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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/oom.h | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memcontrol.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/oom_kill.c | 6 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h index e8d6e1058723..853698c721f7 100644 --- a/include/linux/oom.h +++ b/include/linux/oom.h @@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ static inline bool oom_gfp_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask) extern struct task_struct *find_lock_task_mm(struct task_struct *p); +static inline bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task) +{ + /* + * A coredumping process may sleep for an extended period in exit_mm(), + * so the oom killer cannot assume that the process will promptly exit + * and release memory. + */ + return (task->flags & PF_EXITING) && + !(task->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP); +} + /* sysctls */ extern int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks; extern int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task; diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index c6ac50e7d1c2..998fb1756d43 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask, * select it. The goal is to allow it to allocate so that it may * quickly exit and free its memory. */ - if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || current->flags & PF_EXITING) { + if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current)) { set_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE); return; } diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index 864bba992735..f694ef0d9f9a 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct task_struct *task, if (oom_task_origin(task)) return OOM_SCAN_SELECT; - if (task->flags & PF_EXITING && !force_kill) { + if (task_will_free_mem(task) && !force_kill) { /* * If this task is not being ptraced on exit, then wait for it * to finish before killing some other task unnecessarily. @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order, * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly */ - if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) { + if (task_will_free_mem(p)) { set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE); put_task_struct(p); return; @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, * select it. The goal is to allow it to allocate so that it may * quickly exit and free its memory. */ - if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || current->flags & PF_EXITING) { + if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current)) { set_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE); return; } |