Re: [patch] oom: thaw threads if oom killed thread is frozen before deferring

Michal Hocko
2011-09-29T18:00:26Z

On Thu 29-09-11 18:37:24, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 09/29, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >
> > On Thu 29-09-11 14:05:17, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > > But of course this can't help if freeze_task() is called later.
> > > May be freezable() should check TIF_MEMDIE...
> >
> > Wouldn't it be easier to ignore try_to_freeze when fatal signals are
> > pending in get_signal_to_deliver?
>
> Oh, I don't think so. For what? This doesn't close other races, and
> in fact the fatal_signal_pending() this patch adds is itself racy,
> SIGKILL can come in between.

OK, I think I see your point. You mean that oom will send KILL after
both fatal_signal_pending in refrigerator and signal_pending check in
schedule, right?

>
> > --- a/kernel/freezer.c
> > +++ b/kernel/freezer.c
> > @@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ void refrigerator(void)
> > current->flags |= PF_FREEZING;
> >
> > for (;;) {
> > + if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
> > + if (freezing(current) || frozen(current))
> > + thaw_process(current);
>
> Ah, I didn't mean refrigerator() should check freezing/frozen.
>
> I meant, oom_kill can do this before thaw thaw_process(), afaics
> this should fix the particular race you described (but not others).

This is what the follow up fix from David is doing. Check frozen in
select_bad_process if the task is TIF_MEMDIE and thaw the process.

And it seems that the David's follow up fix is sufficient so let's leave
refrigerator alone.
Or am I still missing something?

>
> And. It is simply wrong to return from refrigerator() after we set
> PF_FROZEN, this can fool try_to_freeze_tasks(). Sure, thaw_process()
> from oom_kill is not nice too, but at least this is the special case,
> we already have the problem.
>
> Oleg.
>
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