Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:46:57 -0800 | From | Mandeep Singh Baines <> | Subject | [PATCH] oom: allow a non-CAP_SYS_RESOURCE proces to oom_score_adj down |
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We'd like to be able to oom_score_adj a process up/down as its enters/leaves the foreground. Currently, it is not possible to oom_adj down without CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. This patch allows a task to decrease its oom_score_adj back to the value that a CAP_SYS_RESOURCE thread set it or its inherited value at fork. Assuming the thread that has forked it has oom_score_adj of 0, each tab could decrease it back from 0 upon activation unless a CAP_SYS_RESOURCE thread elevated it to something higher.
Alternative considered:
* a setuid binary * a daemon with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
Since you don't wan't all processes to be able to reduce their oom_adj, a setuid or daemon implementation would be complex. The alternatives also have much higher overhead.
This patch updated based on feedback from David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>.
Change-Id: If8f52363fd6c156e1730f43148aee987260e9c72 Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@chromium.org> --- fs/proc/base.c | 4 +++- include/linux/sched.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index f3d02ca..e617413 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ static ssize_t oom_score_adj_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, goto err_task_lock; } - if (oom_score_adj < task->signal->oom_score_adj && + if (oom_score_adj < task->signal->oom_score_adj_min && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) { err = -EACCES; goto err_sighand; @@ -1177,6 +1177,8 @@ static ssize_t oom_score_adj_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, atomic_dec(&task->mm->oom_disable_count); } task->signal->oom_score_adj = oom_score_adj; + if (capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) + task->signal->oom_score_adj_min = oom_score_adj; /* * Scale /proc/pid/oom_adj appropriately ensuring that OOM_DISABLE is * always attainable. diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index f53cdf2..2a71ee0 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -626,6 +626,8 @@ struct signal_struct { int oom_adj; /* OOM kill score adjustment (bit shift) */ int oom_score_adj; /* OOM kill score adjustment */ + int oom_score_adj_min; /* OOM kill score adjustment minimum value. + * Only settable by CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. */ struct mutex cred_guard_mutex; /* guard against foreign influences on * credential calculations -- 1.7.3.1
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