mm/oom_kill: change comment and rename is_dump_unreclaim_slabs()
authorHui Su <sh_def@163.com>
Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:12:49 +0000 (19:12 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:13:45 +0000 (12:13 -0800)
Change the comment of is_dump_unreclaim_slabs(), it just check whether
nr_unreclaimable slabs amount is greater than user memory, and explain why
we dump unreclaim slabs.

Rename it to should_dump_unreclaim_slab() maybe better.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201030182704.GA53949@rlk
Signed-off-by: Hui Su <sh_def@163.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/oom_kill.c

index 8b84661a641090aa4993bb69710e69643382873b..04b19b7b5435bf9827b7139503180e0ce2da6d12 100644 (file)
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ static bool oom_unkillable_task(struct task_struct *p)
        return false;
 }
 
-/*
- * Print out unreclaimble slabs info when unreclaimable slabs amount is greater
- * than all user memory (LRU pages)
- */
-static bool is_dump_unreclaim_slabs(void)
+/**
+ * Check whether unreclaimable slab amount is greater than
+ * all user memory(LRU pages).
+ * dump_unreclaimable_slab() could help in the case that
+ * oom due to too much unreclaimable slab used by kernel.
+*/
+static bool should_dump_unreclaim_slab(void)
 {
        unsigned long nr_lru;
 
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ static void dump_header(struct oom_control *oc, struct task_struct *p)
                mem_cgroup_print_oom_meminfo(oc->memcg);
        else {
                show_mem(SHOW_MEM_FILTER_NODES, oc->nodemask);
-               if (is_dump_unreclaim_slabs())
+               if (should_dump_unreclaim_slab())
                        dump_unreclaimable_slab();
        }
        if (sysctl_oom_dump_tasks)