On Wed 30-09-15 20:24:11, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Both "child->mm == mm" and "p->mm != mm" checks in oom_kill_process()
> are wrong. task->mm can be NULL if the task is the exited group leader.
> This means in particular that "kill sharing same memory" loop can miss
> a process with a zombie leader which uses the same ->mm.
> 
> Note: the process_has_mm(child, p->mm) check is still not 100% correct,
> p->mm can be NULL too. This is minor, but probably deserves a fix or a
> comment anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.com>

> ---
>  mm/oom_kill.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
> index c189ee5..034d219 100644
> --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
> +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> @@ -483,6 +483,18 @@ void oom_killer_enable(void)
>       oom_killer_disabled = false;
>  }
>  
> +static bool process_shares_mm(struct task_struct *p, struct mm_struct *mm)
> +{
> +     struct task_struct *t;
> +
> +     for_each_thread(p, t) {
> +             struct mm_struct *t_mm = READ_ONCE(t->mm);
> +             if (t_mm)
> +                     return t_mm == mm;
> +     }
> +     return false;
> +}
> +
>  #define K(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT-10))
>  /*
>   * Must be called while holding a reference to p, which will be released upon
> @@ -530,7 +542,7 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, struct 
> task_struct *p,
>               list_for_each_entry(child, &t->children, sibling) {
>                       unsigned int child_points;
>  
> -                     if (child->mm == p->mm)
> +                     if (process_shares_mm(child, p->mm))
>                               continue;
>                       /*
>                        * oom_badness() returns 0 if the thread is unkillable
> @@ -584,7 +596,7 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, struct 
> task_struct *p,
>        */
>       rcu_read_lock();
>       for_each_process(p) {
> -             if (p->mm != mm)
> +             if (!process_shares_mm(p, mm))
>                       continue;
>               if (same_thread_group(p, victim))
>                       continue;
> -- 
> 2.4.3

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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