From 1ebab2db065e99eed9ab2304d3b7ad25c9568612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tetsuo Handa Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 15:16:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] memcg: fix mem_cgroup_out_of_memory() return value. mem_cgroup_out_of_memory() is returning "true" if it finds a TIF_MEMDIE task after an eligible task was found, "false" if it found a TIF_MEMDIE task before an eligible task is found. This difference confuses memory_max_write() which checks the return value of mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(). Since memory_max_write() wants to continue looping, mem_cgroup_out_of_memory() should return "true" in this case. This patch sets a dummy pointer in order to return "true". Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463753327-5170-1-git-send-email-penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa Acked-by: Michal Hocko Acked-by: Vladimir Davydov Cc: Johannes Weiner Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/memcontrol.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index cf428d7b9a03..f6477a9dbe7a 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1302,6 +1302,8 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask, mem_cgroup_iter_break(memcg, iter); if (chosen) put_task_struct(chosen); + /* Set a dummy value to return "true". */ + chosen = (void *) 1; goto unlock; case OOM_SCAN_OK: break; -- 2.30.2