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authorPaul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>2005-09-06 15:18:13 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-09-07 16:57:40 -0700
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[PATCH] cpusets: confine oom_killer to mem_exclusive cpuset
Now the real motivation for this cpuset mem_exclusive patch series seems trivial. This patch keeps a task in or under one mem_exclusive cpuset from provoking an oom kill of a task under a non-overlapping mem_exclusive cpuset. Since only interrupt and GFP_ATOMIC allocations are allowed to escape mem_exclusive containment, there is little to gain from oom killing a task under a non-overlapping mem_exclusive cpuset, as almost all kernel and user memory allocation must come from disjoint memory nodes. This patch enables configuring a system so that a runaway job under one mem_exclusive cpuset cannot cause the killing of a job in another such cpuset that might be using very high compute and memory resources for a prolonged time. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 3a1d46502938..5ec8da12cfd9 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/timex.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/cpuset.h>
/* #define DEBUG */
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ static struct task_struct * select_bad_process(void)
continue;
if (p->oomkilladj == OOM_DISABLE)
continue;
+ /* If p's nodes don't overlap ours, it won't help to kill p. */
+ if (!cpuset_excl_nodes_overlap(p))
+ continue;
+
/*
* This is in the process of releasing memory so for wait it
* to finish before killing some other task by mistake.