linux/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
   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.
  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/oom.h>
  19#include <linux/mm.h>
  20#include <linux/sched.h>
  21#include <linux/swap.h>
  22#include <linux/timex.h>
  23#include <linux/jiffies.h>
  24#include <linux/cpuset.h>
  25#include <linux/module.h>
  26#include <linux/notifier.h>
  27
  28int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
  29/* #define DEBUG */
  30
  31/**
  32 * badness - calculate a numeric value for how bad this task has been
  33 * @p: task struct of which task we should calculate
  34 * @uptime: current uptime in seconds
  35 *
  36 * The formula used is relatively simple and documented inline in the
  37 * function. The main rationale is that we want to select a good task
  38 * to kill when we run out of memory.
  39 *
  40 * Good in this context means that:
  41 * 1) we lose the minimum amount of work done
  42 * 2) we recover a large amount of memory
  43 * 3) we don't kill anything innocent of eating tons of memory
  44 * 4) we want to kill the minimum amount of processes (one)
  45 * 5) we try to kill the process the user expects us to kill, this
  46 *    algorithm has been meticulously tuned to meet the principle
  47 *    of least surprise ... (be careful when you change it)
  48 */
  49
  50unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
  51{
  52        unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time, s;
  53        struct mm_struct *mm;
  54        struct task_struct *child;
  55
  56        task_lock(p);
  57        mm = p->mm;
  58        if (!mm) {
  59                task_unlock(p);
  60                return 0;
  61        }
  62
  63        /*
  64         * The memory size of the process is the basis for the badness.
  65         */
  66        points = mm->total_vm;
  67
  68        /*
  69         * After this unlock we can no longer dereference local variable `mm'
  70         */
  71        task_unlock(p);
  72
  73        /*
  74         * swapoff can easily use up all memory, so kill those first.
  75         */
  76        if (p->flags & PF_SWAPOFF)
  77                return ULONG_MAX;
  78
  79        /*
  80         * Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
  81         * a good choice. We add half the vmsize of the children if they
  82         * have an own mm. This prevents forking servers to flood the
  83         * machine with an endless amount of children. In case a single
  84         * child is eating the vast majority of memory, adding only half
  85         * to the parents will make the child our kill candidate of choice.
  86         */
  87        list_for_each_entry(child, &p->children, sibling) {
  88                task_lock(child);
  89                if (child->mm != mm && child->mm)
  90                        points += child->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
  91                task_unlock(child);
  92        }
  93
  94        /*
  95         * CPU time is in tens of seconds and run time is in thousands
  96         * of seconds. There is no particular reason for this other than
  97         * that it turned out to work very well in practice.
  98         */
  99        cpu_time = (cputime_to_jiffies(p->utime) + cputime_to_jiffies(p->stime))
 100                >> (SHIFT_HZ + 3);
 101
 102        if (uptime >= p->start_time.tv_sec)
 103                run_time = (uptime - p->start_time.tv_sec) >> 10;
 104        else
 105                run_time = 0;
 106
 107        s = int_sqrt(cpu_time);
 108        if (s)
 109                points /= s;
 110        s = int_sqrt(int_sqrt(run_time));
 111        if (s)
 112                points /= s;
 113
 114        /*
 115         * Niced processes are most likely less important, so double
 116         * their badness points.
 117         */
 118        if (task_nice(p) > 0)
 119                points *= 2;
 120
 121        /*
 122         * Superuser processes are usually more important, so we make it
 123         * less likely that we kill those.
 124         */
 125        if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
 126                                p->uid == 0 || p->euid == 0)
 127                points /= 4;
 128
 129        /*
 130         * We don't want to kill a process with direct hardware access.
 131         * Not only could that mess up the hardware, but usually users
 132         * tend to only have this flag set on applications they think
 133         * of as important.
 134         */
 135        if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 136                points /= 4;
 137
 138        /*
 139         * If p's nodes don't overlap ours, it may still help to kill p
 140         * because p may have allocated or otherwise mapped memory on
 141         * this node before. However it will be less likely.
 142         */
 143        if (!cpuset_excl_nodes_overlap(p))
 144                points /= 8;
 145
 146        /*
 147         * Adjust the score by oomkilladj.
 148         */
 149        if (p->oomkilladj) {
 150                if (p->oomkilladj > 0) {
 151                        if (!points)
 152                                points = 1;
 153                        points <<= p->oomkilladj;
 154                } else
 155                        points >>= -(p->oomkilladj);
 156        }
 157
 158#ifdef DEBUG
 159        printk(KERN_DEBUG "OOMkill: task %d (%s) got %d points\n",
 160        p->pid, p->comm, points);
 161#endif
 162        return points;
 163}
 164
 165/*
 166 * Types of limitations to the nodes from which allocations may occur
 167 */
 168#define CONSTRAINT_NONE 1
 169#define CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY 2
 170#define CONSTRAINT_CPUSET 3
 171
 172/*
 173 * Determine the type of allocation constraint.
 174 */
 175static inline int constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 176{
 177#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 178        struct zone **z;
 179        nodemask_t nodes;
 180        int node;
 181
 182        nodes_clear(nodes);
 183        /* node has memory ? */
 184        for_each_online_node(node)
 185                if (NODE_DATA(node)->node_present_pages)
 186                        node_set(node, nodes);
 187
 188        for (z = zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
 189                if (cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(*z, gfp_mask))
 190                        node_clear(zone_to_nid(*z), nodes);
 191                else
 192                        return CONSTRAINT_CPUSET;
 193
 194        if (!nodes_empty(nodes))
 195                return CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY;
 196#endif
 197
 198        return CONSTRAINT_NONE;
 199}
 200
 201/*
 202 * Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
 203 * number of 'points'. We expect the caller will lock the tasklist.
 204 *
 205 * (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
 206 */
 207static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints)
 208{
 209        struct task_struct *g, *p;
 210        struct task_struct *chosen = NULL;
 211        struct timespec uptime;
 212        *ppoints = 0;
 213
 214        do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
 215        do_each_thread(g, p) {
 216                unsigned long points;
 217
 218                /*
 219                 * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
 220                 * their mm.
 221                 */
 222                if (!p->mm)
 223                        continue;
 224                /* skip the init task */
 225                if (is_init(p))
 226                        continue;
 227
 228                /*
 229                 * This task already has access to memory reserves and is
 230                 * being killed. Don't allow any other task access to the
 231                 * memory reserve.
 232                 *
 233                 * Note: this may have a chance of deadlock if it gets
 234                 * blocked waiting for another task which itself is waiting
 235                 * for memory. Is there a better alternative?
 236                 */
 237                if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE))
 238                        return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
 239
 240                /*
 241                 * This is in the process of releasing memory so wait for it
 242                 * to finish before killing some other task by mistake.
 243                 *
 244                 * However, if p is the current task, we allow the 'kill' to
 245                 * go ahead if it is exiting: this will simply set TIF_MEMDIE,
 246                 * which will allow it to gain access to memory reserves in
 247                 * the process of exiting and releasing its resources.
 248                 * Otherwise we could get an easy OOM deadlock.
 249                 */
 250                if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
 251                        if (p != current)
 252                                return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
 253
 254                        chosen = p;
 255                        *ppoints = ULONG_MAX;
 256                }
 257
 258                if (p->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
 259                        continue;
 260
 261                points = badness(p, uptime.tv_sec);
 262                if (points > *ppoints || !chosen) {
 263                        chosen = p;
 264                        *ppoints = points;
 265                }
 266        } while_each_thread(g, p);
 267
 268        return chosen;
 269}
 270
 271/**
 272 * Send SIGKILL to the selected  process irrespective of  CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
 273 * flag though it's unlikely that  we select a process with CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
 274 * set.
 275 */
 276static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, int verbose)
 277{
 278        if (is_init(p)) {
 279                WARN_ON(1);
 280                printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill init!\n");
 281                return;
 282        }
 283
 284        if (!p->mm) {
 285                WARN_ON(1);
 286                printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill an mm-less task!\n");
 287                return;
 288        }
 289
 290        if (verbose)
 291                printk(KERN_ERR "Killed process %d (%s)\n", p->pid, p->comm);
 292
 293        /*
 294         * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
 295         * all the memory it needs. That way it should be able to
 296         * exit() and clear out its resources quickly...
 297         */
 298        p->time_slice = HZ;
 299        set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
 300
 301        force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
 302}
 303
 304static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
 305{
 306        struct mm_struct *mm;
 307        struct task_struct *g, *q;
 308
 309        mm = p->mm;
 310
 311        /* WARNING: mm may not be dereferenced since we did not obtain its
 312         * value from get_task_mm(p).  This is OK since all we need to do is
 313         * compare mm to q->mm below.
 314         *
 315         * Furthermore, even if mm contains a non-NULL value, p->mm may
 316         * change to NULL at any time since we do not hold task_lock(p).
 317         * However, this is of no concern to us.
 318         */
 319
 320        if (mm == NULL)
 321                return 1;
 322
 323        /*
 324         * Don't kill the process if any threads are set to OOM_DISABLE
 325         */
 326        do_each_thread(g, q) {
 327                if (q->mm == mm && q->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
 328                        return 1;
 329        } while_each_thread(g, q);
 330
 331        __oom_kill_task(p, 1);
 332
 333        /*
 334         * kill all processes that share the ->mm (i.e. all threads),
 335         * but are in a different thread group. Don't let them have access
 336         * to memory reserves though, otherwise we might deplete all memory.
 337         */
 338        do_each_thread(g, q) {
 339                if (q->mm == mm && q->tgid != p->tgid)
 340                        force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
 341        } while_each_thread(g, q);
 342
 343        return 0;
 344}
 345
 346static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long points,
 347                const char *message)
 348{
 349        struct task_struct *c;
 350        struct list_head *tsk;
 351
 352        /*
 353         * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
 354         * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
 355         */
 356        if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
 357                __oom_kill_task(p, 0);
 358                return 0;
 359        }
 360
 361        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kill process %d (%s) score %li or a child\n",
 362                                        message, p->pid, p->comm, points);
 363
 364        /* Try to kill a child first */
 365        list_for_each(tsk, &p->children) {
 366                c = list_entry(tsk, struct task_struct, sibling);
 367                if (c->mm == p->mm)
 368                        continue;
 369                if (!oom_kill_task(c))
 370                        return 0;
 371        }
 372        return oom_kill_task(p);
 373}
 374
 375static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(oom_notify_list);
 376
 377int register_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 378{
 379        return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&oom_notify_list, nb);
 380}
 381EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_oom_notifier);
 382
 383int unregister_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 384{
 385        return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&oom_notify_list, nb);
 386}
 387EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier);
 388
 389/**
 390 * out_of_memory - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
 391 *
 392 * If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either
 393 * killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse)
 394 * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
 395 * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
 396 */
 397void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
 398{
 399        struct task_struct *p;
 400        unsigned long points = 0;
 401        unsigned long freed = 0;
 402        int constraint;
 403
 404        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed);
 405        if (freed > 0)
 406                /* Got some memory back in the last second. */
 407                return;
 408
 409        if (printk_ratelimit()) {
 410                printk(KERN_WARNING "%s invoked oom-killer: "
 411                        "gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d, oomkilladj=%d\n",
 412                        current->comm, gfp_mask, order, current->oomkilladj);
 413                dump_stack();
 414                show_mem();
 415        }
 416
 417        if (sysctl_panic_on_oom == 2)
 418                panic("out of memory. Compulsory panic_on_oom is selected.\n");
 419
 420        /*
 421         * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for
 422         * NUMA) that may require different handling.
 423         */
 424        constraint = constrained_alloc(zonelist, gfp_mask);
 425        cpuset_lock();
 426        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 427
 428        switch (constraint) {
 429        case CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY:
 430                oom_kill_process(current, points,
 431                                "No available memory (MPOL_BIND)");
 432                break;
 433
 434        case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET:
 435                oom_kill_process(current, points,
 436                                "No available memory in cpuset");
 437                break;
 438
 439        case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
 440                if (sysctl_panic_on_oom)
 441                        panic("out of memory. panic_on_oom is selected\n");
 442retry:
 443                /*
 444                 * Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever
 445                 * issues we may have.
 446                 */
 447                p = select_bad_process(&points);
 448
 449                if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
 450                        goto out;
 451
 452                /* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
 453                if (!p) {
 454                        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 455                        cpuset_unlock();
 456                        panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
 457                }
 458
 459                if (oom_kill_process(p, points, "Out of memory"))
 460                        goto retry;
 461
 462                break;
 463        }
 464
 465out:
 466        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 467        cpuset_unlock();
 468
 469        /*
 470         * Give "p" a good chance of killing itself before we
 471         * retry to allocate memory unless "p" is current
 472         */
 473        if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
 474                schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 475}
 476
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