I got OOM killers while running heavy disk I/O (extracting kernel source, running lxr's genxref command). (Environ: 4 CPUs / 2048MB RAM / no swap / XFS) Do you think these OOM killers reasonable? Too weak against fragmentation?
[ 3902.430630] kthreadd invoked oom-killer: order=2, oom_score_adj=0, gfp_mask=0x27000c0(GFP_KERNEL|GFP_NOTRACK|0x100000) [ 3902.432780] kthreadd cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0 [ 3902.433904] CPU: 3 PID: 2 Comm: kthreadd Not tainted 4.4.0-rc6-next-20151222 #255 [ 3902.435463] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/31/2013 [ 3902.437541] 0000000000000000 000000009cc7eb67 ffff88007cc1faa0 ffffffff81395bc3 [ 3902.439129] 0000000000000000 ffff88007cc1fb40 ffffffff811babac 0000000000000206 [ 3902.440779] ffffffff81810470 ffff88007cc1fae0 ffffffff810bce29 0000000000000206 [ 3902.442436] Call Trace: [ 3902.443094] [<ffffffff81395bc3>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x68 [ 3902.444188] [<ffffffff811babac>] dump_header+0x5b/0x3b0 [ 3902.445301] [<ffffffff810bce29>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xf9/0x1c0 [ 3902.446656] [<ffffffff810bcefd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [ 3902.447881] [<ffffffff81142646>] oom_kill_process+0x366/0x540 [ 3902.449093] [<ffffffff81142a5f>] out_of_memory+0x1ef/0x5a0 [ 3902.450266] [<ffffffff81142b1d>] ? out_of_memory+0x2ad/0x5a0 [ 3902.451430] [<ffffffff8114836d>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xb9d/0xd90 [ 3902.452757] [<ffffffff810bce00>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xd0/0x1c0 [ 3902.454468] [<ffffffff8114871c>] alloc_kmem_pages_node+0x4c/0xc0 [ 3902.455756] [<ffffffff8106c451>] copy_process.part.31+0x131/0x1b40 [ 3902.457076] [<ffffffff8108f590>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x230/0x230 [ 3902.458396] [<ffffffff8106e02b>] _do_fork+0xdb/0x5d0 [ 3902.459480] [<ffffffff81094a8a>] ? finish_task_switch+0x6a/0x2b0 [ 3902.460775] [<ffffffff8106e544>] kernel_thread+0x24/0x30 [ 3902.461894] [<ffffffff8109007c>] kthreadd+0x1bc/0x220 [ 3902.463035] [<ffffffff816fc89f>] ? ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 [ 3902.464230] [<ffffffff8108fec0>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60 [ 3902.465502] [<ffffffff816fc89f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 [ 3902.466648] [<ffffffff8108fec0>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60 [ 3902.467953] Mem-Info: [ 3902.468537] active_anon:20817 inactive_anon:2098 isolated_anon:0 [ 3902.468537] active_file:145434 inactive_file:145453 isolated_file:0 [ 3902.468537] unevictable:0 dirty:20613 writeback:7248 unstable:0 [ 3902.468537] slab_reclaimable:86363 slab_unreclaimable:14905 [ 3902.468537] mapped:6670 shmem:2167 pagetables:1497 bounce:0 [ 3902.468537] free:5422 free_pcp:75 free_cma:0 [ 3902.476541] Node 0 DMA free:6904kB min:44kB low:52kB high:64kB active_anon:3268kB inactive_anon:200kB active_file:4kB inactive_file:4kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:15988kB managed:15904kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:36kB shmem:216kB slab_reclaimable:3708kB slab_unreclaimable:456kB kernel_stack:48kB pagetables:160kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no [ 3902.486494] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 1714 1714 1714 [ 3902.487659] Node 0 DMA32 free:13760kB min:5172kB low:6464kB high:7756kB active_anon:80000kB inactive_anon:8192kB active_file:581780kB inactive_file:581848kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:2080640kB managed:1758960kB mlocked:0kB dirty:82312kB writeback:29588kB mapped:26648kB shmem:8452kB slab_reclaimable:341744kB slab_unreclaimable:59496kB kernel_stack:3456kB pagetables:5828kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:732kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:560 all_unreclaimable? no [ 3902.500438] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 [ 3902.502373] Node 0 DMA: 42*4kB (UME) 84*8kB (UM) 57*16kB (UM) 15*32kB (UM) 11*64kB (M) 9*128kB (UME) 1*256kB (M) 1*512kB (M) 2*1024kB (UM) 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 6904kB [ 3902.507561] Node 0 DMA32: 3788*4kB (UME) 184*8kB (UME) 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 16624kB [ 3902.511236] Node 0 hugepages_total=0 hugepages_free=0 hugepages_surp=0 hugepages_size=2048kB [ 3902.513938] 292144 total pagecache pages [ 3902.515609] 0 pages in swap cache [ 3902.517139] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0 [ 3902.519153] Free swap = 0kB [ 3902.520587] Total swap = 0kB [ 3902.522095] 524157 pages RAM [ 3902.523511] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly [ 3902.525091] 80441 pages reserved [ 3902.526580] 0 pages hwpoisoned [ 3902.528169] Out of memory: Kill process 687 (firewalld) score 11 or sacrifice child [ 3902.531017] Killed process 687 (firewalld) total-vm:323600kB, anon-rss:17032kB, file-rss:4896kB, shmem-rss:0kB [ 5262.901161] smbd invoked oom-killer: order=2, oom_score_adj=0, gfp_mask=0x27000c0(GFP_KERNEL|GFP_NOTRACK|0x100000) [ 5262.903629] smbd cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0 [ 5262.904725] CPU: 2 PID: 3935 Comm: smbd Not tainted 4.4.0-rc6-next-20151222 #255 [ 5262.906401] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/31/2013 [ 5262.908679] 0000000000000000 00000000eaa24b41 ffff88007c37faf8 ffffffff81395bc3 [ 5262.910459] 0000000000000000 ffff88007c37fb98 ffffffff811babac 0000000000000206 [ 5262.912224] ffffffff81810470 ffff88007c37fb38 ffffffff810bce29 0000000000000206 [ 5262.914019] Call Trace: [ 5262.914839] [<ffffffff81395bc3>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x68 [ 5262.916118] [<ffffffff811babac>] dump_header+0x5b/0x3b0 [ 5262.917493] [<ffffffff810bce29>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xf9/0x1c0 [ 5262.919131] [<ffffffff810bcefd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [ 5262.920690] [<ffffffff81142646>] oom_kill_process+0x366/0x540 [ 5262.922204] [<ffffffff81142a5f>] out_of_memory+0x1ef/0x5a0 [ 5262.923863] [<ffffffff81142b1d>] ? out_of_memory+0x2ad/0x5a0 [ 5262.925386] [<ffffffff8114836d>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xb9d/0xd90 [ 5262.927121] [<ffffffff8114871c>] alloc_kmem_pages_node+0x4c/0xc0 [ 5262.928738] [<ffffffff8106c451>] copy_process.part.31+0x131/0x1b40 [ 5262.930438] [<ffffffff8111c4da>] ? __audit_syscall_entry+0xaa/0xf0 [ 5262.932110] [<ffffffff8106e02b>] _do_fork+0xdb/0x5d0 [ 5262.933410] [<ffffffff8111c4da>] ? __audit_syscall_entry+0xaa/0xf0 [ 5262.935016] [<ffffffff810030c1>] ? do_audit_syscall_entry+0x61/0x70 [ 5262.936632] [<ffffffff81003254>] ? syscall_trace_enter_phase1+0x134/0x150 [ 5262.938383] [<ffffffff81003017>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x17/0x19 [ 5262.940024] [<ffffffff8106e5a4>] SyS_clone+0x14/0x20 [ 5262.941465] [<ffffffff816fc532>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76 [ 5262.943137] Mem-Info: [ 5262.944068] active_anon:37901 inactive_anon:2095 isolated_anon:0 [ 5262.944068] active_file:134812 inactive_file:135474 isolated_file:0 [ 5262.944068] unevictable:0 dirty:257 writeback:0 unstable:0 [ 5262.944068] slab_reclaimable:90770 slab_unreclaimable:12759 [ 5262.944068] mapped:4223 shmem:2166 pagetables:1428 bounce:0 [ 5262.944068] free:3738 free_pcp:49 free_cma:0 [ 5262.953176] Node 0 DMA free:6904kB min:44kB low:52kB high:64kB active_anon:900kB inactive_anon:200kB active_file:4kB inactive_file:4kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:15988kB managed:15904kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:32kB shmem:216kB slab_reclaimable:5556kB slab_unreclaimable:712kB kernel_stack:48kB pagetables:152kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no [ 5262.963749] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 1714 1714 1714 [ 5262.965434] Node 0 DMA32 free:8048kB min:5172kB low:6464kB high:7756kB active_anon:150704kB inactive_anon:8180kB active_file:539244kB inactive_file:541892kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:2080640kB managed:1758960kB mlocked:0kB dirty:1028kB writeback:0kB mapped:16860kB shmem:8448kB slab_reclaimable:357524kB slab_unreclaimable:50324kB kernel_stack:3232kB pagetables:5560kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:184kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:132 all_unreclaimable? no [ 5262.976879] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 [ 5262.978586] Node 0 DMA: 58*4kB (UME) 60*8kB (UME) 73*16kB (UME) 23*32kB (UME) 13*64kB (UME) 5*128kB (UM) 5*256kB (UME) 3*512kB (UE) 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 6904kB [ 5262.983496] Node 0 DMA32: 1987*4kB (UME) 14*8kB (ME) 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 8060kB [ 5262.987124] Node 0 hugepages_total=0 hugepages_free=0 hugepages_surp=0 hugepages_size=2048kB [ 5262.989532] 272459 total pagecache pages [ 5262.991203] 0 pages in swap cache [ 5262.992583] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0 [ 5262.994334] Free swap = 0kB [ 5262.995787] Total swap = 0kB [ 5262.997038] 524157 pages RAM [ 5262.998270] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly [ 5262.999683] 80441 pages reserved [ 5263.001153] 0 pages hwpoisoned [ 5263.002612] Out of memory: Kill process 26226 (genxref) score 54 or sacrifice child [ 5263.004648] Killed process 26226 (genxref) total-vm:130348kB, anon-rss:94680kB, file-rss:4756kB, shmem-rss:0kB [ 5269.764580] kthreadd invoked oom-killer: order=2, oom_score_adj=0, gfp_mask=0x27000c0(GFP_KERNEL|GFP_NOTRACK|0x100000) [ 5269.767289] kthreadd cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0 [ 5269.768904] CPU: 2 PID: 2 Comm: kthreadd Not tainted 4.4.0-rc6-next-20151222 #255 [ 5269.770956] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/31/2013 [ 5269.773754] 0000000000000000 000000009cc7eb67 ffff88007cc1faa0 ffffffff81395bc3 [ 5269.776088] 0000000000000000 ffff88007cc1fb40 ffffffff811babac 0000000000000206 [ 5269.778213] ffffffff81810470 ffff88007cc1fae0 ffffffff810bce29 0000000000000206 [ 5269.780497] Call Trace: [ 5269.781796] [<ffffffff81395bc3>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x68 [ 5269.783634] [<ffffffff811babac>] dump_header+0x5b/0x3b0 [ 5269.786116] [<ffffffff810bce29>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xf9/0x1c0 [ 5269.788495] [<ffffffff810bcefd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [ 5269.790538] [<ffffffff81142646>] oom_kill_process+0x366/0x540 [ 5269.792755] [<ffffffff81142a5f>] out_of_memory+0x1ef/0x5a0 [ 5269.794784] [<ffffffff81142b1d>] ? out_of_memory+0x2ad/0x5a0 [ 5269.796848] [<ffffffff8114836d>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xb9d/0xd90 [ 5269.799038] [<ffffffff810bce00>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xd0/0x1c0 [ 5269.801073] [<ffffffff8114871c>] alloc_kmem_pages_node+0x4c/0xc0 [ 5269.803186] [<ffffffff8106c451>] copy_process.part.31+0x131/0x1b40 [ 5269.805249] [<ffffffff8108f590>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x230/0x230 [ 5269.807374] [<ffffffff8106e02b>] _do_fork+0xdb/0x5d0 [ 5269.809089] [<ffffffff81094a8a>] ? finish_task_switch+0x6a/0x2b0 [ 5269.811146] [<ffffffff8106e544>] kernel_thread+0x24/0x30 [ 5269.812944] [<ffffffff8109007c>] kthreadd+0x1bc/0x220 [ 5269.814698] [<ffffffff816fc89f>] ? ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 [ 5269.816330] [<ffffffff8108fec0>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60 [ 5269.818088] [<ffffffff816fc89f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 [ 5269.819685] [<ffffffff8108fec0>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60 [ 5269.821399] Mem-Info: [ 5269.822430] active_anon:14280 inactive_anon:2095 isolated_anon:0 [ 5269.822430] active_file:134344 inactive_file:134515 isolated_file:0 [ 5269.822430] unevictable:0 dirty:2 writeback:0 unstable:0 [ 5269.822430] slab_reclaimable:96214 slab_unreclaimable:22185 [ 5269.822430] mapped:3512 shmem:2166 pagetables:1368 bounce:0 [ 5269.822430] free:12388 free_pcp:51 free_cma:0 [ 5269.831310] Node 0 DMA free:6892kB min:44kB low:52kB high:64kB active_anon:856kB inactive_anon:200kB active_file:4kB inactive_file:4kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:15988kB managed:15904kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:32kB shmem:216kB slab_reclaimable:5556kB slab_unreclaimable:768kB kernel_stack:48kB pagetables:152kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no [ 5269.840580] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 1714 1714 1714 [ 5269.842107] Node 0 DMA32 free:42660kB min:5172kB low:6464kB high:7756kB active_anon:56264kB inactive_anon:8180kB active_file:537372kB inactive_file:538056kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:2080640kB managed:1758960kB mlocked:0kB dirty:8kB writeback:0kB mapped:14020kB shmem:8448kB slab_reclaimable:379300kB slab_unreclaimable:87972kB kernel_stack:3232kB pagetables:5320kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:204kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no [ 5269.852375] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 [ 5269.853784] Node 0 DMA: 67*4kB (ME) 60*8kB (UME) 72*16kB (ME) 22*32kB (ME) 13*64kB (UME) 5*128kB (UM) 5*256kB (UME) 3*512kB (UE) 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 6892kB [ 5269.858330] Node 0 DMA32: 10648*4kB (UME) 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 42592kB [ 5269.861551] Node 0 hugepages_total=0 hugepages_free=0 hugepages_surp=0 hugepages_size=2048kB [ 5269.863676] 271012 total pagecache pages [ 5269.865100] 0 pages in swap cache [ 5269.866366] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0 [ 5269.867996] Free swap = 0kB [ 5269.869363] Total swap = 0kB [ 5269.870593] 524157 pages RAM [ 5269.871857] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly [ 5269.873604] 80441 pages reserved [ 5269.874937] 0 pages hwpoisoned [ 5269.876207] Out of memory: Kill process 2710 (tuned) score 7 or sacrifice child [ 5269.878265] Killed process 2710 (tuned) total-vm:553052kB, anon-rss:10596kB, file-rss:2776kB, shmem-rss:0kB -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/