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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...
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>
19 #include <linux/mm.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>
30 int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
31 int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
32 int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks;
33 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(zone_scan_mutex);
34 /* #define DEBUG */
36 /**
37 * badness - calculate a numeric value for how bad this task has been
38 * @p: task struct of which task we should calculate
39 * @uptime: current uptime in seconds
40 * @mem: target memory controller
42 * The formula used is relatively simple and documented inline in the
43 * function. The main rationale is that we want to select a good task
44 * to kill when we run out of memory.
46 * Good in this context means that:
47 * 1) we lose the minimum amount of work done
48 * 2) we recover a large amount of memory
49 * 3) we don't kill anything innocent of eating tons of memory
50 * 4) we want to kill the minimum amount of processes (one)
51 * 5) we try to kill the process the user expects us to kill, this
52 * algorithm has been meticulously tuned to meet the principle
53 * of least surprise ... (be careful when you change it)
56 unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
58 unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time, s;
59 struct mm_struct *mm;
60 struct task_struct *child;
62 task_lock(p);
63 mm = p->mm;
64 if (!mm) {
65 task_unlock(p);
66 return 0;
70 * The memory size of the process is the basis for the badness.
72 points = mm->total_vm;
75 * After this unlock we can no longer dereference local variable `mm'
77 task_unlock(p);
80 * swapoff can easily use up all memory, so kill those first.
82 if (p->flags & PF_SWAPOFF)
83 return ULONG_MAX;
86 * Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
87 * a good choice. We add half the vmsize of the children if they
88 * have an own mm. This prevents forking servers to flood the
89 * machine with an endless amount of children. In case a single
90 * child is eating the vast majority of memory, adding only half
91 * to the parents will make the child our kill candidate of choice.
93 list_for_each_entry(child, &p->children, sibling) {
94 task_lock(child);
95 if (child->mm != mm && child->mm)
96 points += child->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
97 task_unlock(child);
101 * CPU time is in tens of seconds and run time is in thousands
102 * of seconds. There is no particular reason for this other than
103 * that it turned out to work very well in practice.
105 cpu_time = (cputime_to_jiffies(p->utime) + cputime_to_jiffies(p->stime))
106 >> (SHIFT_HZ + 3);
108 if (uptime >= p->start_time.tv_sec)
109 run_time = (uptime - p->start_time.tv_sec) >> 10;
110 else
111 run_time = 0;
113 s = int_sqrt(cpu_time);
114 if (s)
115 points /= s;
116 s = int_sqrt(int_sqrt(run_time));
117 if (s)
118 points /= s;
121 * Niced processes are most likely less important, so double
122 * their badness points.
124 if (task_nice(p) > 0)
125 points *= 2;
128 * Superuser processes are usually more important, so we make it
129 * less likely that we kill those.
131 if (__capable(p, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || __capable(p, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
132 points /= 4;
135 * We don't want to kill a process with direct hardware access.
136 * Not only could that mess up the hardware, but usually users
137 * tend to only have this flag set on applications they think
138 * of as important.
140 if (__capable(p, CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
141 points /= 4;
144 * If p's nodes don't overlap ours, it may still help to kill p
145 * because p may have allocated or otherwise mapped memory on
146 * this node before. However it will be less likely.
148 if (!cpuset_mems_allowed_intersects(current, p))
149 points /= 8;
152 * Adjust the score by oomkilladj.
154 if (p->oomkilladj) {
155 if (p->oomkilladj > 0) {
156 if (!points)
157 points = 1;
158 points <<= p->oomkilladj;
159 } else
160 points >>= -(p->oomkilladj);
163 #ifdef DEBUG
164 printk(KERN_DEBUG "OOMkill: task %d (%s) got %lu points\n",
165 p->pid, p->comm, points);
166 #endif
167 return points;
171 * Determine the type of allocation constraint.
173 static inline enum oom_constraint constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist,
174 gfp_t gfp_mask)
176 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
177 struct zone *zone;
178 struct zoneref *z;
179 enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
180 nodemask_t nodes = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
182 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx)
183 if (cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(zone, gfp_mask))
184 node_clear(zone_to_nid(zone), nodes);
185 else
186 return CONSTRAINT_CPUSET;
188 if (!nodes_empty(nodes))
189 return CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY;
190 #endif
192 return CONSTRAINT_NONE;
196 * Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
197 * number of 'points'. We expect the caller will lock the tasklist.
199 * (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
201 static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints,
202 struct mem_cgroup *mem)
204 struct task_struct *g, *p;
205 struct task_struct *chosen = NULL;
206 struct timespec uptime;
207 *ppoints = 0;
209 do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
210 do_each_thread(g, p) {
211 unsigned long points;
214 * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
215 * their mm.
217 if (!p->mm)
218 continue;
219 /* skip the init task */
220 if (is_global_init(p))
221 continue;
222 if (mem && !task_in_mem_cgroup(p, mem))
223 continue;
226 * This task already has access to memory reserves and is
227 * being killed. Don't allow any other task access to the
228 * memory reserve.
230 * Note: this may have a chance of deadlock if it gets
231 * blocked waiting for another task which itself is waiting
232 * for memory. Is there a better alternative?
234 if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE))
235 return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
238 * This is in the process of releasing memory so wait for it
239 * to finish before killing some other task by mistake.
241 * However, if p is the current task, we allow the 'kill' to
242 * go ahead if it is exiting: this will simply set TIF_MEMDIE,
243 * which will allow it to gain access to memory reserves in
244 * the process of exiting and releasing its resources.
245 * Otherwise we could get an easy OOM deadlock.
247 if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
248 if (p != current)
249 return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
251 chosen = p;
252 *ppoints = ULONG_MAX;
255 if (p->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
256 continue;
258 points = badness(p, uptime.tv_sec);
259 if (points > *ppoints || !chosen) {
260 chosen = p;
261 *ppoints = points;
263 } while_each_thread(g, p);
265 return chosen;
269 * dump_tasks - dump current memory state of all system tasks
270 * @mem: target memory controller
272 * Dumps the current memory state of all system tasks, excluding kernel threads.
273 * State information includes task's pid, uid, tgid, vm size, rss, cpu, oom_adj
274 * score, and name.
276 * If the actual is non-NULL, only tasks that are a member of the mem_cgroup are
277 * shown.
279 * Call with tasklist_lock read-locked.
281 static void dump_tasks(const struct mem_cgroup *mem)
283 struct task_struct *g, *p;
285 printk(KERN_INFO "[ pid ] uid tgid total_vm rss cpu oom_adj "
286 "name\n");
287 do_each_thread(g, p) {
289 * total_vm and rss sizes do not exist for tasks with a
290 * detached mm so there's no need to report them.
292 if (!p->mm)
293 continue;
294 if (mem && !task_in_mem_cgroup(p, mem))
295 continue;
297 task_lock(p);
298 printk(KERN_INFO "[%5d] %5d %5d %8lu %8lu %3d %3d %s\n",
299 p->pid, p->uid, p->tgid, p->mm->total_vm,
300 get_mm_rss(p->mm), (int)task_cpu(p), p->oomkilladj,
301 p->comm);
302 task_unlock(p);
303 } while_each_thread(g, p);
307 * Send SIGKILL to the selected process irrespective of CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
308 * flag though it's unlikely that we select a process with CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
309 * set.
311 static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, int verbose)
313 if (is_global_init(p)) {
314 WARN_ON(1);
315 printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill init!\n");
316 return;
319 if (!p->mm) {
320 WARN_ON(1);
321 printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill an mm-less task!\n");
322 return;
325 if (verbose)
326 printk(KERN_ERR "Killed process %d (%s)\n",
327 task_pid_nr(p), p->comm);
330 * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
331 * all the memory it needs. That way it should be able to
332 * exit() and clear out its resources quickly...
334 p->rt.time_slice = HZ;
335 set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
337 force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
340 static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
342 struct mm_struct *mm;
343 struct task_struct *g, *q;
345 mm = p->mm;
347 /* WARNING: mm may not be dereferenced since we did not obtain its
348 * value from get_task_mm(p). This is OK since all we need to do is
349 * compare mm to q->mm below.
351 * Furthermore, even if mm contains a non-NULL value, p->mm may
352 * change to NULL at any time since we do not hold task_lock(p).
353 * However, this is of no concern to us.
356 if (mm == NULL)
357 return 1;
360 * Don't kill the process if any threads are set to OOM_DISABLE
362 do_each_thread(g, q) {
363 if (q->mm == mm && q->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
364 return 1;
365 } while_each_thread(g, q);
367 __oom_kill_task(p, 1);
370 * kill all processes that share the ->mm (i.e. all threads),
371 * but are in a different thread group. Don't let them have access
372 * to memory reserves though, otherwise we might deplete all memory.
374 do_each_thread(g, q) {
375 if (q->mm == mm && !same_thread_group(q, p))
376 force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
377 } while_each_thread(g, q);
379 return 0;
382 static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
383 unsigned long points, struct mem_cgroup *mem,
384 const char *message)
386 struct task_struct *c;
388 if (printk_ratelimit()) {
389 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s invoked oom-killer: "
390 "gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d, oomkilladj=%d\n",
391 current->comm, gfp_mask, order, current->oomkilladj);
392 dump_stack();
393 show_mem();
394 if (sysctl_oom_dump_tasks)
395 dump_tasks(mem);
399 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
400 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
402 if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
403 __oom_kill_task(p, 0);
404 return 0;
407 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kill process %d (%s) score %li or a child\n",
408 message, task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, points);
410 /* Try to kill a child first */
411 list_for_each_entry(c, &p->children, sibling) {
412 if (c->mm == p->mm)
413 continue;
414 if (!oom_kill_task(c))
415 return 0;
417 return oom_kill_task(p);
420 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
421 void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *mem, gfp_t gfp_mask)
423 unsigned long points = 0;
424 struct task_struct *p;
426 cgroup_lock();
427 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
428 retry:
429 p = select_bad_process(&points, mem);
430 if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
431 goto out;
433 if (!p)
434 p = current;
436 if (oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, 0, points, mem,
437 "Memory cgroup out of memory"))
438 goto retry;
439 out:
440 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
441 cgroup_unlock();
443 #endif
445 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(oom_notify_list);
447 int register_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
449 return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&oom_notify_list, nb);
451 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_oom_notifier);
453 int unregister_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
455 return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&oom_notify_list, nb);
457 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier);
460 * Try to acquire the OOM killer lock for the zones in zonelist. Returns zero
461 * if a parallel OOM killing is already taking place that includes a zone in
462 * the zonelist. Otherwise, locks all zones in the zonelist and returns 1.
464 int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
466 struct zoneref *z;
467 struct zone *zone;
468 int ret = 1;
470 spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex);
471 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask)) {
472 if (zone_is_oom_locked(zone)) {
473 ret = 0;
474 goto out;
478 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask)) {
480 * Lock each zone in the zonelist under zone_scan_mutex so a
481 * parallel invocation of try_set_zone_oom() doesn't succeed
482 * when it shouldn't.
484 zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
487 out:
488 spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex);
489 return ret;
493 * Clears the ZONE_OOM_LOCKED flag for all zones in the zonelist so that failed
494 * allocation attempts with zonelists containing them may now recall the OOM
495 * killer, if necessary.
497 void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
499 struct zoneref *z;
500 struct zone *zone;
502 spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex);
503 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask)) {
504 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
506 spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex);
510 * out_of_memory - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
511 * @zonelist: zonelist pointer
512 * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
513 * @order: amount of memory being requested as a power of 2
515 * If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either
516 * killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse)
517 * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
518 * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
520 void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
522 struct task_struct *p;
523 unsigned long points = 0;
524 unsigned long freed = 0;
525 enum oom_constraint constraint;
527 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed);
528 if (freed > 0)
529 /* Got some memory back in the last second. */
530 return;
532 if (sysctl_panic_on_oom == 2)
533 panic("out of memory. Compulsory panic_on_oom is selected.\n");
536 * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for
537 * NUMA) that may require different handling.
539 constraint = constrained_alloc(zonelist, gfp_mask);
540 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
542 switch (constraint) {
543 case CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY:
544 oom_kill_process(current, gfp_mask, order, points, NULL,
545 "No available memory (MPOL_BIND)");
546 break;
548 case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
549 if (sysctl_panic_on_oom)
550 panic("out of memory. panic_on_oom is selected\n");
551 /* Fall-through */
552 case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET:
553 if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task) {
554 oom_kill_process(current, gfp_mask, order, points, NULL,
555 "Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task)");
556 break;
558 retry:
560 * Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever
561 * issues we may have.
563 p = select_bad_process(&points, NULL);
565 if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
566 goto out;
568 /* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
569 if (!p) {
570 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
571 panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
574 if (oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, order, points, NULL,
575 "Out of memory"))
576 goto retry;
578 break;
581 out:
582 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
585 * Give "p" a good chance of killing itself before we
586 * retry to allocate memory unless "p" is current
588 if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
589 schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);