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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>
29 int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
30 int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
31 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(zone_scan_mutex);
32 /* #define DEBUG */
34 /**
35 * badness - calculate a numeric value for how bad this task has been
36 * @p: task struct of which task we should calculate
37 * @uptime: current uptime in seconds
39 * The formula used is relatively simple and documented inline in the
40 * function. The main rationale is that we want to select a good task
41 * to kill when we run out of memory.
43 * Good in this context means that:
44 * 1) we lose the minimum amount of work done
45 * 2) we recover a large amount of memory
46 * 3) we don't kill anything innocent of eating tons of memory
47 * 4) we want to kill the minimum amount of processes (one)
48 * 5) we try to kill the process the user expects us to kill, this
49 * algorithm has been meticulously tuned to meet the principle
50 * of least surprise ... (be careful when you change it)
53 unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
55 unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time, s;
56 struct mm_struct *mm;
57 struct task_struct *child;
59 task_lock(p);
60 mm = p->mm;
61 if (!mm) {
62 task_unlock(p);
63 return 0;
67 * The memory size of the process is the basis for the badness.
69 points = mm->total_vm;
72 * After this unlock we can no longer dereference local variable `mm'
74 task_unlock(p);
77 * swapoff can easily use up all memory, so kill those first.
79 if (p->flags & PF_SWAPOFF)
80 return ULONG_MAX;
83 * Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
84 * a good choice. We add half the vmsize of the children if they
85 * have an own mm. This prevents forking servers to flood the
86 * machine with an endless amount of children. In case a single
87 * child is eating the vast majority of memory, adding only half
88 * to the parents will make the child our kill candidate of choice.
90 list_for_each_entry(child, &p->children, sibling) {
91 task_lock(child);
92 if (child->mm != mm && child->mm)
93 points += child->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
94 task_unlock(child);
98 * CPU time is in tens of seconds and run time is in thousands
99 * of seconds. There is no particular reason for this other than
100 * that it turned out to work very well in practice.
102 cpu_time = (cputime_to_jiffies(p->utime) + cputime_to_jiffies(p->stime))
103 >> (SHIFT_HZ + 3);
105 if (uptime >= p->start_time.tv_sec)
106 run_time = (uptime - p->start_time.tv_sec) >> 10;
107 else
108 run_time = 0;
110 s = int_sqrt(cpu_time);
111 if (s)
112 points /= s;
113 s = int_sqrt(int_sqrt(run_time));
114 if (s)
115 points /= s;
118 * Niced processes are most likely less important, so double
119 * their badness points.
121 if (task_nice(p) > 0)
122 points *= 2;
125 * Superuser processes are usually more important, so we make it
126 * less likely that we kill those.
128 if (__capable(p, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || __capable(p, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
129 points /= 4;
132 * We don't want to kill a process with direct hardware access.
133 * Not only could that mess up the hardware, but usually users
134 * tend to only have this flag set on applications they think
135 * of as important.
137 if (__capable(p, CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
138 points /= 4;
141 * If p's nodes don't overlap ours, it may still help to kill p
142 * because p may have allocated or otherwise mapped memory on
143 * this node before. However it will be less likely.
145 if (!cpuset_mems_allowed_intersects(current, p))
146 points /= 8;
149 * Adjust the score by oomkilladj.
151 if (p->oomkilladj) {
152 if (p->oomkilladj > 0) {
153 if (!points)
154 points = 1;
155 points <<= p->oomkilladj;
156 } else
157 points >>= -(p->oomkilladj);
160 #ifdef DEBUG
161 printk(KERN_DEBUG "OOMkill: task %d (%s) got %lu points\n",
162 p->pid, p->comm, points);
163 #endif
164 return points;
168 * Determine the type of allocation constraint.
170 static inline enum oom_constraint constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist,
171 gfp_t gfp_mask)
173 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
174 struct zone **z;
175 nodemask_t nodes = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
177 for (z = zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
178 if (cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(*z, gfp_mask))
179 node_clear(zone_to_nid(*z), nodes);
180 else
181 return CONSTRAINT_CPUSET;
183 if (!nodes_empty(nodes))
184 return CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY;
185 #endif
187 return CONSTRAINT_NONE;
191 * Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
192 * number of 'points'. We expect the caller will lock the tasklist.
194 * (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
196 static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints)
198 struct task_struct *g, *p;
199 struct task_struct *chosen = NULL;
200 struct timespec uptime;
201 *ppoints = 0;
203 do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
204 do_each_thread(g, p) {
205 unsigned long points;
208 * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
209 * their mm.
211 if (!p->mm)
212 continue;
213 /* skip the init task */
214 if (is_global_init(p))
215 continue;
218 * This task already has access to memory reserves and is
219 * being killed. Don't allow any other task access to the
220 * memory reserve.
222 * Note: this may have a chance of deadlock if it gets
223 * blocked waiting for another task which itself is waiting
224 * for memory. Is there a better alternative?
226 if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE))
227 return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
230 * This is in the process of releasing memory so wait for it
231 * to finish before killing some other task by mistake.
233 * However, if p is the current task, we allow the 'kill' to
234 * go ahead if it is exiting: this will simply set TIF_MEMDIE,
235 * which will allow it to gain access to memory reserves in
236 * the process of exiting and releasing its resources.
237 * Otherwise we could get an easy OOM deadlock.
239 if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
240 if (p != current)
241 return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
243 chosen = p;
244 *ppoints = ULONG_MAX;
247 if (p->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
248 continue;
250 points = badness(p, uptime.tv_sec);
251 if (points > *ppoints || !chosen) {
252 chosen = p;
253 *ppoints = points;
255 } while_each_thread(g, p);
257 return chosen;
261 * Send SIGKILL to the selected process irrespective of CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
262 * flag though it's unlikely that we select a process with CAP_SYS_RAW_IO
263 * set.
265 static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, int verbose)
267 if (is_global_init(p)) {
268 WARN_ON(1);
269 printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill init!\n");
270 return;
273 if (!p->mm) {
274 WARN_ON(1);
275 printk(KERN_WARNING "tried to kill an mm-less task!\n");
276 return;
279 if (verbose)
280 printk(KERN_ERR "Killed process %d (%s)\n",
281 task_pid_nr(p), p->comm);
284 * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
285 * all the memory it needs. That way it should be able to
286 * exit() and clear out its resources quickly...
288 p->rt.time_slice = HZ;
289 set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
291 force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
294 static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
296 struct mm_struct *mm;
297 struct task_struct *g, *q;
299 mm = p->mm;
301 /* WARNING: mm may not be dereferenced since we did not obtain its
302 * value from get_task_mm(p). This is OK since all we need to do is
303 * compare mm to q->mm below.
305 * Furthermore, even if mm contains a non-NULL value, p->mm may
306 * change to NULL at any time since we do not hold task_lock(p).
307 * However, this is of no concern to us.
310 if (mm == NULL)
311 return 1;
314 * Don't kill the process if any threads are set to OOM_DISABLE
316 do_each_thread(g, q) {
317 if (q->mm == mm && q->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
318 return 1;
319 } while_each_thread(g, q);
321 __oom_kill_task(p, 1);
324 * kill all processes that share the ->mm (i.e. all threads),
325 * but are in a different thread group. Don't let them have access
326 * to memory reserves though, otherwise we might deplete all memory.
328 do_each_thread(g, q) {
329 if (q->mm == mm && !same_thread_group(q, p))
330 force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
331 } while_each_thread(g, q);
333 return 0;
336 static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
337 unsigned long points, const char *message)
339 struct task_struct *c;
341 if (printk_ratelimit()) {
342 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s invoked oom-killer: "
343 "gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d, oomkilladj=%d\n",
344 current->comm, gfp_mask, order, current->oomkilladj);
345 dump_stack();
346 show_mem();
350 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
351 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
353 if (p->flags & PF_EXITING) {
354 __oom_kill_task(p, 0);
355 return 0;
358 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kill process %d (%s) score %li or a child\n",
359 message, task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, points);
361 /* Try to kill a child first */
362 list_for_each_entry(c, &p->children, sibling) {
363 if (c->mm == p->mm)
364 continue;
365 if (!oom_kill_task(c))
366 return 0;
368 return oom_kill_task(p);
371 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(oom_notify_list);
373 int register_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
375 return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&oom_notify_list, nb);
377 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_oom_notifier);
379 int unregister_oom_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
381 return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&oom_notify_list, nb);
383 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oom_notifier);
386 * Try to acquire the OOM killer lock for the zones in zonelist. Returns zero
387 * if a parallel OOM killing is already taking place that includes a zone in
388 * the zonelist. Otherwise, locks all zones in the zonelist and returns 1.
390 int try_set_zone_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist)
392 struct zone **z;
393 int ret = 1;
395 z = zonelist->zones;
397 spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex);
398 do {
399 if (zone_is_oom_locked(*z)) {
400 ret = 0;
401 goto out;
403 } while (*(++z) != NULL);
406 * Lock each zone in the zonelist under zone_scan_mutex so a parallel
407 * invocation of try_set_zone_oom() doesn't succeed when it shouldn't.
409 z = zonelist->zones;
410 do {
411 zone_set_flag(*z, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
412 } while (*(++z) != NULL);
413 out:
414 spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex);
415 return ret;
419 * Clears the ZONE_OOM_LOCKED flag for all zones in the zonelist so that failed
420 * allocation attempts with zonelists containing them may now recall the OOM
421 * killer, if necessary.
423 void clear_zonelist_oom(struct zonelist *zonelist)
425 struct zone **z;
427 z = zonelist->zones;
429 spin_lock(&zone_scan_mutex);
430 do {
431 zone_clear_flag(*z, ZONE_OOM_LOCKED);
432 } while (*(++z) != NULL);
433 spin_unlock(&zone_scan_mutex);
437 * out_of_memory - kill the "best" process when we run out of memory
439 * If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either
440 * killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse)
441 * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
442 * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
444 void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
446 struct task_struct *p;
447 unsigned long points = 0;
448 unsigned long freed = 0;
449 enum oom_constraint constraint;
451 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&oom_notify_list, 0, &freed);
452 if (freed > 0)
453 /* Got some memory back in the last second. */
454 return;
456 if (sysctl_panic_on_oom == 2)
457 panic("out of memory. Compulsory panic_on_oom is selected.\n");
460 * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for
461 * NUMA) that may require different handling.
463 constraint = constrained_alloc(zonelist, gfp_mask);
464 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
466 switch (constraint) {
467 case CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY:
468 oom_kill_process(current, gfp_mask, order, points,
469 "No available memory (MPOL_BIND)");
470 break;
472 case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
473 if (sysctl_panic_on_oom)
474 panic("out of memory. panic_on_oom is selected\n");
475 /* Fall-through */
476 case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET:
477 if (sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task) {
478 oom_kill_process(current, gfp_mask, order, points,
479 "Out of memory (oom_kill_allocating_task)");
480 break;
482 retry:
484 * Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever
485 * issues we may have.
487 p = select_bad_process(&points);
489 if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
490 goto out;
492 /* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
493 if (!p) {
494 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
495 panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
498 if (oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, order, points,
499 "Out of memory"))
500 goto retry;
502 break;
505 out:
506 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
509 * Give "p" a good chance of killing itself before we
510 * retry to allocate memory unless "p" is current
512 if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
513 schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);