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...
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.
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.
18 #include <linux/oom.h>
20 #include <linux/err.h>
21 #include <linux/sched.h>
22 #include <linux/swap.h>
23 #include <linux/timex.h>
24 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
25 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
26 #include <linux/module.h>
27 #include <linux/notifier.h>
28 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
29 #include <linux/security.h>
31 int sysctl_panic_on_oom
;
32 int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task
;
33 int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks
;
34 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(zone_scan_mutex
);
38 * badness - calculate a numeric value for how bad this task has been
39 * @p: task struct of which task we should calculate
40 * @uptime: current uptime in seconds
41 * @mem: target memory controller
43 * The formula used is relatively simple and documented inline in the
44 * function. The main rationale is that we want to select a good task
45 * to kill when we run out of memory.
47 * Good in this context means that:
48 * 1) we lose the minimum amount of work done
49 * 2) we recover a large amount of memory
50 * 3) we don't kill anything innocent of eating tons of memory
51 * 4) we want to kill the minimum amount of processes (one)
52 * 5) we try to kill the process the user expects us to kill, this
53 * algorithm has been meticulously tuned to meet the principle
54 * of least surprise ... (be careful when you change it)
57 unsigned long badness(struct task_struct
*p
, unsigned long uptime
)
59 unsigned long points
, cpu_time
, run_time
, s
;
61 struct task_struct
*child
;
71 * The memory size of the process is the basis for the badness.
73 points
= mm
->total_vm
;
76 * After this unlock we can no longer dereference local variable `mm'
81 * swapoff can easily use up all memory, so kill those first.
83 if (p
->flags
& PF_SWAPOFF
)
87 * Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
88 * a good choice. We add half the vmsize of the children if they
89 * have an own mm. This prevents forking servers to flood the
90 * machine with an endless amount of children. In case a single
91 * child is eating the vast majority of memory, adding only half
92 * to the parents will make the child our kill candidate of choice.
94 list_for_each_entry(child
, &p
->children
, sibling
) {
96 if (child
->mm
!= mm
&& child
->mm
)
97 points
+= child
->mm
->total_vm
/2 + 1;
102 * CPU time is in tens of seconds and run time is in thousands
103 * of seconds. There is no particular reason for this other than
104 * that it turned out to work very well in practice.
106 cpu_time
= (cputime_to_jiffies(p
->utime
) + cputime_to_jiffies(p
->stime
))
109 if (uptime
>= p
->start_time
.tv_sec
)
110 run_time
= (uptime
- p
->start_time
.tv_sec
) >> 10;
114 s
= int_sqrt(cpu_time
);
117 s
= int_sqrt(int_sqrt(run_time
));
122 * Niced processes are most likely less important, so double
123 * their badness points.
125 if (task_nice(p
) > 0)
129 * Superuser processes are usually more important, so we make it
130 * less likely that we kill those.
132 if (has_capability(p
, CAP_SYS_ADMIN
) ||
133 has_capability(p
, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
))
137 * We don't want to kill a process with direct hardware access.
138 * Not only could that mess up the hardware, but usually users
139 * tend to only have this flag set on applications they think
142 if (has_capability(p
, CAP_SYS_RAWIO
))
146 * If p's nodes don't overlap ours, it may still help to kill p
147 * because p may have allocated or otherwise mapped memory on
148 * this node before. However it will be less likely.
150 if (!cpuset_mems_allowed_intersects(current
, p
))
154 * Adjust the score by oomkilladj.
157 if (p
->oomkilladj
> 0) {
160 points
<<= p
->oomkilladj
;
162 points
>>= -(p
->oomkilladj
);
166 printk(KERN_DEBUG
"OOMkill: task %d (%s) got %lu points\n",
167 p
->pid
, p
->comm
, points
);
173 * Determine the type of allocation constraint.
175 static inline enum oom_constraint
constrained_alloc(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
181 enum zone_type high_zoneidx
= gfp_zone(gfp_mask
);
182 nodemask_t nodes
= node_states
[N_HIGH_MEMORY
];
184 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone
, z
, zonelist
, high_zoneidx
)
185 if (cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(zone
, gfp_mask
))
186 node_clear(zone_to_nid(zone
), nodes
);
188 return CONSTRAINT_CPUSET
;
190 if (!nodes_empty(nodes
))
191 return CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY
;
194 return CONSTRAINT_NONE
;
198 * Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
199 * number of 'points'. We expect the caller will lock the tasklist.
201 * (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
203 static struct task_struct
*select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints
,
204 struct mem_cgroup
*mem
)
206 struct task_struct
*g
, *p
;
207 struct task_struct
*chosen
= NULL
;
208 struct timespec uptime
;
211 do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime
);
212 do_each_thread(g
, p
) {
213 unsigned long points
;
216 * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
221 /* skip the init task */
222 if (is_global_init(p
))
224 if (mem
&& !task_in_mem_cgroup(p
, mem
))
228 * This task already has access to memory reserves and is
229 * being killed. Don't allow any other task access to the
232 * Note: this may have a chance of deadlock if it gets
233 * blocked waiting for another task which itself is waiting
234 * for memory. Is there a better alternative?
236 if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p
, TIF_MEMDIE
))
237 return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
240 * This is in the process of releasing memory so wait for it
241 * to finish before killing some other task by mistake.
243 * However, if p is the current task, we allow the 'kill' to
244 * go ahead if it is exiting: this will simply set TIF_MEMDIE,
245 * which will allow it to gain access to memory reserves in
246 * the process of exiting and releasing its resources.
247 * Otherwise we could get an easy OOM deadlock.
249 if (p
->flags
& PF_EXITING
) {
251 return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
254 *ppoints
= ULONG_MAX
;
257 if (p
->oomkilladj
== OOM_DISABLE
)
260 points
= badness(p
, uptime
.tv_sec
);
261 if (points
> *ppoints
|| !chosen
) {
265 } while_each_thread(g
, p
);
271 * dump_tasks - dump current memory state of all system tasks
272 * @mem: target memory controller
274 * Dumps the current memory state of all system tasks, excluding kernel threads.
275 * State information includes task's pid, uid, tgid, vm size, rss, cpu, oom_adj
278 * If the actual is non-NULL, only tasks that are a member of the mem_cgroup are
281 * Call with tasklist_lock read-locked.
283 static void dump_tasks(const struct mem_cgroup
*mem
)
285 struct task_struct
*g
, *p
;
287 printk(KERN_INFO
"[ pid ] uid tgid total_vm rss cpu oom_adj "
289 do_each_thread(g
, p
) {
291 * total_vm and rss sizes do not exist for tasks with a
292 * detached mm so there's no need to report them.
296 if (mem
&& !task_in_mem_cgroup(p
, mem
))
300 printk(KERN_INFO
"[%5d] %5d %5d %8lu %8lu %3d %3d %s\n",
301 p
->pid
, p
->uid
, p
->tgid
, p
->mm
->total_vm
,
302 get_mm_rss(p
->mm
), (int)task_cpu(p
), p
->oomkilladj
,
305 } while_each_thread(g
, p
);
309 * Send SIGKILL to the selected process irrespective of CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
310 * flag though it's unlikely that we select a process with CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
313 static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct
*p
, int verbose
)
315 if (is_global_init(p
)) {
317 printk(KERN_WARNING
"tried to kill init!\n");
323 printk(KERN_WARNING
"tried to kill an mm-less task!\n");
328 printk(KERN_ERR
"Killed process %d (%s)\n",
329 task_pid_nr(p
), p
->comm
);
332 * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
333 * all the memory it needs. That way it should be able to
334 * exit() and clear out its resources quickly...
336 p
->rt
.time_slice
= HZ
;
337 set_tsk_thread_flag(p
, TIF_MEMDIE
);
339 force_sig(SIGKILL
, p
);
342 static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct
*p
)
344 struct mm_struct
*mm
;
345 struct task_struct
*g
, *q
;
349 /* WARNING: mm may not be dereferenced since we did not obtain its
350 * value from get_task_mm(p). This is OK since all we need to do is
351 * compare mm to q->mm below.
353 * Furthermore, even if mm contains a non-NULL value, p->mm may
354 * change to NULL at any time since we do not hold task_lock(p).
355 * However, this is of no concern to us.
362 * Don't kill the process if any threads are set to OOM_DISABLE
364 do_each_thread(g
, q
) {
365 if (q
->mm
== mm
&& q
->oomkilladj
== OOM_DISABLE
)
367 } while_each_thread(g
, q
);
369 __oom_kill_task(p
, 1);
372 * kill all processes that share the ->mm (i.e. all threads),
373 * but are in a different thread group. Don't let them have access
374 * to memory reserves though, otherwise we might deplete all memory.
376 do_each_thread(g
, q
) {
377 if (q
->mm
== mm
&& !same_thread_group(q
, p
))
378 force_sig(SIGKILL
, q
);
379 } while_each_thread(g
, q
);
384 static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct
*p
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, int order
,
385 unsigned long points
, struct mem_cgroup
*mem
,
388 struct task_struct
*c
;
390 if (printk_ratelimit()) {
391 printk(KERN_WARNING
"%s invoked oom-killer: "
392 "gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d, oomkilladj=%d\n",
393 current
->comm
, gfp_mask
, order
, current
->oomkilladj
);
396 if (sysctl_oom_dump_tasks
)
401 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
402 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
404 if (p
->flags
& PF_EXITING
) {
405 __oom_kill_task(p
, 0);
409 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s: kill process %d (%s) score %li or a child\n",
410 message
, task_pid_nr(p
), p
->comm
, points
);
412 /* Try to kill a child first */
413 list_for_each_entry(c
, &p
->children
, sibling
) {
416 if (!oom_kill_task(c
))
419 return oom_kill_task(p
);
422 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
423 void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup
*mem
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
425 unsigned long points
= 0;
426 struct task_struct
*p
;
429 read_lock(&tasklist_lock
);
431 p
= select_bad_process(&points
, mem
);
432 if (PTR_ERR(p
) == -1UL)
438 if (oom_kill_process(p
, gfp_mask
, 0, points
, mem
,
439 "Memory cgroup out of memory"))
442 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock
);
447 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(oom_notify_list
);
449 int register_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block
*nb
)
451 return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&oom_notify_list
, nb
);
453 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_oom_notifier
);
455 int unregister_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block
*nb
)
457 return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&oom_notify_list
, nb
);
459 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier
);
462 * Try to acquire the OOM killer lock for the zones in zonelist. Returns zero
463 * if a parallel OOM killing is already taking place that includes a zone in
464 * the zonelist. Otherwise, locks all zones in the zonelist and returns 1.
466 int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist
*zonelist
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
472 spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex
);
473 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone
, z
, zonelist
, gfp_zone(gfp_mask
)) {
474 if (zone_is_oom_locked(zone
)) {
480 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone
, z
, zonelist
, gfp_zone(gfp_mask
)) {
482 * Lock each zone in the zonelist under zone_scan_mutex so a
483 * parallel invocation of try_set_zone_oom() doesn't succeed
486 zone_set_flag(zone
, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED
);
490 spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex
);
495 * Clears the ZONE_OOM_LOCKED flag for all zones in the zonelist so that failed
496 * allocation attempts with zonelists containing them may now recall the OOM
497 * killer, if necessary.
499 void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist
*zonelist
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
504 spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex
);
505 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone
, z
, zonelist
, gfp_zone(gfp_mask
)) {
506 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED
);
508 spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex
);
512 * out_of_memory - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
513 * @zonelist: zonelist pointer
514 * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
515 * @order: amount of memory being requested as a power of 2
517 * If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either
518 * killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse)
519 * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
520 * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
522 void out_of_memory(struct zonelist
*zonelist
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, int order
)
524 struct task_struct
*p
;
525 unsigned long points
= 0;
526 unsigned long freed
= 0;
527 enum oom_constraint constraint
;
529 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list
, 0, &freed
);
531 /* Got some memory back in the last second. */
534 if (sysctl_panic_on_oom
== 2)
535 panic("out of memory. Compulsory panic_on_oom is selected.\n");
538 * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for
539 * NUMA) that may require different handling.
541 constraint
= constrained_alloc(zonelist
, gfp_mask
);
542 read_lock(&tasklist_lock
);
544 switch (constraint
) {
545 case CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY
:
546 oom_kill_process(current
, gfp_mask
, order
, points
, NULL
,
547 "No available memory (MPOL_BIND)");
550 case CONSTRAINT_NONE
:
551 if (sysctl_panic_on_oom
)
552 panic("out of memory. panic_on_oom is selected\n");
554 case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET
:
555 if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task
) {
556 oom_kill_process(current
, gfp_mask
, order
, points
, NULL
,
557 "Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task)");
562 * Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever
563 * issues we may have.
565 p
= select_bad_process(&points
, NULL
);
567 if (PTR_ERR(p
) == -1UL)
570 /* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
572 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock
);
573 panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
576 if (oom_kill_process(p
, gfp_mask
, order
, points
, NULL
,
584 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock
);
587 * Give "p" a good chance of killing itself before we
588 * retry to allocate memory unless "p" is current
590 if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE
))
591 schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);