Messages in this thread | | | From | Ami Fischman <> | Date | Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:00:45 -0700 | Subject | Re: [patch] mm, oom: make a last minute check to prevent unnecessary memcg oom kills |
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:26 AM Robert Kolchmeyer <rkolchmeyer@google.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 3:54 PM David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote: > > > > Robert, could you elaborate on the user-visible effects of this issue that > > caused it to initially get reported? > > Ami (now cc'ed) knows more, but here is my understanding.
Robert's description of the mechanics we observed is accurate.
We discovered this regression in the oom-killer's behavior when attempting to upgrade our system. The fraction of the system that went unhealthy due to this issue was approximately equal to the _sum_ of all other causes of unhealth, which are many and varied, but each of which contribute only a small amount of unhealth. This issue forced a rollback to the previous kernel where we ~never see this behavior, returning our unhealth levels to the previous background levels.
Cheers, -a
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