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SubjectRe: [PATCH] percpu: Allow to kill tasks doing pcpu_alloc() and waiting for pcpu_balance_workfn()
Hello, Andrew.

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 01:56:31PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> It would benefit from a comment explaining why we're doing this (it's
> for the oom-killer).

Will add.

> My memory is weak and our documentation is awful. What does
> mutex_lock_killable() actually do and how does it differ from
> mutex_lock_interruptible()? Userspace tasks can run pcpu_alloc() and I

IIRC, killable listens only to SIGKILL.

> wonder if there's any way in which a userspace-delivered signal can
> disrupt another userspace task's memory allocation attempt?

Hmm... maybe. Just honoring SIGKILL *should* be fine but the alloc
failure paths might be broken, so there are some risks. Given that
the cases where userspace tasks end up allocation percpu memory is
pretty limited and/or priviledged (like mount, bpf), I don't think the
risks are high tho.

Thanks.

--
tejun

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