From: zhongjinji <zhongjinji@honor.com>
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<dave@stgolabs.net>, <dvhart@infradead.org>, <feng.han@honor.com>,
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Subject: Re: [[PATCH v2] 2/2] futex: Only delay OOM reaper for processes using robust futex
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 19:50:37 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250804115037.19690-1-zhongjinji@honor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aJBKijr1nR1CleBL@tiehlicka>
>On Fri 01-08-25 23:36:49, zhongjinji@honor.com wrote:
>> From: zhongjinji <zhongjinji@honor.com>
>>
>> After merging the patch
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220414144042.677008-1-npache@redhat.com/T/#u,
>> the OOM reaper runs less frequently because many processes exit within 2 seconds.
>>
>> However, when a process is killed, timely handling by the OOM reaper allows
>> its memory to be freed faster.
>>
>> Since relatively few processes use robust futex, delaying the OOM reaper for
>> all processes is undesirable, as many killed processes cannot release memory
>> more quickly.
>
>Could you elaborate more about why this is really needed? OOM should be
>a very slow path. Why do you care about this potential improvement in
>that situation? In other words what is the usecase?
Well, We are using the cgroup v1 freezer. When a frozen process is
killed, it cannot exit immediately and is blocked in __refrigerator until
it is thawed. When the process cannot be thawed in time, it will result in
increased system memory pressure.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-04 11:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-01 15:36 [[PATCH v2] 1/2] futex: Add check_robust_futex to verify process usage of robust_futex zhongjinji
2025-08-01 15:36 ` [[PATCH v2] 2/2] futex: Only delay OOM reaper for processes using robust futex zhongjinji
2025-08-04 5:52 ` Michal Hocko
2025-08-04 11:50 ` zhongjinji [this message]
2025-08-04 12:01 ` Michal Hocko
2025-08-05 6:18 ` Michal Hocko
2025-08-05 14:55 ` zhongjinji
2025-08-05 13:19 ` zhongjinji
2025-08-05 16:02 ` [[PATCH v2] 1/2] futex: Add check_robust_futex to verify process usage of robust_futex Thomas Gleixner
2025-08-12 13:21 ` zhongjinji
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