linux/mm
Michal Hocko e009d5dc0a mm, oom: do not fail __GFP_NOFAIL allocation if oom killer is disabled
Tetsuo Handa has pointed out that __GFP_NOFAIL allocations might fail
after OOM killer is disabled if the allocation is performed by a kernel
thread.  This behavior was introduced from the very beginning by
7f33d49a2e ("mm, PM/Freezer: Disable OOM killer when tasks are frozen").
 This means that the basic contract for the allocation request is broken
and the context requesting such an allocation might blow up unexpectedly.

There are basically two ways forward.

1) move oom_killer_disable after kernel threads are frozen.  This has a
   risk that the OOM victim wouldn't be able to finish because it would
   depend on an already frozen kernel thread.  This would be really tricky
   to debug.

2) do not fail GFP_NOFAIL allocation no matter what and risk a
   potential Freezable kernel threads will loop and fail the suspend.
   Incidental allocations after kernel threads are frozen will at least
   dump a warning - if we are lucky and the serial console is still active
   of course...

This patch implements the later option because it is safer.  We would see
warning rather than allocation failures for the kernel threads which would
blow up otherwise and have a higher chances to identify __GFP_NOFAIL users
from deeper pm code.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@gooogle.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-03-12 18:46:07 -07:00
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kasan kasan: enable instrumentation of global variables 2015-02-13 21:21:42 -08:00
backing-dev.c Merge branch 'lazytime' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-02-17 16:12:34 -08:00
balloon_compaction.c mm/balloon_compaction: fix deflation when compaction is disabled 2014-10-29 16:33:15 -07:00
bootmem.c mem-hotplug: reset node managed pages when hot-adding a new pgdat 2014-11-13 16:17:06 -08:00
cleancache.c mm: fix cleancache debugfs directory path 2015-01-20 14:08:31 +01:00
cma.c mm: cma: fix totalcma_pages to include DT defined CMA regions 2015-02-11 17:06:03 -08:00
compaction.c mm: page_alloc: add kasan hooks on alloc and free paths 2015-02-13 21:21:41 -08:00
debug-pagealloc.c mm/debug-pagealloc: make debug-pagealloc boottime configurable 2014-12-13 12:42:48 -08:00
debug.c mm: account pmd page tables to the process 2015-02-11 17:06:04 -08:00
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: fixed a brace coding style issue 2014-10-09 22:26:00 -04:00
early_ioremap.c mm: create generic early_ioremap() support 2014-04-07 16:36:15 -07:00
fadvise.c vfs: remove get_xip_mem 2015-02-16 17:56:03 -08:00
failslab.c
filemap.c dax,ext2: replace XIP read and write with DAX I/O 2015-02-16 17:56:03 -08:00
frontswap.c mm/frontswap.c: fix the condition in BUG_ON 2014-12-10 17:41:08 -08:00
gup.c Tighten rules for ACCESS_ONCE 2015-02-14 10:54:28 -08:00
highmem.c mm/highmem: make kmap cache coloring aware 2014-08-06 18:01:22 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm: fix up numa read-only thread grouping logic 2015-03-12 08:45:46 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: page_counter: pull "-1" handling out of page_counter_memparse() 2015-02-11 17:06:02 -08:00
hugetlb.c mm: account pmd page tables to the process 2015-02-11 17:06:04 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/hwpoison-inject.c: remove unnecessary null test before debugfs_remove_recursive 2014-08-06 18:01:19 -07:00
init-mm.c
internal.h mm/internal.h: don't split printk call in two 2015-02-12 18:54:10 -08:00
interval_tree.c mm: replace vma->sharead.linear with vma->shared 2015-02-10 14:30:31 -08:00
iov_iter.c new helper: iov_iter_bvec() 2015-01-29 00:13:11 -05:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2015-02-19 10:36:45 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm/debug_pagealloc: remove obsolete Kconfig options 2015-01-08 15:10:52 -08:00
kmemcheck.c mm/slab_common: move kmem_cache definition to internal header 2014-10-09 22:25:50 -04:00
kmemleak-test.c mm/kmemleak-test.c: use pr_fmt for logging 2014-06-06 16:08:18 -07:00
kmemleak.c kmemleak: disable kasan instrumentation for kmemleak 2015-02-13 21:21:41 -08:00
ksm.c mm: remove rest usage of VM_NONLINEAR and pte_file() 2015-02-10 14:30:31 -08:00
list_lru.c memcg: reparent list_lrus and free kmemcg_id on css offline 2015-02-12 18:54:10 -08:00
maccess.c
madvise.c vfs: remove get_xip_mem 2015-02-16 17:56:03 -08:00
Makefile vfs: remove get_xip_mem 2015-02-16 17:56:03 -08:00
memblock.c mm/memblock.c: refactor functions to set/clear MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG 2014-12-13 12:42:46 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcontrol: use "max" instead of "infinity" in control knobs 2015-02-28 09:57:51 -08:00
memory_hotplug.c mm, memory_hotplug/failure: drain single zone pcplists 2014-12-10 17:41:05 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm: hwpoison: drop lru_add_drain_all() in __soft_offline_page() 2015-02-12 18:54:11 -08:00
memory.c mm: fix up numa read-only thread grouping logic 2015-03-12 08:45:46 -07:00
mempolicy.c mm: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:38 -08:00
mempool.c mm/mempool.c: update the kmemleak stack trace for mempool allocations 2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
migrate.c mm: convert p[te|md]_mknonnuma and remaining page table manipulations 2015-02-12 18:54:08 -08:00
mincore.c mincore: apply page table walker on do_mincore() 2015-02-11 17:06:06 -08:00
mlock.c Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 15:44:12 +02:00
mm_init.c mm/mm_init.c: mark mminit_loglevel __meminitdata 2015-02-12 18:54:11 -08:00
mmap.c mm/mmap.c: fix arithmetic overflow in __vm_enough_memory() 2015-02-11 17:06:07 -08:00
mmu_context.c sched/mm: call finish_arch_post_lock_switch in idle_task_exit and use_mm 2014-02-21 08:50:17 +01:00
mmu_notifier.c mmu_notifier: add the callback for mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() 2014-11-13 13:46:09 +11:00
mmzone.c mm: microoptimize zonelist operations 2015-02-11 17:06:02 -08:00
mprotect.c mm: numa: avoid unnecessary TLB flushes when setting NUMA hinting entries 2015-02-12 18:54:08 -08:00
mremap.c mm: remove rest usage of VM_NONLINEAR and pte_file() 2015-02-10 14:30:31 -08:00
msync.c mm: remove rest usage of VM_NONLINEAR and pte_file() 2015-02-10 14:30:31 -08:00
nobootmem.c mem-hotplug: reset node managed pages when hot-adding a new pgdat 2014-11-13 16:17:06 -08:00
nommu.c mm/nommu: fix memory leak 2015-02-28 09:57:50 -08:00
oom_kill.c mm: account pmd page tables to the process 2015-02-11 17:06:04 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm, oom: do not fail __GFP_NOFAIL allocation if oom killer is disabled 2015-03-12 18:46:07 -07:00
page_counter.c mm: page_counter: pull "-1" handling out of page_counter_memparse() 2015-02-11 17:06:02 -08:00
page_ext.c mm/page_owner: keep track of page owners 2014-12-13 12:42:48 -08:00
page_io.c new helper: iov_iter_bvec() 2015-01-29 00:13:11 -05:00
page_isolation.c mm, page_isolation: drain single zone pcplists 2014-12-10 17:41:05 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner.c: remove unnecessary stack_trace field 2015-02-11 17:06:07 -08:00
page-writeback.c Merge branch 'for-3.20/bdi' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-02-12 13:50:21 -08:00
pagewalk.c mm: pagewalk: fix misbehavior of walk_page_range for vma(VM_PFNMAP) 2015-02-11 17:06:06 -08:00
percpu-km.c percpu: implmeent pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages and chunk->nr_populated 2014-09-02 14:46:05 -04:00
percpu-vm.c percpu: move region iterations out of pcpu_[de]populate_chunk() 2014-09-02 14:46:02 -04:00
percpu.c percpu: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:37 -08:00
pgtable-generic.c mm: convert p[te|md]_mknonnuma and remaining page table manipulations 2015-02-12 18:54:08 -08:00
process_vm_access.c mm: gup: use get_user_pages_unlocked 2015-02-11 17:06:05 -08:00
quicklist.c
readahead.c fs: export inode_to_bdi and use it in favor of mapping->backing_dev_info 2015-01-20 14:03:04 -07:00
rmap.c mm: memcontrol: track move_lock state internally 2015-02-11 17:06:00 -08:00
shmem.c mm: shmem: check for mapping owner before dereferencing 2015-02-23 10:00:11 -08:00
slab_common.c mm: slub: add kernel address sanitizer support for slub allocator 2015-02-13 21:21:41 -08:00
slab.c slub: make dead caches discard free slabs immediately 2015-02-12 18:54:10 -08:00
slab.h slub: make dead caches discard free slabs immediately 2015-02-12 18:54:10 -08:00
slob.c slub: make dead caches discard free slabs immediately 2015-02-12 18:54:10 -08:00
slub.c mm: slub: add kernel address sanitizer support for slub allocator 2015-02-13 21:21:41 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparse: use memblock apis for early memory allocations 2014-01-21 16:19:47 -08:00
sparse.c mm: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:35:54 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: page_cgroup: rename file to mm/swap_cgroup.c 2014-12-10 17:41:09 -08:00
swap_state.c fs: remove mapping->backing_dev_info 2015-01-20 14:03:05 -07:00
swap.c Merge branch 'for-3.20/bdi' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-02-12 13:50:21 -08:00
swapfile.c mm: page_cgroup: rename file to mm/swap_cgroup.c 2014-12-10 17:41:09 -08:00
truncate.c fs: export inode_to_bdi and use it in favor of mapping->backing_dev_info 2015-01-20 14:03:04 -07:00
util.c mm/util: add kstrdup_const 2015-02-13 21:21:35 -08:00
vmacache.c mm,vmacache: count number of system-wide flushes 2014-12-13 12:42:48 -08:00
vmalloc.c mm: vmalloc: pass additional vm_flags to __vmalloc_node_range() 2015-02-13 21:21:42 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: fix race in vmpressure_work_fn() 2014-12-02 17:32:07 -08:00
vmscan.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-02-12 18:54:28 -08:00
vmstat.c vmstat: Reduce time interval to stat update on idle cpu 2015-02-11 17:06:07 -08:00
workingset.c list_lru: add helpers to isolate items 2015-02-12 18:54:10 -08:00
zbud.c mm/zpool: add name argument to create zpool 2015-02-12 18:54:12 -08:00
zpool.c mm/zpool: add name argument to create zpool 2015-02-12 18:54:12 -08:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc: add statistics support 2015-02-12 18:54:12 -08:00
zswap.c mm/zpool: add name argument to create zpool 2015-02-12 18:54:12 -08:00