[PATCH v2] mm/oom_kill: simplify remaining RCU sections with scoped_guard(rcu)

From: Ye Liu

Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 05:34:46 EST


From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

Replace the remaining manual rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pairs
in oom_cpuset_eligible(), select_bad_process(), dump_tasks(),
task_will_free_mem(), and __oom_kill_process() with scoped_guard(rcu)
for consistency and simpler control flow. scoped_guard(rcu) limits
the RCU critical section to the loop body rather than the entire
remaining function scope, making the protected region explicit and
safer for future changes.

Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Use scoped_guard instead of guard.
- Link:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260813032634.344946-1-ye.liu@xxxxxxxxx/

mm/oom_kill.c | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 5f372f6e26fa..0e8982e5be51 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -94,27 +94,27 @@ static bool oom_cpuset_eligible(struct task_struct *start,
bool ret = false;
const nodemask_t *mask = oc->nodemask;

- rcu_read_lock();
- for_each_thread(start, tsk) {
- if (mask) {
- /*
- * If this is a mempolicy constrained oom, tsk's
- * cpuset is irrelevant. Only return true if its
- * mempolicy intersects current, otherwise it may be
- * needlessly killed.
- */
- ret = mempolicy_in_oom_domain(tsk, mask);
- } else {
- /*
- * This is not a mempolicy constrained oom, so only
- * check the mems of tsk's cpuset.
- */
- ret = cpuset_mems_allowed_intersects(current, tsk);
+ scoped_guard(rcu) {
+ for_each_thread(start, tsk) {
+ if (mask) {
+ /*
+ * If this is a mempolicy constrained oom, tsk's
+ * cpuset is irrelevant. Only return true if its
+ * mempolicy intersects current, otherwise it may be
+ * needlessly killed.
+ */
+ ret = mempolicy_in_oom_domain(tsk, mask);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * This is not a mempolicy constrained oom, so only
+ * check the mems of tsk's cpuset.
+ */
+ ret = cpuset_mems_allowed_intersects(current, tsk);
+ }
+ if (ret)
+ break;
}
- if (ret)
- break;
}
- rcu_read_unlock();

return ret;
}
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ static void select_bad_process(struct oom_control *oc)
else {
struct task_struct *p;

- rcu_read_lock();
- for_each_process(p)
- if (oom_evaluate_task(p, oc))
- break;
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ scoped_guard(rcu) {
+ for_each_process(p)
+ if (oom_evaluate_task(p, oc))
+ break;
+ }
}
}

@@ -430,14 +430,14 @@ static void dump_tasks(struct oom_control *oc)
struct task_struct *p;
int i = 0;

- rcu_read_lock();
- for_each_process(p) {
- /* Avoid potential softlockup warning */
- if ((++i & 1023) == 0)
- touch_softlockup_watchdog();
- dump_task(p, oc);
+ scoped_guard(rcu) {
+ for_each_process(p) {
+ /* Avoid potential softlockup warning */
+ if ((++i & 1023) == 0)
+ touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+ dump_task(p, oc);
+ }
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
}
}

@@ -894,17 +894,17 @@ static bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
* are dying as well to make sure that a) nobody pins its mm and
* b) the task is also reapable by the oom reaper.
*/
- rcu_read_lock();
- for_each_process(p) {
- if (!process_shares_mm(p, mm))
- continue;
- if (same_thread_group(task, p))
- continue;
- ret = __task_will_free_mem(p);
- if (!ret)
- break;
+ scoped_guard(rcu) {
+ for_each_process(p) {
+ if (!process_shares_mm(p, mm))
+ continue;
+ if (same_thread_group(task, p))
+ continue;
+ ret = __task_will_free_mem(p);
+ if (!ret)
+ break;
+ }
}
- rcu_read_unlock();

return ret;
}
@@ -960,29 +960,29 @@ static void __oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *victim, const char *message)
* That thread will now get access to memory reserves since it has a
* pending fatal signal.
*/
- rcu_read_lock();
- for_each_process(p) {
- if (!process_shares_mm(p, mm))
- continue;
- if (same_thread_group(p, victim))
- continue;
- if (is_global_init(p)) {
- can_oom_reap = false;
- mm_flags_set(MMF_OOM_SKIP, mm);
- 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;
+ scoped_guard(rcu) {
+ for_each_process(p) {
+ if (!process_shares_mm(p, mm))
+ continue;
+ if (same_thread_group(p, victim))
+ continue;
+ if (is_global_init(p)) {
+ can_oom_reap = false;
+ mm_flags_set(MMF_OOM_SKIP, mm);
+ 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;
+ }
+ /*
+ * No kthread_use_mm() user needs to read from the userspace so
+ * we are ok to reap it.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+ continue;
+ do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, PIDTYPE_TGID);
}
- /*
- * No kthread_use_mm() user needs to read from the userspace so
- * we are ok to reap it.
- */
- if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
- continue;
- do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, PIDTYPE_TGID);
}
- rcu_read_unlock();

if (can_oom_reap)
queue_oom_reaper(victim);
--
2.25.1