[PATCH] select_bad_process(): cleanup 'releasing' check
[linux-2.6-block.git] / mm / oom_kill.c
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1/*
2 * linux/mm/oom_kill.c
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 1998,2000 Rik van Riel
5 * Thanks go out to Claus Fischer for some serious inspiration and
6 * for goading me into coding this file...
7 *
8 * The routines in this file are used to kill a process when
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9 * we're seriously out of memory. This gets called from __alloc_pages()
10 * in mm/page_alloc.c when we really run out of memory.
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11 *
12 * Since we won't call these routines often (on a well-configured
13 * machine) this file will double as a 'coding guide' and a signpost
14 * for newbie kernel hackers. It features several pointers to major
15 * kernel subsystems and hints as to where to find out what things do.
16 */
17
18#include <linux/mm.h>
19#include <linux/sched.h>
20#include <linux/swap.h>
21#include <linux/timex.h>
22#include <linux/jiffies.h>
ef08e3b4 23#include <linux/cpuset.h>
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24#include <linux/module.h>
25#include <linux/notifier.h>
1da177e4 26
fadd8fbd 27int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
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28/* #define DEBUG */
29
30/**
6937a25c 31 * badness - calculate a numeric value for how bad this task has been
1da177e4 32 * @p: task struct of which task we should calculate
a49335cc 33 * @uptime: current uptime in seconds
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34 *
35 * The formula used is relatively simple and documented inline in the
36 * function. The main rationale is that we want to select a good task
37 * to kill when we run out of memory.
38 *
39 * Good in this context means that:
40 * 1) we lose the minimum amount of work done
41 * 2) we recover a large amount of memory
42 * 3) we don't kill anything innocent of eating tons of memory
43 * 4) we want to kill the minimum amount of processes (one)
44 * 5) we try to kill the process the user expects us to kill, this
45 * algorithm has been meticulously tuned to meet the principle
46 * of least surprise ... (be careful when you change it)
47 */
48
49unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
50{
51 unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time, s;
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52 struct mm_struct *mm;
53 struct task_struct *child;
1da177e4 54
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55 task_lock(p);
56 mm = p->mm;
57 if (!mm) {
58 task_unlock(p);
1da177e4 59 return 0;
97c2c9b8 60 }
1da177e4 61
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62 /*
63 * swapoff can easily use up all memory, so kill those first.
64 */
65 if (p->flags & PF_SWAPOFF)
66 return ULONG_MAX;
67
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68 /*
69 * The memory size of the process is the basis for the badness.
70 */
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71 points = mm->total_vm;
72
73 /*
74 * After this unlock we can no longer dereference local variable `mm'
75 */
76 task_unlock(p);
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77
78 /*
79 * Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
9827b781 80 * a good choice. We add half the vmsize of the children if they
1da177e4 81 * have an own mm. This prevents forking servers to flood the
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82 * machine with an endless amount of children. In case a single
83 * child is eating the vast majority of memory, adding only half
84 * to the parents will make the child our kill candidate of choice.
1da177e4 85 */
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86 list_for_each_entry(child, &p->children, sibling) {
87 task_lock(child);
88 if (child->mm != mm && child->mm)
89 points += child->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
90 task_unlock(child);
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91 }
92
93 /*
94 * CPU time is in tens of seconds and run time is in thousands
95 * of seconds. There is no particular reason for this other than
96 * that it turned out to work very well in practice.
97 */
98 cpu_time = (cputime_to_jiffies(p->utime) + cputime_to_jiffies(p->stime))
99 >> (SHIFT_HZ + 3);
100
101 if (uptime >= p->start_time.tv_sec)
102 run_time = (uptime - p->start_time.tv_sec) >> 10;
103 else
104 run_time = 0;
105
106 s = int_sqrt(cpu_time);
107 if (s)
108 points /= s;
109 s = int_sqrt(int_sqrt(run_time));
110 if (s)
111 points /= s;
112
113 /*
114 * Niced processes are most likely less important, so double
115 * their badness points.
116 */
117 if (task_nice(p) > 0)
118 points *= 2;
119
120 /*
121 * Superuser processes are usually more important, so we make it
122 * less likely that we kill those.
123 */
124 if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
125 p->uid == 0 || p->euid == 0)
126 points /= 4;
127
128 /*
129 * We don't want to kill a process with direct hardware access.
130 * Not only could that mess up the hardware, but usually users
131 * tend to only have this flag set on applications they think
132 * of as important.
133 */
134 if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
135 points /= 4;
136
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137 /*
138 * If p's nodes don't overlap ours, it may still help to kill p
139 * because p may have allocated or otherwise mapped memory on
140 * this node before. However it will be less likely.
141 */
142 if (!cpuset_excl_nodes_overlap(p))
143 points /= 8;
144
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145 /*
146 * Adjust the score by oomkilladj.
147 */
148 if (p->oomkilladj) {
149 if (p->oomkilladj > 0)
150 points <<= p->oomkilladj;
151 else
152 points >>= -(p->oomkilladj);
153 }
154
155#ifdef DEBUG
156 printk(KERN_DEBUG "OOMkill: task %d (%s) got %d points\n",
157 p->pid, p->comm, points);
158#endif
159 return points;
160}
161
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162/*
163 * Types of limitations to the nodes from which allocations may occur
164 */
165#define CONSTRAINT_NONE 1
166#define CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY 2
167#define CONSTRAINT_CPUSET 3
168
169/*
170 * Determine the type of allocation constraint.
171 */
172static inline int constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
173{
174#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
175 struct zone **z;
176 nodemask_t nodes = node_online_map;
177
178 for (z = zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
179 if (cpuset_zone_allowed(*z, gfp_mask))
89fa3024 180 node_clear(zone_to_nid(*z), nodes);
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181 else
182 return CONSTRAINT_CPUSET;
183
184 if (!nodes_empty(nodes))
185 return CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY;
186#endif
187
188 return CONSTRAINT_NONE;
189}
190
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191/*
192 * Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
193 * number of 'points'. We expect the caller will lock the tasklist.
194 *
195 * (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
196 */
9827b781 197static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints)
1da177e4 198{
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199 struct task_struct *g, *p;
200 struct task_struct *chosen = NULL;
201 struct timespec uptime;
9827b781 202 *ppoints = 0;
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203
204 do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
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205 do_each_thread(g, p) {
206 unsigned long points;
a49335cc 207
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208 /*
209 * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
210 * their mm.
211 */
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212 if (!p->mm)
213 continue;
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214 /* skip the init task */
215 if (is_init(p))
a49335cc 216 continue;
ef08e3b4 217
a49335cc 218 /*
6937a25c 219 * This is in the process of releasing memory so wait for it
a49335cc 220 * to finish before killing some other task by mistake.
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221 *
222 * However, if p is the current task, we allow the 'kill' to
223 * go ahead if it is exiting: this will simply set TIF_MEMDIE,
224 * which will allow it to gain access to memory reserves in
225 * the process of exiting and releasing its resources.
226 * Otherwise we could get an OOM deadlock.
a49335cc 227 */
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228 if ((p->flags & PF_EXITING) && p == current) {
229 chosen = p;
230 *ppoints = ULONG_MAX;
231 break;
50ec3bbf 232 }
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233 if ((p->flags & PF_EXITING) ||
234 test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE))
235 return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
236
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237 if (p->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
238 continue;
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239
240 points = badness(p, uptime.tv_sec);
9827b781 241 if (points > *ppoints || !chosen) {
a49335cc 242 chosen = p;
9827b781 243 *ppoints = points;
1da177e4 244 }
a49335cc 245 } while_each_thread(g, p);
972c4ea5 246
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247 return chosen;
248}
249
250/**
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251 * Send SIGKILL to the selected process irrespective of CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
252 * flag though it's unlikely that we select a process with CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
253 * set.
1da177e4 254 */
36c8b586 255static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, const char *message)
1da177e4 256{
f400e198 257 if (is_init(p)) {
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258 WARN_ON(1);
259 printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill init!\n");
260 return;
261 }
262
263 task_lock(p);
264 if (!p->mm || p->mm == &init_mm) {
265 WARN_ON(1);
266 printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill an mm-less task!\n");
267 task_unlock(p);
268 return;
269 }
270 task_unlock(p);
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271
272 if (message) {
273 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Killed process %d (%s).\n",
9b0f8b04 274 message, p->pid, p->comm);
50ec3bbf 275 }
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276
277 /*
278 * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
279 * all the memory it needs. That way it should be able to
280 * exit() and clear out its resources quickly...
281 */
282 p->time_slice = HZ;
283 set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
284
285 force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
286}
287
36c8b586 288static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, const char *message)
1da177e4 289{
01315922 290 struct mm_struct *mm;
36c8b586 291 struct task_struct *g, *q;
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293 mm = p->mm;
294
295 /* WARNING: mm may not be dereferenced since we did not obtain its
296 * value from get_task_mm(p). This is OK since all we need to do is
297 * compare mm to q->mm below.
298 *
299 * Furthermore, even if mm contains a non-NULL value, p->mm may
300 * change to NULL at any time since we do not hold task_lock(p).
301 * However, this is of no concern to us.
302 */
303
304 if (mm == NULL || mm == &init_mm)
305 return 1;
1da177e4 306
9b0f8b04 307 __oom_kill_task(p, message);
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308 /*
309 * kill all processes that share the ->mm (i.e. all threads),
310 * but are in a different thread group
311 */
312 do_each_thread(g, q)
313 if (q->mm == mm && q->tgid != p->tgid)
9b0f8b04 314 __oom_kill_task(q, message);
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315 while_each_thread(g, q);
316
01315922 317 return 0;
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318}
319
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320static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long points,
321 const char *message)
1da177e4 322{
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323 struct task_struct *c;
324 struct list_head *tsk;
325
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326 /*
327 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
328 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
329 */
330 if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
331 __oom_kill_task(p, NULL);
332 return 0;
333 }
334
335 printk(KERN_ERR "Out of Memory: Kill process %d (%s) score %li"
336 " and children.\n", p->pid, p->comm, points);
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337 /* Try to kill a child first */
338 list_for_each(tsk, &p->children) {
339 c = list_entry(tsk, struct task_struct, sibling);
340 if (c->mm == p->mm)
341 continue;
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342 if (!oom_kill_task(c, message))
343 return 0;
1da177e4 344 }
9b0f8b04 345 return oom_kill_task(p, message);
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346}
347
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348static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(oom_notify_list);
349
350int register_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
351{
352 return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&oom_notify_list, nb);
353}
354EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_oom_notifier);
355
356int unregister_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
357{
358 return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&oom_notify_list, nb);
359}
360EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier);
361
1da177e4 362/**
6937a25c 363 * out_of_memory - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
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364 *
365 * If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either
366 * killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse)
367 * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
368 * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
369 */
9b0f8b04 370void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
1da177e4 371{
36c8b586 372 struct task_struct *p;
d6713e04 373 unsigned long points = 0;
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374 unsigned long freed = 0;
375
376 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed);
377 if (freed > 0)
378 /* Got some memory back in the last second. */
379 return;
1da177e4 380
42639269 381 if (printk_ratelimit()) {
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382 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s invoked oom-killer: "
383 "gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d, oomkilladj=%d\n",
384 current->comm, gfp_mask, order, current->oomkilladj);
b958f7d9 385 dump_stack();
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386 show_mem();
387 }
578c2fd6 388
505970b9 389 cpuset_lock();
1da177e4 390 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
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391
392 /*
393 * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for
394 * NUMA) that may require different handling.
395 */
396 switch (constrained_alloc(zonelist, gfp_mask)) {
397 case CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY:
01315922 398 oom_kill_process(current, points,
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399 "No available memory (MPOL_BIND)");
400 break;
401
402 case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET:
01315922 403 oom_kill_process(current, points,
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404 "No available memory in cpuset");
405 break;
406
407 case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
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408 if (sysctl_panic_on_oom)
409 panic("out of memory. panic_on_oom is selected\n");
1da177e4 410retry:
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411 /*
412 * Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever
413 * issues we may have.
414 */
415 p = select_bad_process(&points);
1da177e4 416
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417 if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
418 goto out;
1da177e4 419
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420 /* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
421 if (!p) {
422 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
423 cpuset_unlock();
424 panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
425 }
1da177e4 426
01315922 427 if (oom_kill_process(p, points, "Out of memory"))
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428 goto retry;
429
430 break;
431 }
1da177e4 432
9b0f8b04 433out:
140ffcec 434 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
505970b9 435 cpuset_unlock();
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436
437 /*
438 * Give "p" a good chance of killing itself before we
2f659f46 439 * retry to allocate memory unless "p" is current
1da177e4 440 */
2f659f46 441 if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
140ffcec 442 schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
1da177e4 443}