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Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:26:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <28fd3db8-e99f-4678-a5ec-0974383234f8@themaw.net> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 09:26:25 +0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] kernfs: release kernfs_mutex before the inode allocation To: Tejun Heo , Wenwu Hou Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Minchan Kim , LKML References: <20211116194317.1430399-1-minchan@kernel.org> Content-Language: en-AU From: Ian Kent Autocrypt: addr=raven@themaw.net; keydata= xsFNBE6c/ycBEADdYbAI5BKjE+yw+dOE+xucCEYiGyRhOI9JiZLUBh+PDz8cDnNxcCspH44o E7oTH0XPn9f7Zh0TkXWA8G6BZVCNifG7mM9K8Ecp3NheQYCk488ucSV/dz6DJ8BqX4psd4TI gpcs2iDQlg5CmuXDhc5z1ztNubv8hElSlFX/4l/U18OfrdTbbcjF/fivBkzkVobtltiL+msN bDq5S0K2KOxRxuXGaDShvfbz6DnajoVLEkNgEnGpSLxQNlJXdQBTE509MA30Q2aGk6oqHBQv zxjVyOu+WLGPSj7hF8SdYOjizVKIARGJzDy8qT4v/TLdVqPa2d0rx7DFvBRzOqYQL13/Zvie kuGbj3XvFibVt2ecS87WCJ/nlQxCa0KjGy0eb3i4XObtcU23fnd0ieZsQs4uDhZgzYB8LNud WXx9/Q0qsWfvZw7hEdPdPRBmwRmt2O1fbfk5CQN1EtNgS372PbOjQHaIV6n+QQP2ELIa3X5Z RnyaXyzwaCt6ETUHTslEaR9nOG6N3sIohIwlIywGK6WQmRBPyz5X1oF2Ld9E0crlaZYFPMRH hQtFxdycIBpTlc59g7uIXzwRx65HJcyBflj72YoTzwchN6Wf2rKq9xmtkV2Eihwo8WH3XkL9 cjVKjg8rKRmqIMSRCpqFBWJpT1FzecQ8EMV0fk18Q5MLj441yQARAQABzRtJYW4gS2VudCA8 cmF2ZW5AdGhlbWF3Lm5ldD7CwXsEEwECACUCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheA BQJOnjOcAhkBAAoJEOdnc4D1T9iphrYQALHK3J5rjzy4qPiLJ0EE9eJkyV1rqtzct5Ah9pu6 LSkqxgQCfN3NmKOoj+TpbXGagg28qTGjkFvJSlpNY7zAj+fA11UVCxERgQBOJcPrbgaeYZua E4ST+w/inOdatNZRnNWGugqvez80QGuxFRQl1ttMaky7VxgwNTXcFNjClW3ifdD75gHlrU0V ZUULa1a0UVip0rNc7mFUKxhEUk+8NhowRZUk0nt1JUwezlyIYPysaN7ToVeYE4W0VgpWczmA tHtkRGIAgwL7DCNNJ6a+H50FEsyixmyr/pMuNswWbr3+d2MiJ1IYreZLhkGfNq9nG/+YK/0L Q2/OkIsz8bOrkYLTw8WwzfTz2RXV1N2NtsMKB/APMcuuodkSI5bzzgyu1cDrGLz43faFFmB9 xAmKjibRLk6ChbmrZhuCYL0nn+RkL036jMLw5F1xiu2ltEgK2/gNJhm29iBhvScUKOqUnbPw DSMZ2NipMqj7Xy3hjw1CStEy3pCXp8/muaB8KRnf92VvjO79VEls29KuX6rz32bcBM4qxsVn cOqyghSE69H3q4SY7EbhdIfacUSEUV+m/pZK5gnJIl6n1Rh6u0MFXWttvu0j9JEl92Ayj8u8 J/tYvFMpag3nTeC3I+arPSKpeWDX08oisrEp0Yw15r+6jbPjZNz7LvrYZ2fa3Am6KRn0zsFN BE6c/ycBEADZzcb88XlSiooYoEt3vuGkYoSkz7potX864MSNGekek1cwUrXeUdHUlw5zwPoC 4H5JF7D8q7lYoelBYJ+Mf0vdLzJLbbEtN5+v+s2UEbkDlnUQS1yRo1LxyNhJiXsQVr7WVA/c 8qcDWUYX7q/4Ckg77UO4l/eHCWNnHu7GkvKLVEgRjKPKroIEnjI0HMK3f6ABDReoc741RF5X X3qwmCgKZx0AkLjObXE3W769dtbNbWmW0lgFKe6dxlYrlZbq25Aubhcu2qTdQ/okx6uQ41+v QDxgYtocsT/CG1u0PpbtMeIm3mVQRXmjDFKjKAx9WOX/BHpk7VEtsNQUEp1lZo6hH7jeo5me CYFzgIbXdsMA9TjpzPpiWK9GetbD5KhnDId4ANMrWPNuGC/uPHDjtEJyf0cwknsRFLhL4/NJ KvqAuiXQ57x6qxrkuuinBQ3S9RR3JY7R7c3rqpWyaTuNNGPkIrRNyePky/ZTgTMA5of8Wioy z06XNhr6mG5xT+MHztKAQddV3xFy9f3Jrvtd6UvFbQPwG7Lv+/UztY5vPAzp7aJGz2pDbb0Q BC9u1mrHICB4awPlja/ljn+uuIb8Ow3jSy+Sx58VFEK7ctIOULdmnHXMFEihnOZO3NlNa6q+ XZOK7J00Ne6y0IBAaNTM+xMF+JRc7Gx6bChES9vxMyMbXwARAQABwsFfBBgBAgAJBQJOnP8n AhsMAAoJEOdnc4D1T9iphf4QAJuR1jVyLLSkBDOPCa3ejvEqp4H5QUogl1ASkEboMiWcQJQd LaH6zHNySMnsN6g/UVhuviANBxtW2DFfANPiydox85CdH71gLkcOE1J7J6Fnxgjpc1Dq5kxh imBSqa2hlsKUt3MLXbjEYL5OTSV2RtNP04KwlGS/xMfNwQf2O2aJoC4mSs4OeZwsHJFVF8rK XDvL/NzMCnysWCwjVIDhHBBIOC3mecYtXrasv9nl77LgffyyaAAQZz7yZcvn8puj9jH9h+mr L02W+gd+Sh6Grvo5Kk4ngzfT/FtscVGv9zFWxfyoQHRyuhk0SOsoTNYN8XIWhosp9GViyDtE FXmrhiazz7XHc32u+o9+WugpTBZktYpORxLVwf9h1PY7CPDNX4EaIO64oyy9O3/huhOTOGha nVvqlYHyEYCFY7pIfaSNhgZs2aV0oP13XV6PGb5xir5ah+NW9gQk/obnvY5TAVtgTjAte5tZ +coCSBkOU1xMiW5Td7QwkNmtXKHyEF6dxCAMK1KHIqxrBaZO27PEDSHaIPHePi7y4KKq9C9U 8k5V5dFA0mqH/st9Sw6tFbqPkqjvvMLETDPVxOzinpU2VBGhce4wufSIoVLOjQnbIo1FIqWg Dx24eHv235mnNuGHrG+EapIh7g/67K0uAzwp17eyUYlE5BMcwRlaHMuKTil6 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 30/6/26 21:50, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 11:26:31AM +0800, Wenwu Hou wrote: > ... >> In our real-world case, thousands of nodejs processes hit the cgroup memory >> limit and sleep on the OOM path, runc gets blocked, and consequently the node >> remains in an unschedulable state for many hours. > I don't think we can work around thousands of processes stalling in OOM path > with kernfs locking changes. There are better ways to manage memory > pressure. Please look into memory.high and PSI driven userspace OOM Sounds like your assuming misbehaviour or errant processes but if that's not the case then it would be better to try and avoid the situation. Ian