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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 89a4eb4b66e8f4d395e14a14d262dac4d6ca52f0
+refs/heads/master: 0753ba01e126020bf0f8150934903b48935b697d

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt

@@ -1167,13 +1167,11 @@ CHAPTER 3: PER-PROCESS PARAMETERS
 3.1 /proc/<pid>/oom_adj - Adjust the oom-killer score
 ------------------------------------------------------
 
-This file can be used to adjust the score used to select which processes should
-be killed in an out-of-memory situation.  The oom_adj value is a characteristic
-of the task's mm, so all threads that share an mm with pid will have the same
-oom_adj value.  A high value will increase the likelihood of this process being
-killed by the oom-killer.  Valid values are in the range -16 to +15 as
-explained below and a special value of -17, which disables oom-killing
-altogether for threads sharing pid's mm.
+This file can be used to adjust the score used to select which processes
+should be killed in an  out-of-memory  situation.  Giving it a high score will
+increase the likelihood of this process being killed by the oom-killer.  Valid
+values are in the range -16 to +15, plus the special value -17, which disables
+oom-killing altogether for this process.
 
 The process to be killed in an out-of-memory situation is selected among all others
 based on its badness score. This value equals the original memory size of the process
@@ -1187,9 +1185,6 @@ the parent's score if they do not share the same memory. Thus forking servers
 are the prime candidates to be killed. Having only one 'hungry' child will make
 parent less preferable than the child.
 
-/proc/<pid>/oom_adj cannot be changed for kthreads since they are immune from
-oom-killing already.
-
 /proc/<pid>/oom_score shows process' current badness score.
 
 The following heuristics are then applied:

trunk/fs/proc/base.c

@@ -1003,12 +1003,7 @@ static ssize_t oom_adjust_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
-	task_lock(task);
-	if (task->mm)
-		oom_adjust = task->mm->oom_adj;
-	else
-		oom_adjust = OOM_DISABLE;
-	task_unlock(task);
+	oom_adjust = task->oomkilladj;
 	put_task_struct(task);
 
 	len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%i\n", oom_adjust);
@@ -1037,19 +1032,11 @@ static ssize_t oom_adjust_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
-	task_lock(task);
-	if (!task->mm) {
-		task_unlock(task);
-		put_task_struct(task);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (oom_adjust < task->mm->oom_adj && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
-		task_unlock(task);
+	if (oom_adjust < task->oomkilladj && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
 		put_task_struct(task);
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
-	task->mm->oom_adj = oom_adjust;
-	task_unlock(task);
+	task->oomkilladj = oom_adjust;
 	put_task_struct(task);
 	if (end - buffer == 0)
 		return -EIO;

trunk/include/linux/mm_types.h

@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ struct mm_struct {
 
 	unsigned long saved_auxv[AT_VECTOR_SIZE]; /* for /proc/PID/auxv */
 
-	s8 oom_adj;	/* OOM kill score adjustment (bit shift) */
-
 	cpumask_t cpu_vm_mask;
 
 	/* Architecture-specific MM context */

trunk/include/linux/sched.h

@@ -1198,6 +1198,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	 * a short time
 	 */
 	unsigned char fpu_counter;
+	s8 oomkilladj; /* OOM kill score adjustment (bit shift). */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 	unsigned int btrace_seq;
 #endif

trunk/kernel/fork.c

@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ static struct mm_struct * mm_init(struct mm_struct * mm, struct task_struct *p)
 	init_rwsem(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mm->mmlist);
 	mm->flags = (current->mm) ? current->mm->flags : default_dump_filter;
-	mm->oom_adj = (current->mm) ? current->mm->oom_adj : 0;
 	mm->core_state = NULL;
 	mm->nr_ptes = 0;
 	set_mm_counter(mm, file_rss, 0);

trunk/mm/oom_kill.c

@@ -58,19 +58,13 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
 	unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct task_struct *child;
-	int oom_adj;
 
 	task_lock(p);
 	mm = p->mm;
 	if (!mm) {
 		task_unlock(p);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	oom_adj = mm->oom_adj;
-	if (oom_adj == OOM_DISABLE) {
-		task_unlock(p);
-		return 0;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The memory size of the process is the basis for the badness.
@@ -154,15 +148,15 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
 		points /= 8;
 
 	/*
-	 * Adjust the score by oom_adj.
+	 * Adjust the score by oomkilladj.
 	 */
-	if (oom_adj) {
-		if (oom_adj > 0) {
+	if (p->oomkilladj) {
+		if (p->oomkilladj > 0) {
 			if (!points)
 				points = 1;
-			points <<= oom_adj;
+			points <<= p->oomkilladj;
 		} else
-			points >>= -(oom_adj);
+			points >>= -(p->oomkilladj);
 	}
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -257,8 +251,11 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints,
 			*ppoints = ULONG_MAX;
 		}
 
+		if (p->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
+			continue;
+
 		points = badness(p, uptime.tv_sec);
-		if (points > *ppoints) {
+		if (points > *ppoints || !chosen) {
 			chosen = p;
 			*ppoints = points;
 		}
@@ -307,7 +304,8 @@ static void dump_tasks(const struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 		}
 		printk(KERN_INFO "[%5d] %5d %5d %8lu %8lu %3d     %3d %s\n",
 		       p->pid, __task_cred(p)->uid, p->tgid, mm->total_vm,
-		       get_mm_rss(mm), (int)task_cpu(p), mm->oom_adj, p->comm);
+		       get_mm_rss(mm), (int)task_cpu(p), p->oomkilladj,
+		       p->comm);
 		task_unlock(p);
 	} while_each_thread(g, p);
 }
@@ -325,8 +323,11 @@ static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, int verbose)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!p->mm)
+	if (!p->mm) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill an mm-less task!\n");
 		return;
+	}
 
 	if (verbose)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Killed process %d (%s)\n",
@@ -348,13 +349,28 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct task_struct *g, *q;
 
-	task_lock(p);
 	mm = p->mm;
-	if (!mm || mm->oom_adj == OOM_DISABLE) {
-		task_unlock(p);
+
+	/* WARNING: mm may not be dereferenced since we did not obtain its
+	 * value from get_task_mm(p).  This is OK since all we need to do is
+	 * compare mm to q->mm below.
+	 *
+	 * Furthermore, even if mm contains a non-NULL value, p->mm may
+	 * change to NULL at any time since we do not hold task_lock(p).
+	 * However, this is of no concern to us.
+	 */
+
+	if (mm == NULL)
 		return 1;
-	}
-	task_unlock(p);
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't kill the process if any threads are set to OOM_DISABLE
+	 */
+	do_each_thread(g, q) {
+		if (q->mm == mm && q->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
+			return 1;
+	} while_each_thread(g, q);
+
 	__oom_kill_task(p, 1);
 
 	/*
@@ -377,11 +393,10 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 	struct task_struct *c;
 
 	if (printk_ratelimit()) {
-		task_lock(current);
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s invoked oom-killer: "
-			"gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d, oom_adj=%d\n",
-			current->comm, gfp_mask, order,
-			current->mm ? current->mm->oom_adj : OOM_DISABLE);
+			"gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d, oomkilladj=%d\n",
+			current->comm, gfp_mask, order, current->oomkilladj);
+		task_lock(current);
 		cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed(current);
 		task_unlock(current);
 		dump_stack();
@@ -394,9 +409,8 @@ static int 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 its mm is still attached.
 	 */
-	if (p->mm && (p->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
 		__oom_kill_task(p, 0);
 		return 0;
 	}