[patch] oom: thaw threads if oom killed thread is frozen before deferring

[David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2011, Michal Hocko wrote:

> diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
> index 626303b..c419a7e 100644
> --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
> +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
>  #include <linux/security.h>
>  #include <linux/ptrace.h>
> +#include <linux/freezer.h>
>  
>  int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
>  int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
> @@ -451,10 +452,15 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  				task_pid_nr(q), q->comm);
>  			task_unlock(q);
>  			force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
> +
> +			if (frozen(q))
> +				thaw_process(q);
>  		}
>  
>  	set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
>  	force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
> +	if (frozen(p))
> +		thaw_process(p);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }

Also needs this...


oom: thaw threads if oom killed thread is frozen before deferring

If a thread has been oom killed and is frozen, thaw it before returning
to the page allocator.  Otherwise, it can stay frozen indefinitely and
no memory will be freed.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
---
 mm/oom_kill.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -318,8 +318,11 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int *ppoints,
 		 * blocked waiting for another task which itself is waiting
 		 * for memory. Is there a better alternative?
 		 */
-		if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE))
+		if (test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE)) {
+			if (unlikely(frozen(p)))
+				thaw_process(p);
 			return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
+		}
 		if (!p->mm)
 			continue;
 

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