous value to prevent racing with
- * userspacing tuning the value in the interim.
- */
-void compare_swap_oom_score_adj(short old_val, short new_val)
-{
-       struct sighand_struct *sighand = current->sighand;
-
-       spin_lock_irq(&sighand->siglock);
-       if (current->signal->oom_score_adj == old_val)
-               current->signal->oom_score_adj = new_val;
-       trace_oom_score_adj_update(current);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&sighand->siglock);
-}
-
-/**
- * test_set_oom_score_adj() - set current's oom_score_adj and return old value
- * @new_val: new oom_score_adj value
- *
- * Sets the oom_score_adj value for current to @new_val with proper
- * synchronization and returns the old value.  Usually used to temporarily
- * set a value, save the old value in the caller, and then reinstate it later.
- */
-short test_set_oom_score_adj(short new_val)
-{
-       struct sighand_struct *sighand = current->sighand;
-       int old_val;
-
-       spin_lock_irq(&sighand->siglock);
-       old_val = current->signal->oom_score_adj;
-       current->signal->oom_score_adj = new_val;
-       trace_oom_score_adj_update(current);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&sighand->siglock);
-
-       return old_val;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 /**
  * has_intersects_mems_allowed() - check task eligiblity for kill
@@ -310,6 +268,13 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct task_struct *task,
        if (!task->mm)
                return OOM_SCAN_CONTINUE;
 
+       /*
+        * If task is allocating a lot of memory and has been marked to be
+        * killed first if it triggers an oom, then select it.
+        */
+       if (oom_task_origin(task))
+               return OOM_SCAN_SELECT;
+
        if (task->flags & PF_EXITING && !force_kill) {
                /*
                 * If this task is not being ptraced on exit, then wait for it
index bb6f6a04e92de9412be0b0869a78bec8fc414acb..e97a0e5aea912cf0c0109164811d650cc0b2219e 100644 (file)
@@ -1498,7 +1498,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
        struct address_space *mapping;
        struct inode *inode;
        struct filename *pathname;
-       short oom_score_adj;
        int i, type, prev;
        int err;
 
@@ -1557,9 +1556,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
        p->flags &= ~SWP_WRITEOK;
        spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 
-       oom_score_adj = test_set_oom_score_adj(OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX);
+       set_current_oom_origin();
        err = try_to_unuse(type, false, 0); /* force all pages to be unused */
-       compare_swap_oom_score_adj(OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX, oom_score_adj);
+       clear_current_oom_origin();
 
        if (err) {
                /* re-insert swap space back into swap_list */