mm, oom_reaper: make sure that mmput_async is called only when memory was reaped
Tetsuo is worried that mmput_async might still lead to a premature new
oom victim selection due to the following race:
__oom_reap_task exit_mm
find_lock_task_mm
atomic_inc(mm->mm_users) # = 2
task_unlock
task_lock
task->mm = NULL
up_read(&mm->mmap_sem)
< somebody write locks mmap_sem >
task_unlock
mmput
atomic_dec_and_test # = 1
exit_oom_victim
down_read_trylock # failed - no reclaim
mmput_async # Takes unpredictable amount of time
< new OOM situation >
the final __mmput will be executed in the delayed context which might
happen far in the future. Such a race is highly unlikely because the
write holder of mmap_sem would have to be an external task (all direct
holders are already killed or exiting) and it usually have to pin
mm_users in order to do anything reasonable.
We can, however, make sure that the mmput_async is only called when we
do not back off and reap some memory. That would reduce the impact of
the delayed __mmput because the real content would be already freed.
Pin mm_count to keep it alive after we drop task_lock and before we try
to get mmap_sem. If the mmap_sem succeeds we can try to grab mm_users
reference and then go on with unmapping the address space.
It is not clear whether this race is possible at all but it is better to
be more robust and do not pin mm_users unless we are sure we are
actually doing some real work during __oom_reap_task.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465306987-30297-1-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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