From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBAEBC433FF for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2019 15:12:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DAB1214C6 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2019 15:12:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565104378; bh=5bnsFMIWFOI6iCESZfiLVc9Rosm0DrIKb+aQb+lYbGs=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=gAGx2oDRj8vc3u4L24/pQLBGsKZb9OQRXGxnVcVo/Hl0Cgk6qorr5R5EiT1XIk/Ei /pC3XvNcv+Nv0Eu+i3uJu1079GfR32J8yXm08Kpf7ynhT8DuTct/6VrT5dAPqTEqFU udL9MUXxcZOxliMp3dZL/ZCLGczH/Ob36heynfnI= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1733114AbfHFPM5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Aug 2019 11:12:57 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48546 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727540AbfHFPMy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Aug 2019 11:12:54 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B566AF4C; Tue, 6 Aug 2019 15:12:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 17:12:51 +0200 From: Michal Hocko To: Pankaj Suryawanshi Cc: Vlastimil Babka , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, pankaj.suryawanshi@einfochips.com Subject: Re: oom-killer Message-ID: <20190806151251.GJ11812@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20190805112437.GF7597@dhcp22.suse.cz> <0821a17d-1703-1b82-d850-30455e19e0c1@suse.cz> <20190805120525.GL7597@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190805201650.GT7597@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190806150733.GH11812@dhcp22.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue 06-08-19 20:39:22, Pankaj Suryawanshi wrote: > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 8:37 PM Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > On Tue 06-08-19 20:24:03, Pankaj Suryawanshi wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 Aug, 2019, 1:46 AM Michal Hocko, wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon 05-08-19 21:04:53, Pankaj Suryawanshi wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 5:35 PM Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon 05-08-19 13:56:20, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > > > > > > > On 8/5/19 1:24 PM, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > > > > >> [ 727.954355] CPU: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Tainted: P O 4.14.65 #606 > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > >> [ 728.029390] [] (oom_kill_process) from [] (out_of_memory+0x140/0x368) > > > > > > > >> [ 728.037569] r10:00000001 r9:c12169bc r8:00000041 r7:c121e680 r6:c1216588 r5:dd347d7c > [ 728.045392] r4:d5737080 > > > > > > > >> [ 728.047929] [] (out_of_memory) from [] (__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x1178/0x124c) > > > > > > > >> [ 728.056798] r7:c141e7d0 r6:c12166a4 r5:00000000 r4:00001155 > > > > > > > >> [ 728.062460] [] (__alloc_pages_nodemask) from [] (copy_process.part.5+0x114/0x1a28) > > > > > > > >> [ 728.071764] r10:00000000 r9:dd358000 r8:00000000 r7:c1447e08 r6:c1216588 r5:00808111 > > > > > > > >> [ 728.079587] r4:d1063c00 > > > > > > > >> [ 728.082119] [] (copy_process.part.5) from [] (_do_fork+0xd0/0x464) > > > > > > > >> [ 728.090034] r10:00000000 r9:00000000 r8:dd008400 r7:00000000 r6:c1216588 r5:d2d58ac0 > > > > > > > >> [ 728.097857] r4:00808111 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The call trace tells that this is a fork (of a usermodhlper but that is > > > > > > > > not all that important. > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > >> [ 728.260031] DMA free:17960kB min:16384kB low:25664kB high:29760kB active_anon:3556kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:280kB inactive_file:28kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:458752kB managed:422896kB mlocked:0kB kernel_stack:6496kB pagetables:9904kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:348kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB > > > > > > > >> [ 728.287402] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 579 579 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So this is the only usable zone and you are close to the min watermark > > > > > > > > which means that your system is under a serious memory pressure but not > > > > > > > > yet under OOM for order-0 request. The situation is not great though > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking at lowmem_reserve above, wonder if 579 applies here? What does > > > > > > > /proc/zoneinfo say? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 579 579 ? > > > > > > > > This controls how much of memory from a lower zone you might an > > > > allocation request for a higher zone consume. E.g. __GFP_HIGHMEM is > > > > allowed to use both lowmem and highmem zones. It is preferable to use > > > > highmem zone because other requests are not allowed to use it. > > > > > > > > Please see __zone_watermark_ok for more details. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is GFP_KERNEL request essentially so there shouldn't be any lowmem > > > > > > reserve here, no? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why only low 1G is accessible by kernel in 32-bit system ? > > > > > > > > > 1G ivirtual or physical memory (I have 2GB of RAM) ? > > > > virtual > > > I have set 2G/2G still it works ? It would reduce the amount of memory that userspace might use. It may work for your particular case but the fundamental restriction is still there. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs