Re: [PATCH] mm: introduce oom_kill_disable sysctl knob

[Minchan Kim]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 12:46:47PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Fix a few typos:
> 
> On 11/6/20 12:32 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > ---
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/mm.h                      |  2 ++
> >  include/linux/oom.h                     |  1 +
> >  kernel/sysctl.c                         |  9 +++++++++
> >  mm/oom_kill.c                           | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  5 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
> > index f455fa00c00f..49dcedfaf0c0 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
> > @@ -694,6 +694,20 @@ is used in oom_kill_allocating_task.
> >  
> >  The default value is 0.
> >  
> > +oom_kill_disable
> > +================
> > +
> > +This disables or enables OOM killing in out-of-memory situations.
> > +
> > +If this is set to one, the OOM killer is disabled so OOM kill never
> > +hapens in out-of-memory situation. It could cause system dangerous
> 
>    happens                            It could cause a dangerous system
> 
> > +state due to memory allocation failure so user should be careful to
> 
>                                                             careful when
> > +use it.
> 
>    using it.
> 
> > +
> > +If this is set to zero, the OOM killer is enabled so OOM kill happens
> > +in out-of-memory situations.
> > +
> > +The default value is 0.
> >  
> >  overcommit_kbytes
> >  =================
> 
> > diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
> > index 8b84661a6410..0f48cdeeb1e7 100644
> > --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
> > +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> 
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> >  /**
> >   * oom_cpuset_eligible() - check task eligiblity for kill
> 
>                                          eligibility
> 
> but that's not in your patch, so don't bother with it. :)

Sure, I will resend it with fixing after waiting some feedback.

Thanks for the review, Randy.