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1Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo. 1Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo.
2Last Updated: 2009/1/19 2Last Updated: 2009/1/20
3Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.29-rc2. 3Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.29-rc2.
4 4
5Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior 5Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior
@@ -360,3 +360,21 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y.
360 # kill malloc task. 360 # kill malloc task.
361 361
362 Of course, tmpfs v.s. swapoff test should be tested, too. 362 Of course, tmpfs v.s. swapoff test should be tested, too.
363
364 9.8 OOM-Killer
365 Out-of-memory caused by memcg's limit will kill tasks under
366 the memcg. When hierarchy is used, a task under hierarchy
367 will be killed by the kernel.
368 In this case, panic_on_oom shouldn't be invoked and tasks
369 in other groups shouldn't be killed.
370
371 It's not difficult to cause OOM under memcg as following.
372 Case A) when you can swapoff
373 #swapoff -a
374 #echo 50M > /memory.limit_in_bytes
375 run 51M of malloc
376
377 Case B) when you use mem+swap limitation.
378 #echo 50M > memory.limit_in_bytes
379 #echo 50M > memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes
380 run 51M of malloc