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[v4] mm, oom: fix unnecessary killing of additional processes

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David Rientjes July 20, 2018, 8:14 p.m. UTC
The oom reaper ensures forward progress by setting MMF_OOM_SKIP itself if
it cannot reap an mm.  This can happen for a variety of reasons,
including:

 - the inability to grab mm->mmap_sem in a sufficient amount of time,

 - when the mm has blockable mmu notifiers that could cause the oom reaper
   to stall indefinitely,

but we can also add a third when the oom reaper can "reap" an mm but doing
so is unlikely to free any amount of memory:

 - when the mm's memory is mostly mlocked.

When all memory is mlocked, the oom reaper will not be able to free any
substantial amount of memory.  It sets MMF_OOM_SKIP before the victim can
unmap and free its memory in exit_mmap() and subsequent oom victims are
chosen unnecessarily.  This is trivial to reproduce if all eligible
processes on the system have mlocked their memory: the oom killer calls
panic() even though forward progress can be made.

This is the same issue where the exit path sets MMF_OOM_SKIP before
unmapping memory and additional processes can be chosen unnecessarily
because the oom killer is racing with exit_mmap() and is separate from
the oom reaper setting MMF_OOM_SKIP prematurely.

We can't simply defer setting MMF_OOM_SKIP, however, because if there is
a true oom livelock in progress, it never gets set and no additional
killing is possible.

To fix this, this patch introduces a per-mm reaping period, which is
configurable through the new oom_free_timeout_ms file in debugfs and
defaults to one second to match the current heuristics.  This support
requires that the oom reaper's list becomes a proper linked list so that
other mm's may be reaped while waiting for an mm's timeout to expire.

This replaces the current timeouts in the oom reaper: (1) when trying to
grab mm->mmap_sem 10 times in a row with HZ/10 sleeps in between and (2)
a HZ sleep if there are blockable mmu notifiers.  It extends it with
timeout to allow an oom victim to reach exit_mmap() before choosing
additional processes unnecessarily.

The exit path will now set MMF_OOM_SKIP only after all memory has been
freed, so additional oom killing is justified, and rely on MMF_UNSTABLE to
determine when it can race with the oom reaper.

The oom reaper will now set MMF_OOM_SKIP only after the reap timeout has
lapsed because it can no longer guarantee forward progress.  Since the
default oom_free_timeout_ms is one second, the same as current heuristics,
there should be no functional change with this patch for users who do not
tune it to be longer other than MMF_OOM_SKIP is set by exit_mmap() after
free_pgtables(), which is the preferred behavior.

The reaping timeout can intentionally be set for a substantial amount of
time, such as 10s, since oom livelock is a very rare occurrence and it's
better to optimize for preventing additional (unnecessary) oom killing
than a scenario that is much more unlikely.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
---
 v4:
 - fix double set_bit() per Tetsuo
 - fix jiffies wraparound per Tetsuo

 v3:
  - oom_free_timeout_ms is now static per kbuild test robot

 v2:
  - configurable timeout period through debugfs
  - change mm->reap_timeout to mm->oom_free_expire and add more
    descriptive comment per akpm
  - add comment to describe task->oom_reap_list locking based on
    oom_reaper_lock per akpm
  - rework the exit_mmap() comment and split into two parts to be more
    descriptive about the locking and the issue with the oom reaper
    racing with munlock_vma_pages_all() per akpm

 include/linux/mm_types.h |   7 ++
 include/linux/sched.h    |   3 +-
 kernel/fork.c            |   3 +
 mm/mmap.c                |  19 +++---
 mm/oom_kill.c            | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 5 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

Comments

Tetsuo Handa July 20, 2018, 8:43 p.m. UTC | #1
On 2018/07/21 5:14, David Rientjes wrote:
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -3066,25 +3066,27 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  	if (unlikely(mm_is_oom_victim(mm))) {
>  		/*
>  		 * Manually reap the mm to free as much memory as possible.
> -		 * Then, as the oom reaper does, set MMF_OOM_SKIP to disregard
> -		 * this mm from further consideration.  Taking mm->mmap_sem for
> -		 * write after setting MMF_OOM_SKIP will guarantee that the oom
> -		 * reaper will not run on this mm again after mmap_sem is
> -		 * dropped.
> -		 *
>  		 * Nothing can be holding mm->mmap_sem here and the above call
>  		 * to mmu_notifier_release(mm) ensures mmu notifier callbacks in
>  		 * __oom_reap_task_mm() will not block.
>  		 *
> +		 * This sets MMF_UNSTABLE to avoid racing with the oom reaper.
>  		 * This needs to be done before calling munlock_vma_pages_all(),
>  		 * which clears VM_LOCKED, otherwise the oom reaper cannot
> -		 * reliably test it.
> +		 * reliably test for it.  If the oom reaper races with
> +		 * munlock_vma_pages_all(), this can result in a kernel oops if
> +		 * a pmd is zapped, for example, after follow_page_mask() has
> +		 * checked pmd_none().
>  		 */
>  		mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
>  		__oom_reap_task_mm(mm);
>  		mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);

I don't like holding oom_lock for full teardown of an mm, for an OOM victim's mm
might have multiple TB memory which could take long time.

Of course, forcing someone who triggered __mmput() to pay the full cost is
not nice though, for it even can be a /proc/$pid/ reader, can't it?

>  
> -		set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
> +		/*
> +		 * Taking mm->mmap_sem for write after setting MMF_UNSTABLE will
> +		 * guarantee that the oom reaper will not run on this mm again
> +		 * after mmap_sem is dropped.
> +		 */
>  		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  	}



> -#define MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES 10
>  static void oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
>  {
> -	int attempts = 0;
>  	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->signal->oom_mm;
>  
> -	/* Retry the down_read_trylock(mmap_sem) a few times */
> -	while (attempts++ < MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES && !oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm))
> -		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/10);
> +	/*
> +	 * If this mm has either been fully unmapped, or the oom reaper has
> +	 * given up on it, nothing left to do except drop the refcount.
> +	 */
> +	if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
> +		goto drop;
>  
> -	if (attempts <= MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES ||
> -	    test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
> -		goto done;
> +	/*
> +	 * If this mm has already been reaped, doing so again will not likely
> +	 * free additional memory.
> +	 */
> +	if (!test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags))
> +		oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm);

This is still wrong. If preempted immediately after set_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags) from
__oom_reap_task_mm() from exit_mmap(), oom_reap_task() can give up before reclaiming any memory.
test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags) has to be done under oom_lock serialization, and
I don't like holding oom_lock while calling __oom_reap_task_mm(mm).

>  
> -	pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n",
> -		task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm);
> -	debug_show_all_locks();
> +	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, mm->oom_free_expire)) {
> +		if (!test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags)) {
> +			pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n",
> +				task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm);
> +			debug_show_all_locks();
>  
> -done:
> -	tsk->oom_reaper_list = NULL;
> +			/*
> +			 * Reaping has failed for the timeout period, so give up
> +			 * and allow additional processes to be oom killed.
> +			 */
> +			set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
> +		}
> +		goto drop;
> +	}



> @@ -645,25 +657,60 @@ static int oom_reaper(void *unused)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Millisecs to wait for an oom mm to free memory before selecting another
> + * victim.
> + */
> +static u64 oom_free_timeout_ms = 1000;
>  static void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
>  {
> -	/* tsk is already queued? */
> -	if (tsk == oom_reaper_list || tsk->oom_reaper_list)
> +	unsigned long expire = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(oom_free_timeout_ms);
> +
> +	if (!expire)
> +		expire++;
> +	/*
> +	 * Set the reap timeout; if it's already set, the mm is enqueued and
> +	 * this tsk can be ignored.
> +	 */
> +	if (cmpxchg(&tsk->signal->oom_mm->oom_free_expire, 0UL, expire))
>  		return;

We don't need this if we do from mark_oom_victim() like my series does.

>  
>  	get_task_struct(tsk);
>  
>  	spin_lock(&oom_reaper_lock);
> -	tsk->oom_reaper_list = oom_reaper_list;
> -	oom_reaper_list = tsk;
> +	list_add(&tsk->oom_reap_list, &oom_reaper_list);
>  	spin_unlock(&oom_reaper_lock);
>  	trace_wake_reaper(tsk->pid);
>  	wake_up(&oom_reaper_wait);
>  }
David Rientjes July 20, 2018, 10:13 p.m. UTC | #2
On Sat, 21 Jul 2018, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> > --- a/mm/mmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> > @@ -3066,25 +3066,27 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
> >  	if (unlikely(mm_is_oom_victim(mm))) {
> >  		/*
> >  		 * Manually reap the mm to free as much memory as possible.
> > -		 * Then, as the oom reaper does, set MMF_OOM_SKIP to disregard
> > -		 * this mm from further consideration.  Taking mm->mmap_sem for
> > -		 * write after setting MMF_OOM_SKIP will guarantee that the oom
> > -		 * reaper will not run on this mm again after mmap_sem is
> > -		 * dropped.
> > -		 *
> >  		 * Nothing can be holding mm->mmap_sem here and the above call
> >  		 * to mmu_notifier_release(mm) ensures mmu notifier callbacks in
> >  		 * __oom_reap_task_mm() will not block.
> >  		 *
> > +		 * This sets MMF_UNSTABLE to avoid racing with the oom reaper.
> >  		 * This needs to be done before calling munlock_vma_pages_all(),
> >  		 * which clears VM_LOCKED, otherwise the oom reaper cannot
> > -		 * reliably test it.
> > +		 * reliably test for it.  If the oom reaper races with
> > +		 * munlock_vma_pages_all(), this can result in a kernel oops if
> > +		 * a pmd is zapped, for example, after follow_page_mask() has
> > +		 * checked pmd_none().
> >  		 */
> >  		mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
> >  		__oom_reap_task_mm(mm);
> >  		mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
> 
> I don't like holding oom_lock for full teardown of an mm, for an OOM victim's mm
> might have multiple TB memory which could take long time.
> 

This patch does not involve deltas for oom_lock here, it can certainly be 
changed on top of this patch.  I'm not attempting to address any oom_lock 
issue here.  It should pose no roadblock for you.

I only propose this patch now since it fixes millions of processes being 
oom killed unnecessarily, it was in -mm before a NACK for the most trivial 
fixes that have now been squashed into it, and is actually tested.

> >  
> > -		set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Taking mm->mmap_sem for write after setting MMF_UNSTABLE will
> > +		 * guarantee that the oom reaper will not run on this mm again
> > +		 * after mmap_sem is dropped.
> > +		 */
> >  		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
> >  		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
> >  	}
> 
> 
> 
> > -#define MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES 10
> >  static void oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
> >  {
> > -	int attempts = 0;
> >  	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->signal->oom_mm;
> >  
> > -	/* Retry the down_read_trylock(mmap_sem) a few times */
> > -	while (attempts++ < MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES && !oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm))
> > -		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/10);
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If this mm has either been fully unmapped, or the oom reaper has
> > +	 * given up on it, nothing left to do except drop the refcount.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
> > +		goto drop;
> >  
> > -	if (attempts <= MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES ||
> > -	    test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
> > -		goto done;
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If this mm has already been reaped, doing so again will not likely
> > +	 * free additional memory.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags))
> > +		oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm);
> 
> This is still wrong. If preempted immediately after set_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags) from
> __oom_reap_task_mm() from exit_mmap(), oom_reap_task() can give up before reclaiming any memory.

If there is a single thread holding onto the mm and has reached 
exit_mmap() and is in the process of starting oom reaping itself, there's 
no advantage to the oom reaper trying to oom reap it.  The thread in 
exit_mmap() will take care of it, __oom_reap_task_mm() does not block and 
oom_free_timeout_ms allows for enough time for that memory freeing to 
occur.  The oom reaper will not set MMF_OOM_SKIP until the timeout has 
expired.

As I said before, you could make a case for extending the timeout once 
MMF_UNSTABLE has been set.  It practice, we haven't encountered a case 
where that matters.  But that's trivial to do if you would prefer.
Tetsuo Handa July 21, 2018, 2:47 a.m. UTC | #3
On 2018/07/21 7:13, David Rientjes wrote:
>>>  		mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
>>>  		__oom_reap_task_mm(mm);
>>>  		mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
>>
>> I don't like holding oom_lock for full teardown of an mm, for an OOM victim's mm
>> might have multiple TB memory which could take long time.
>>
> 
> This patch does not involve deltas for oom_lock here, it can certainly be 
> changed on top of this patch.  I'm not attempting to address any oom_lock 
> issue here.  It should pose no roadblock for you.

You can't apply "[patch v4] mm, oom: fix unnecessary killing of additional processes"
because Michal's patch which removes oom_lock serialization was added to -mm tree.

> 
> I only propose this patch now since it fixes millions of processes being 
> oom killed unnecessarily, it was in -mm before a NACK for the most trivial 
> fixes that have now been squashed into it, and is actually tested.
> 

But I still refuse your patch because you do not test my approach.

>>
>>> -#define MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES 10
>>>  static void oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
>>>  {
>>> -	int attempts = 0;
>>>  	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->signal->oom_mm;
>>>  
>>> -	/* Retry the down_read_trylock(mmap_sem) a few times */
>>> -	while (attempts++ < MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES && !oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm))
>>> -		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/10);
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * If this mm has either been fully unmapped, or the oom reaper has
>>> +	 * given up on it, nothing left to do except drop the refcount.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
>>> +		goto drop;
>>>  
>>> -	if (attempts <= MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES ||
>>> -	    test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
>>> -		goto done;
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * If this mm has already been reaped, doing so again will not likely
>>> +	 * free additional memory.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (!test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags))
>>> +		oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm);
>>
>> This is still wrong. If preempted immediately after set_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags) from
>> __oom_reap_task_mm() from exit_mmap(), oom_reap_task() can give up before reclaiming any memory.
> 
> If there is a single thread holding onto the mm and has reached 
> exit_mmap() and is in the process of starting oom reaping itself, there's 
> no advantage to the oom reaper trying to oom reap it.

You might worry about situations where __oom_reap_task_mm() is a no-op.
But that is not always true. There is no point with emitting

  pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n", ...);
  debug_show_all_locks();

noise and doing

  set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);

because exit_mmap() will not release oom_lock until __oom_reap_task_mm()
completes. That is, except extra noise, there is no difference with
current behavior which sets set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags) after
returning from __oom_reap_task_mm().

>                                                        The thread in 
> exit_mmap() will take care of it, __oom_reap_task_mm() does not block and 
> oom_free_timeout_ms allows for enough time for that memory freeing to 
> occur.  The oom reaper will not set MMF_OOM_SKIP until the timeout has 
> expired.

Again, there is no point with emitting the noise.
And, the oom_lock serialization will be removed before your patch.

> 
> As I said before, you could make a case for extending the timeout once 
> MMF_UNSTABLE has been set.  It practice, we haven't encountered a case 
> where that matters.  But that's trivial to do if you would prefer.
> 

Again, I don't think that
"[patch v4] mm, oom: fix unnecessary killing of additional processes" can be
merged.



On 2018/07/21 7:19, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2018, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> 
>> Why [PATCH 2/2] in https://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=153119509215026&w=4 does not
>> solve your problem?
>>
> 
> Such an invasive patch, and completely rewrites the oom reaper.  I now 
> fully understand your frustration with the cgroup aware oom killer being 
> merged into -mm without any roadmap to actually being merged.  I agree 
> with you that it should be dropped, not sure why it has not been since 
> there is no active review on the proposed patchset from four months ago, 
> posted twice, that fixes the issues with it, or those patches being merged 
> so the damn thing can actually make progress.
> 

I'm not frustrated with the cgroup aware oom killer. I'm frustrated with
the fact that you keep ignoring my approach as "such an invasive patch"
without actually testing it.

At least, you can test up to my [PATCH 1/2] whether the cgroup aware oom killer
can be rebased on top of Michal's patches and my [PATCH 1/2].
David Rientjes July 24, 2018, 9:45 p.m. UTC | #4
On Sat, 21 Jul 2018, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> You can't apply "[patch v4] mm, oom: fix unnecessary killing of additional processes"
> because Michal's patch which removes oom_lock serialization was added to -mm tree.
> 

I've rebased the patch to linux-next and posted a v5.

> You might worry about situations where __oom_reap_task_mm() is a no-op.
> But that is not always true. There is no point with emitting
> 
>   pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n", ...);
>   debug_show_all_locks();
> 
> noise and doing
> 
>   set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
> 
> because exit_mmap() will not release oom_lock until __oom_reap_task_mm()
> completes. That is, except extra noise, there is no difference with
> current behavior which sets set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags) after
> returning from __oom_reap_task_mm().
> 

v5 has restructured how exit_mmap() serializes its unmapping with the oom 
reaper.  It sets MMF_OOM_SKIP while holding mm->mmap_sem.
Tetsuo Handa July 24, 2018, 10:31 p.m. UTC | #5
On 2018/07/25 6:45, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2018, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> 
>> You can't apply "[patch v4] mm, oom: fix unnecessary killing of additional processes"
>> because Michal's patch which removes oom_lock serialization was added to -mm tree.
>>
> 
> I've rebased the patch to linux-next and posted a v5.
> 
>> You might worry about situations where __oom_reap_task_mm() is a no-op.
>> But that is not always true. There is no point with emitting
>>
>>   pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n", ...);
>>   debug_show_all_locks();
>>
>> noise and doing
>>
>>   set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
>>
>> because exit_mmap() will not release oom_lock until __oom_reap_task_mm()
>> completes. That is, except extra noise, there is no difference with
>> current behavior which sets set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags) after
>> returning from __oom_reap_task_mm().
>>
> 
> v5 has restructured how exit_mmap() serializes its unmapping with the oom 
> reaper.  It sets MMF_OOM_SKIP while holding mm->mmap_sem.
> 

I think that v5 is still wrong. exit_mmap() keeps mmap_sem held for write does
not prevent oom_reap_task() from emitting the noise and setting MMF_OOM_SKIP
after timeout. Since your purpose is to wait for release of memory which could
not be reclaimed by __oom_reap_task_mm(), what if __oom_reap_task_mm() was no-op and
exit_mmap() was preempted immediately after returning from __oom_reap_task_mm() ?

Also, I believe that userspace visible knob is not needed.
David Rientjes July 24, 2018, 10:51 p.m. UTC | #6
On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> >> You might worry about situations where __oom_reap_task_mm() is a no-op.
> >> But that is not always true. There is no point with emitting
> >>
> >>   pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n", ...);
> >>   debug_show_all_locks();
> >>
> >> noise and doing
> >>
> >>   set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
> >>
> >> because exit_mmap() will not release oom_lock until __oom_reap_task_mm()
> >> completes. That is, except extra noise, there is no difference with
> >> current behavior which sets set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags) after
> >> returning from __oom_reap_task_mm().
> >>
> > 
> > v5 has restructured how exit_mmap() serializes its unmapping with the oom 
> > reaper.  It sets MMF_OOM_SKIP while holding mm->mmap_sem.
> > 
> 
> I think that v5 is still wrong. exit_mmap() keeps mmap_sem held for write does
> not prevent oom_reap_task() from emitting the noise and setting MMF_OOM_SKIP
> after timeout. Since your purpose is to wait for release of memory which could
> not be reclaimed by __oom_reap_task_mm(), what if __oom_reap_task_mm() was no-op and
> exit_mmap() was preempted immediately after returning from __oom_reap_task_mm() ?
> 

If exit_mmap() gets preempted indefinitely before it can free any memory, 
we are better off oom killing another process.  The purpose of the timeout 
is to give an oom victim an amount of time to free its memory and exit 
before selecting another victim.
Tetsuo Handa July 24, 2018, 10:55 p.m. UTC | #7
On 2018/07/25 7:51, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> 
>>>> You might worry about situations where __oom_reap_task_mm() is a no-op.
>>>> But that is not always true. There is no point with emitting
>>>>
>>>>   pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n", ...);
>>>>   debug_show_all_locks();
>>>>
>>>> noise and doing
>>>>
>>>>   set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
>>>>
>>>> because exit_mmap() will not release oom_lock until __oom_reap_task_mm()
>>>> completes. That is, except extra noise, there is no difference with
>>>> current behavior which sets set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags) after
>>>> returning from __oom_reap_task_mm().
>>>>
>>>
>>> v5 has restructured how exit_mmap() serializes its unmapping with the oom 
>>> reaper.  It sets MMF_OOM_SKIP while holding mm->mmap_sem.
>>>
>>
>> I think that v5 is still wrong. exit_mmap() keeps mmap_sem held for write does
>> not prevent oom_reap_task() from emitting the noise and setting MMF_OOM_SKIP
>> after timeout. Since your purpose is to wait for release of memory which could
>> not be reclaimed by __oom_reap_task_mm(), what if __oom_reap_task_mm() was no-op and
>> exit_mmap() was preempted immediately after returning from __oom_reap_task_mm() ?
>>
> 
> If exit_mmap() gets preempted indefinitely before it can free any memory, 
> we are better off oom killing another process.  The purpose of the timeout 
> is to give an oom victim an amount of time to free its memory and exit 
> before selecting another victim.
> 

There is no point with emitting the noise.
David Rientjes July 25, 2018, 12:24 a.m. UTC | #8
On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> > If exit_mmap() gets preempted indefinitely before it can free any memory, 
> > we are better off oom killing another process.  The purpose of the timeout 
> > is to give an oom victim an amount of time to free its memory and exit 
> > before selecting another victim.
> > 
> 
> There is no point with emitting the noise.
> 

If you're concerned about too many printk's to the kernel log, 
oom_reap_task_mm() could store whether MMF_UNSTABLE was set or not before 
attempting to reap and then only printk if this was the first oom reaping.

We lose the ability to determine if subsequent reaps freed additional 
memory, but I don't suppose that's too concerning.
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -449,6 +449,13 @@  struct mm_struct {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER
 	struct mmu_notifier_mm *mmu_notifier_mm;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+	/*
+	 * When to give up on memory freeing from this mm after its
+	 * threads have been oom killed, in jiffies.
+	 */
+	unsigned long oom_free_expire;
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
 	pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte; /* protected by page_table_lock */
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1184,7 +1184,8 @@  struct task_struct {
 #endif
 	int				pagefault_disabled;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-	struct task_struct		*oom_reaper_list;
+	/* OOM victim queue for oom reaper, protected by oom_reaper_lock */
+	struct list_head		oom_reap_list;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
 	struct vm_struct		*stack_vm_area;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -843,6 +843,9 @@  static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION
 	tsk->fail_nth = 0;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tsk->oom_reap_list);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 	tsk->active_memcg = NULL;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3066,25 +3066,27 @@  void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	if (unlikely(mm_is_oom_victim(mm))) {
 		/*
 		 * Manually reap the mm to free as much memory as possible.
-		 * Then, as the oom reaper does, set MMF_OOM_SKIP to disregard
-		 * this mm from further consideration.  Taking mm->mmap_sem for
-		 * write after setting MMF_OOM_SKIP will guarantee that the oom
-		 * reaper will not run on this mm again after mmap_sem is
-		 * dropped.
-		 *
 		 * Nothing can be holding mm->mmap_sem here and the above call
 		 * to mmu_notifier_release(mm) ensures mmu notifier callbacks in
 		 * __oom_reap_task_mm() will not block.
 		 *
+		 * This sets MMF_UNSTABLE to avoid racing with the oom reaper.
 		 * This needs to be done before calling munlock_vma_pages_all(),
 		 * which clears VM_LOCKED, otherwise the oom reaper cannot
-		 * reliably test it.
+		 * reliably test for it.  If the oom reaper races with
+		 * munlock_vma_pages_all(), this can result in a kernel oops if
+		 * a pmd is zapped, for example, after follow_page_mask() has
+		 * checked pmd_none().
 		 */
 		mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
 		__oom_reap_task_mm(mm);
 		mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
 
-		set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
+		/*
+		 * Taking mm->mmap_sem for write after setting MMF_UNSTABLE will
+		 * guarantee that the oom reaper will not run on this mm again
+		 * after mmap_sem is dropped.
+		 */
 		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	}
@@ -3112,6 +3114,7 @@  void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	unmap_vmas(&tlb, vma, 0, -1);
 	free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
 	tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb, 0, -1);
+	set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * Walk the list again, actually closing and freeing it,
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@  bool process_shares_mm(struct task_struct *p, struct mm_struct *mm)
  */
 static struct task_struct *oom_reaper_th;
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(oom_reaper_wait);
-static struct task_struct *oom_reaper_list;
+static LIST_HEAD(oom_reaper_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(oom_reaper_lock);
 
 void __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
@@ -527,10 +528,8 @@  void __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	}
 }
 
-static bool oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
+static void oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	bool ret = true;
-
 	/*
 	 * We have to make sure to not race with the victim exit path
 	 * and cause premature new oom victim selection:
@@ -548,9 +547,8 @@  static bool oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	mutex_lock(&oom_lock);
 
 	if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
-		ret = false;
 		trace_skip_task_reaping(tsk->pid);
-		goto unlock_oom;
+		goto out_oom;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -559,69 +557,81 @@  static bool oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	 * TODO: we really want to get rid of this ugly hack and make sure that
 	 * notifiers cannot block for unbounded amount of time
 	 */
-	if (mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(mm)) {
-		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ);
-		goto unlock_oom;
-	}
+	if (mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(mm))
+		goto out_mm;
 
 	/*
-	 * MMF_OOM_SKIP is set by exit_mmap when the OOM reaper can't
-	 * work on the mm anymore. The check for MMF_OOM_SKIP must run
+	 * MMF_UNSTABLE is set by exit_mmap when the OOM reaper can't
+	 * work on the mm anymore. The check for MMF_UNSTABLE must run
 	 * under mmap_sem for reading because it serializes against the
 	 * down_write();up_write() cycle in exit_mmap().
 	 */
-	if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags)) {
-		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags)) {
 		trace_skip_task_reaping(tsk->pid);
-		goto unlock_oom;
+		goto out_mm;
 	}
 
 	trace_start_task_reaping(tsk->pid);
-
 	__oom_reap_task_mm(mm);
+	trace_finish_task_reaping(tsk->pid);
 
 	pr_info("oom_reaper: reaped process %d (%s), now anon-rss:%lukB, file-rss:%lukB, shmem-rss:%lukB\n",
 			task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm,
 			K(get_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES)),
 			K(get_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES)),
 			K(get_mm_counter(mm, MM_SHMEMPAGES)));
+out_mm:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-
-	trace_finish_task_reaping(tsk->pid);
-unlock_oom:
+out_oom:
 	mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
-	return ret;
 }
 
-#define MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES 10
 static void oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	int attempts = 0;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->signal->oom_mm;
 
-	/* Retry the down_read_trylock(mmap_sem) a few times */
-	while (attempts++ < MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES && !oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm))
-		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/10);
+	/*
+	 * If this mm has either been fully unmapped, or the oom reaper has
+	 * given up on it, nothing left to do except drop the refcount.
+	 */
+	if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
+		goto drop;
 
-	if (attempts <= MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES ||
-	    test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
-		goto done;
+	/*
+	 * If this mm has already been reaped, doing so again will not likely
+	 * free additional memory.
+	 */
+	if (!test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &mm->flags))
+		oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm);
 
-	pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n",
-		task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm);
-	debug_show_all_locks();
+	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, mm->oom_free_expire)) {
+		if (!test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags)) {
+			pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n",
+				task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm);
+			debug_show_all_locks();
 
-done:
-	tsk->oom_reaper_list = NULL;
+			/*
+			 * Reaping has failed for the timeout period, so give up
+			 * and allow additional processes to be oom killed.
+			 */
+			set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
+		}
+		goto drop;
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Hide this mm from OOM killer because it has been either reaped or
-	 * somebody can't call up_write(mmap_sem).
-	 */
-	set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
+	if (test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags))
+		goto drop;
+
+	/* Enqueue to be reaped again */
+	spin_lock(&oom_reaper_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&tsk->oom_reap_list, &oom_reaper_list);
+	spin_unlock(&oom_reaper_lock);
+
+	schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/10);
+	return;
 
-	/* Drop a reference taken by wake_oom_reaper */
+drop:
+	/* Drop the reference taken by wake_oom_reaper */
 	put_task_struct(tsk);
 }
 
@@ -630,11 +640,13 @@  static int oom_reaper(void *unused)
 	while (true) {
 		struct task_struct *tsk = NULL;
 
-		wait_event_freezable(oom_reaper_wait, oom_reaper_list != NULL);
+		wait_event_freezable(oom_reaper_wait,
+				     !list_empty(&oom_reaper_list));
 		spin_lock(&oom_reaper_lock);
-		if (oom_reaper_list != NULL) {
-			tsk = oom_reaper_list;
-			oom_reaper_list = tsk->oom_reaper_list;
+		if (!list_empty(&oom_reaper_list)) {
+			tsk = list_entry(oom_reaper_list.next,
+					 struct task_struct, oom_reap_list);
+			list_del(&tsk->oom_reap_list);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&oom_reaper_lock);
 
@@ -645,25 +657,60 @@  static int oom_reaper(void *unused)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Millisecs to wait for an oom mm to free memory before selecting another
+ * victim.
+ */
+static u64 oom_free_timeout_ms = 1000;
 static void wake_oom_reaper(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	/* tsk is already queued? */
-	if (tsk == oom_reaper_list || tsk->oom_reaper_list)
+	unsigned long expire = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(oom_free_timeout_ms);
+
+	if (!expire)
+		expire++;
+	/*
+	 * Set the reap timeout; if it's already set, the mm is enqueued and
+	 * this tsk can be ignored.
+	 */
+	if (cmpxchg(&tsk->signal->oom_mm->oom_free_expire, 0UL, expire))
 		return;
 
 	get_task_struct(tsk);
 
 	spin_lock(&oom_reaper_lock);
-	tsk->oom_reaper_list = oom_reaper_list;
-	oom_reaper_list = tsk;
+	list_add(&tsk->oom_reap_list, &oom_reaper_list);
 	spin_unlock(&oom_reaper_lock);
 	trace_wake_reaper(tsk->pid);
 	wake_up(&oom_reaper_wait);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+static int oom_free_timeout_ms_read(void *data, u64 *val)
+{
+	*val = oom_free_timeout_ms;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int oom_free_timeout_ms_write(void *data, u64 val)
+{
+	if (val > 60 * 1000)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	oom_free_timeout_ms = val;
+	return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(oom_free_timeout_ms_fops, oom_free_timeout_ms_read,
+			oom_free_timeout_ms_write, "%llu\n");
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
+
 static int __init oom_init(void)
 {
 	oom_reaper_th = kthread_run(oom_reaper, NULL, "oom_reaper");
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	if (!IS_ERR(oom_reaper_th))
+		debugfs_create_file("oom_free_timeout_ms", 0200, NULL, NULL,
+				    &oom_free_timeout_ms_fops);
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 subsys_initcall(oom_init)