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-rw-r--r--mm/internal.h11
-rw-r--r--mm/oom_kill.c9
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c76
3 files changed, 73 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 781c0d54d75a..1df011f62480 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -480,6 +480,17 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
 /* Mask to get the watermark bits */
 #define ALLOC_WMARK_MASK	(ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS-1)
 
+/*
+ * Only MMU archs have async oom victim reclaim - aka oom_reaper so we
+ * cannot assume a reduced access to memory reserves is sufficient for
+ * !MMU
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+#define ALLOC_OOM		0x08
+#else
+#define ALLOC_OOM		ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS
+#endif
+
 #define ALLOC_HARDER		0x10 /* try to alloc harder */
 #define ALLOC_HIGH		0x20 /* __GFP_HIGH set */
 #define ALLOC_CPUSET		0x40 /* check for correct cpuset */
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 9e8b4f030c1c..c9f3569a76c7 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -824,7 +824,8 @@ static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message)
 
 	/*
 	 * If the task is already exiting, don't alarm the sysadmin or kill
-	 * its children or threads, just set TIF_MEMDIE so it can die quickly
+	 * its children or threads, just give it access to memory reserves
+	 * so it can die quickly
 	 */
 	task_lock(p);
 	if (task_will_free_mem(p)) {
@@ -889,9 +890,9 @@ static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message)
 	count_memcg_event_mm(mm, OOM_KILL);
 
 	/*
-	 * We should send SIGKILL before setting TIF_MEMDIE in order to prevent
-	 * the OOM victim from depleting the memory reserves from the user
-	 * space under its control.
+	 * We should send SIGKILL before granting access to memory reserves
+	 * in order to prevent the OOM victim from depleting the memory
+	 * reserves from the user space under its control.
 	 */
 	do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, victim, true);
 	mark_oom_victim(victim);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a4562c058ec4..a9add06fe768 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@ bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, unsigned int order, unsigned long mark,
 {
 	long min = mark;
 	int o;
-	const bool alloc_harder = (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HARDER);
+	const bool alloc_harder = (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_OOM));
 
 	/* free_pages may go negative - that's OK */
 	free_pages -= (1 << order) - 1;
@@ -2964,10 +2964,21 @@ bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, unsigned int order, unsigned long mark,
 	 * the high-atomic reserves. This will over-estimate the size of the
 	 * atomic reserve but it avoids a search.
 	 */
-	if (likely(!alloc_harder))
+	if (likely(!alloc_harder)) {
 		free_pages -= z->nr_reserved_highatomic;
-	else
-		min -= min / 4;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * OOM victims can try even harder than normal ALLOC_HARDER
+		 * users on the grounds that it's definitely going to be in
+		 * the exit path shortly and free memory. Any allocation it
+		 * makes during the free path will be small and short-lived.
+		 */
+		if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_OOM)
+			min -= min / 2;
+		else
+			min -= min / 4;
+	}
+
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
 	/* If allocation can't use CMA areas don't use free CMA pages */
@@ -3205,7 +3216,7 @@ static void warn_alloc_show_mem(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 	 * of allowed nodes.
 	 */
 	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC))
-		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE) ||
+		if (tsk_is_oom_victim(current) ||
 		    (current->flags & (PF_MEMALLOC | PF_EXITING)))
 			filter &= ~SHOW_MEM_FILTER_NODES;
 	if (in_interrupt() || !(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM))
@@ -3668,21 +3679,46 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	return alloc_flags;
 }
 
-bool gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static bool oom_reserves_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	if (unlikely(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC))
+	if (!tsk_is_oom_victim(tsk))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * !MMU doesn't have oom reaper so give access to memory reserves
+	 * only to the thread with TIF_MEMDIE set
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU) && !test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
 		return false;
 
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Distinguish requests which really need access to full memory
+ * reserves from oom victims which can live with a portion of it
+ */
+static inline int __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	if (unlikely(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC))
+		return 0;
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_MEMALLOC)
-		return true;
+		return ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS;
 	if (in_serving_softirq() && (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
-		return true;
-	if (!in_interrupt() &&
-			((current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) ||
-			 unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))))
-		return true;
+		return ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS;
+	if (!in_interrupt()) {
+		if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)
+			return ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS;
+		else if (oom_reserves_allowed(current))
+			return ALLOC_OOM;
+	}
 
-	return false;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+bool gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	return !!__gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3835,6 +3871,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	unsigned long alloc_start = jiffies;
 	unsigned int stall_timeout = 10 * HZ;
 	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
+	int reserve_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * In the slowpath, we sanity check order to avoid ever trying to
@@ -3940,15 +3977,16 @@ retry:
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
 		wake_all_kswapds(order, ac);
 
-	if (gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_mask))
-		alloc_flags = ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS;
+	reserve_flags = __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask);
+	if (reserve_flags)
+		alloc_flags = reserve_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * Reset the zonelist iterators if memory policies can be ignored.
 	 * These allocations are high priority and system rather than user
 	 * orientated.
 	 */
-	if (!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CPUSET) || (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS)) {
+	if (!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CPUSET) || reserve_flags) {
 		ac->zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), gfp_mask);
 		ac->preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(ac->zonelist,
 					ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask);
@@ -4025,8 +4063,8 @@ retry:
 		goto got_pg;
 
 	/* Avoid allocations with no watermarks from looping endlessly */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE) &&
-	    (alloc_flags == ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS ||
+	if (tsk_is_oom_victim(current) &&
+	    (alloc_flags == ALLOC_OOM ||
 	     (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC)))
 		goto nopage;