Re: 3.4-rc4 oom killer out of control.

[David Rientjes]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, David Rientjes wrote:

> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -410,12 +410,13 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_lstats_operations = {
>  
>  static int proc_oom_score(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer)
>  {
> +	unsigned long totalpages = totalram_pages + total_swap_pages;
>  	unsigned long points = 0;
>  
>  	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
>  	if (pid_alive(task))
> -		points = oom_badness(task, NULL, NULL,
> -					totalram_pages + total_swap_pages);
> +		points = oom_badness(task, NULL, NULL, totalpages) *
> +						1000 / totalpages;
>  	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
>  	return sprintf(buffer, "%lu\n", points);
>  }
> diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
> index 3d76475..e4c29bc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/oom.h
> +++ b/include/linux/oom.h
> @@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ enum oom_constraint {
>  extern void compare_swap_oom_score_adj(int old_val, int new_val);
>  extern int test_set_oom_score_adj(int new_val);
>  
> -extern unsigned int oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> -			const nodemask_t *nodemask, unsigned long totalpages);
> +extern unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
> +		struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
> +		unsigned long totalpages);
>  extern int try_set_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_flags);
>  extern void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_flags);
>  
> diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
> index 46bf2ed5..4bbf085 100644
> --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
> +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> @@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ static bool oom_unkillable_task(struct task_struct *p,
>   * predictable as possible.  The goal is to return the highest value for the
>   * task consuming the most memory to avoid subsequent oom failures.
>   */
> -unsigned int oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> -		      const nodemask_t *nodemask, unsigned long totalpages)
> +unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> +			  const nodemask_t *nodemask, unsigned long totalpages)
>  {
> -	long points;
> +	unsigned long points;
>  
>  	if (oom_unkillable_task(p, memcg, nodemask))
>  		return 0;
> @@ -198,45 +198,33 @@ unsigned int oom_badness(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * The memory controller may have a limit of 0 bytes, so avoid a divide
> -	 * by zero, if necessary.
> -	 */
> -	if (!totalpages)
> -		totalpages = 1;
> -
> -	/*
>  	 * The baseline for the badness score is the proportion of RAM that each
>  	 * task's rss, pagetable and swap space use.
>  	 */
> -	points = get_mm_rss(p->mm) + p->mm->nr_ptes;
> -	points += get_mm_counter(p->mm, MM_SWAPENTS);
> -
> -	points *= 1000;
> -	points /= totalpages;
> +	points = get_mm_rss(p->mm) + p->mm->nr_ptes +
> +		 get_mm_counter(p->mm, MM_SWAPENTS);
>  	task_unlock(p);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Root processes get 3% bonus, just like the __vm_enough_memory()
>  	 * implementation used by LSMs.
>  	 */
> -	if (has_capability_noaudit(p, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		points -= 30;
> +	if (has_capability_noaudit(p, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && totalpages)
> +		points -= 30 * totalpages / 1000;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * /proc/pid/oom_score_adj ranges from -1000 to +1000 such that it may
>  	 * either completely disable oom killing or always prefer a certain
>  	 * task.
>  	 */
> -	points += p->signal->oom_score_adj;
> +	points += p->signal->oom_score_adj * totalpages / 1000;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Never return 0 for an eligible task that may be killed since it's
>  	 * possible that no single user task uses more than 0.1% of memory and
>  	 * no single admin tasks uses more than 3.0%.
>  	 */
> -	if (points <= 0)
> -		return 1;
> -	return (points < 1000) ? points : 1000;
> +	return points <= 0 ? 1 : points;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -314,7 +302,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints,
>  {
>  	struct task_struct *g, *p;
>  	struct task_struct *chosen = NULL;
> -	*ppoints = 0;
> +	unsigned long chosen_points = 0;
>  
>  	do_each_thread(g, p) {
>  		unsigned int points;
> @@ -354,7 +342,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints,
>  			 */
>  			if (p == current) {
>  				chosen = p;
> -				*ppoints = 1000;
> +				chosen_points = ULONG_MAX;
>  			} else if (!force_kill) {
>  				/*
>  				 * If this task is not being ptraced on exit,
> @@ -367,12 +355,13 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints,
>  		}
>  
>  		points = oom_badness(p, memcg, nodemask, totalpages);
> -		if (points > *ppoints) {
> +		if (points > chosen_points) {
>  			chosen = p;
> -			*ppoints = points;
> +			chosen_points = points;
>  		}
>  	} while_each_thread(g, p);
>  
> +	*ppoints = chosen_points * 1000 / totalpages;
>  	return chosen;
>  }
>  

Dave, did you get a chance to test this out?  It's something we'll want in 
the oom killer so if I can add your Tested-by it would be great.  Thanks!
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