Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Vaibhav Nagarnaik <> | Subject | [PATCH] trace: Set oom_score_adj to maximum for ring buffer allocating process | Date | Thu, 26 May 2011 12:52:17 -0700 |
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The tracing ring buffer is allocated from kernel memory. While allocating the memory, if OOM happens, the allocating process might not be the one that gets killed, since the ring-buffer memory is not allocated as process memory. Thus random processes might get killed during the allocation.
This patch makes sure that the allocating process is considered the most likely oom-kill-able process while the allocating is going on. Thus if oom-killer is invoked because of ring-buffer allocation, it is easier for the ring buffer memory to be freed and save important system processes from being killed.
Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index b926578..15a667a 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/poll.h> #include <linux/fs.h> +#include <linux/oom.h> #include "trace.h" #include "trace_output.h" @@ -3498,6 +3499,7 @@ tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, unsigned long val; char buf[64]; int ret; + int oom_score_adj; if (cnt >= sizeof(buf)) return -EINVAL; @@ -3518,7 +3520,14 @@ tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, /* value is in KB */ val <<= 10; + /* + * make sure this process is picked over others to be killed in OOM + * condition + */ + oom_score_adj = test_set_oom_score_adj(OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX); ret = tracing_resize_ring_buffer(val); + /* restore the original oom_score_adj value */ + test_set_oom_score_adj(oom_score_adj); if (ret < 0) return ret; -- 1.7.3.1
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