linux/mm
Michal Hocko d379f01de0 oom, trace: add oom detection tracepoints
should_reclaim_retry is the central decision point for declaring the
OOM.  It might be really useful to expose data used for this decision
making when debugging an unexpected oom situations.

Say we have an OOM report:
[   52.264001] mem_eater invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x24280ca(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE|__GFP_ZERO), nodemask=0, order=0, oom_score_adj=0
[   52.267549] CPU: 3 PID: 3148 Comm: mem_eater Tainted: G        W       4.8.0-oomtrace3-00006-gb21338b386d2 #1024

Now we can check the tracepoint data to see how we have ended up in this
situation:
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.432801: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11134 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=1 wmark_check=1
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.433269: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11103 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=1 wmark_check=1
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.433712: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11100 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=2 wmark_check=1
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.434067: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11097 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=3 wmark_check=1
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.434414: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11094 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=4 wmark_check=1
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.434761: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11091 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=5 wmark_check=1
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.435108: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11087 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=6 wmark_check=1
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.435478: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA32 order=0 reclaimable=51 available=11084 min_wmark=11084 no_progress_loops=7 wmark_check=0
       mem_eater-3148  [003] ....    52.435478: reclaim_retry_zone: node=0 zone=DMA order=0 reclaimable=0 available=1126 min_wmark=179 no_progress_loops=7 wmark_check=0

The above shows that we can quickly deduce that the reclaim stopped
making any progress (see no_progress_loops increased in each round) and
while there were still some 51 reclaimable pages they couldn't be
dropped for some reason (vmscan trace points would tell us more about
that part).  available will represent reclaimable + free_pages scaled
down per no_progress_loops factor.  This is essentially an optimistic
estimate of how much memory we would have when reclaiming everything.
This can be compared to min_wmark to get a rought idea but the
wmark_check tells the result of the watermark check which is more
precise (includes lowmem reserves, considers the order etc.).  As we can
see no zone is eligible in the end and that is why we have triggered the
oom in this situation.

Please note that higher order requests might fail on the wmark_check
even when there is much more memory available than min_wmark - e.g.
when the memory is fragmented.  A follow up tracepoint will help to
debug those situations.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161220130135.15719-3-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
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kasan arm64 updates for 4.11: 2017-02-22 10:46:44 -08:00
backing-dev.c block: fix double-free in the failure path of cgwb_bdi_init() 2017-02-08 13:52:01 -07:00
balloon_compaction.c mm: balloon: use general non-lru movable page feature 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
bootmem.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
cleancache.c cleancache: constify cleancache_ops structure 2016-01-27 09:09:57 -05:00
cma_debug.c
cma.c mm/cma: Cleanup highmem check 2017-01-11 13:56:49 +00:00
cma.h
compaction.c mm, compaction: allow compaction for GFP_NOFS requests 2016-12-14 16:04:07 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c mm/page_ref: add tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
debug.c mm, debug: print raw struct page data in __dump_page() 2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
dmapool.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
early_ioremap.c
fadvise.c mm: fadvise: avoid expensive remote LRU cache draining after FADV_DONTNEED 2016-12-20 09:48:46 -08:00
failslab.c mm: fault-inject take over bootstrap kmem_cache check 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
filemap.c mm, fs: check for fatal signals in do_generic_file_read() 2017-02-03 14:13:19 -08:00
frame_vector.c mm: replace get_vaddr_frames() write/force parameters with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:11:24 -07:00
frontswap.c mm, frontswap: convert frontswap_enabled to static key 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
gup.c mm: unexport __get_user_pages_unlocked() 2016-12-14 16:04:09 -08:00
highmem.c mm/highmem: make nr_free_highpages() handles all highmem zones by itself 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm/huge_memory.c: respect FOLL_FORCE/FOLL_COW for thp 2017-01-24 16:26:14 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm, hugetlb_cgroup: round limit_in_bytes down to hugepage size 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
hugetlb.c mm/hugetlb.c: fix reservation race when freeing surplus pages 2017-01-10 18:31:55 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c
init-mm.c mm: Add a user_ns owner to mm_struct and fix ptrace permission checks 2016-11-22 11:49:48 -06:00
internal.h mm, page_alloc: don't convert pfn to idx when merging 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
interval_tree.c
Kconfig mm: THP page cache support for ppc64 2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
Kconfig.debug PM / Hibernate: allow hibernation with PAGE_POISONING_ZERO 2016-09-13 02:35:27 +02:00
khugepaged.c mm: get rid of __GFP_OTHER_NODE 2017-01-10 18:31:55 -08:00
kmemcheck.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
kmemleak-test.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
kmemleak.c kmemleak: fix reference to Documentation 2016-12-12 18:55:07 -08:00
ksm.c mm,ksm: add __GFP_HIGH to the allocation in alloc_stable_node() 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
list_lru.c mm/list_lru.c: avoid error-path NULL pointer deref 2016-10-27 18:43:42 -07:00
maccess.c x86: remove more uaccess_32.h complexity 2016-05-22 17:21:27 -07:00
madvise.c mm: add tlb_remove_check_page_size_change to track page size change 2016-12-12 18:55:07 -08:00
Makefile Disable the __builtin_return_address() warning globally after all 2016-10-12 10:23:41 -07:00
memblock.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
memcontrol.c slab: use memcg_kmem_cache_wq for slab destruction operations 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
memory_hotplug.c base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones() 2017-02-03 14:13:19 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm: Use owner_priv bit for PageSwapCache, valid when PageSwapBacked 2016-12-25 11:54:48 -08:00
memory.c mm, dax: change pmd_fault() to take only vmf parameter 2017-02-22 16:41:26 -08:00
mempolicy.c mm/mempolicy.c: do not put mempolicy before using its nodemask 2017-01-24 16:26:14 -08:00
mempool.c Revert "mm, mempool: only set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if there are free elements" 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mm: Use owner_priv bit for PageSwapCache, valid when PageSwapBacked 2016-12-25 11:54:48 -08:00
mincore.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
mlock.c thp: fix corner case of munlock() of PTE-mapped THPs 2016-11-30 16:32:52 -08:00
mm_init.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mmap.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
mmu_context.c mm/mmu_context, sched/core: Fix mmu_context.h assumption 2016-04-28 11:44:19 +02:00
mmu_notifier.c fix Christoph's email addresses 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mmzone.c mm, page_alloc: inline the fast path of the zonelist iterator 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
mprotect.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
mremap.c mremap: move_ptes: check pte dirty after its removal 2016-11-29 08:20:24 -08:00
msync.c
nobootmem.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
nommu.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
oom_kill.c oom: print nodemask in the oom report 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
page_alloc.c oom, trace: add oom detection tracepoints 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
page_counter.c
page_ext.c mm/page_ext: support extra space allocation by page_ext user 2016-10-07 18:46:27 -07:00
page_idle.c mm, vmscan: move lru_lock to the node 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
page_io.c writeback: add wbc_to_write_flags() 2016-11-02 10:24:03 -06:00
page_isolation.c mm, page_alloc: avoid page_to_pfn() when merging buddies 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: don't define fields on struct page_ext by hard-coding 2016-10-07 18:46:27 -07:00
page_poison.c mm: check the return value of lookup_page_ext for all call sites 2016-06-03 15:06:22 -07:00
page-writeback.c block: Use pointer to backing_dev_info from request_queue 2017-02-02 08:20:48 -07:00
pagewalk.c thp: rename split_huge_page_pmd() to split_huge_pmd() 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
percpu-km.c mm: percpu: use pr_fmt to prefix output 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
percpu-vm.c
percpu.c Merge branch 'for-4.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2016-12-13 12:34:47 -08:00
pgtable-generic.c mm/thp/migration: switch from flush_tlb_range to flush_pmd_tlb_range 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm: unexport __get_user_pages_unlocked() 2016-12-14 16:04:09 -08:00
quicklist.c fix Christoph's email addresses 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
readahead.c mm: don't cap request size based on read-ahead setting 2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
rmap.c mm, rmap: handle anon_vma_prepare() common case inline 2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
shmem.c tmpfs: change shmem_mapping() to test shmem_aops 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
slab_common.c slab: use memcg_kmem_cache_wq for slab destruction operations 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
slab.c slab: introduce __kmemcg_cache_deactivate() 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
slab.h slab: remove synchronous synchronize_sched() from memcg cache deactivation path 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
slob.c slab: introduce __kmemcg_cache_deactivate() 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
slub.c slub: make sysfs directories for memcg sub-caches optional 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c treewide: replace obsolete _refok by __ref 2016-08-02 17:31:41 -04:00
sparse.c treewide: replace obsolete _refok by __ref 2016-08-02 17:31:41 -04:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
swap_state.c mm, swap: use offset of swap entry as key of swap cache 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
swap.c mm: add PageWaiters indicating tasks are waiting for a page bit 2016-12-25 11:54:48 -08:00
swapfile.c mm: support anonymous stable page 2017-01-10 18:31:55 -08:00
truncate.c mm: Invalidate DAX radix tree entries only if appropriate 2016-12-26 20:29:24 -08:00
usercopy.c mm/usercopy: Switch to using lm_alias 2017-01-11 13:56:50 +00:00
userfaultfd.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
util.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
vmacache.c mm: unrig VMA cache hit ratio 2016-10-07 18:46:27 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm/vmalloc.c: use rb_entry_safe 2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: fix subtree pressure detection 2016-02-03 08:28:43 -08:00
vmscan.c mm, memcg: fix the active list aging for lowmem requests when memcg is enabled 2017-01-10 18:31:55 -08:00
vmstat.c mm/vmstat: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-12-02 00:52:35 +01:00
workingset.c mm: workingset: fix use-after-free in shadow node shrinker 2017-01-07 18:22:40 -08:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold.c: avoid modifying HEADLESS page and minor cleanup 2016-06-03 16:02:55 -07:00
zbud.c mm/zbud.c: use list_last_entry() instead of list_tail_entry() 2016-01-15 11:40:52 -08:00
zpool.c
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-12-02 00:52:36 +01:00
zswap.c zswap: disable changing params if init fails 2017-02-03 14:13:19 -08:00