Re: [PATCH memcg 0/1] false global OOM triggered by memcg-limited task

Vasily Averin
2021-10-18T10:12:44Z

On 18.10.2021 13:05, Vasily Averin wrote:
> On 18.10.2021 12:04, Michal Hocko wrote:
>> On Mon 18-10-21 11:13:52, Vasily Averin wrote:
>>> Partially this problem depends on one of my recent patches, disabled unlimited
>>> memory allocation for dying tasks. However I think the problem can happen
>>> on non-killed tasks too, for example because of kmem limit.
>>
>> Could you be more specific on how this can happen without your patch? I
>> have to say I haven't realized this side effect when discussing it.
>
> We can reach obj_cgroup_charge_pages() for example via
>
> do_user_addr_fault
> handle_mm_fault
> __handle_mm_fault
> p4d_alloc
> __p4d_alloc
> p4d_alloc_one
> get_zeroed_page
> __get_free_pages
> alloc_pages
> __alloc_pages
> __memcg_kmem_charge_page
> obj_cgroup_charge_pages
>
> Here we call try_charge_memcg() that return success and approve the allocation,
> however then we hit into kmem limit and fail the allocation.

btw. in OpenVZ kernels we trying to cleanup the memory in when task hit kmem limit,
therefore we moved kmem limit check into try_charge_memcg.

Are any improvements for kmem controller interesting for upstream?

Thank you,
Vasily Averin