tree 2925a64ce37477aad18eec13c20ba8fe3ad31ea9
parent ba6c19fd113a3965f8cf4c183a813d528008d03e
author Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> 1469571890 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1469575159 -0700

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>