Tejun Heo c2b42d3cad memcg: convert mem_cgroup->under_oom from atomic_t to int
memcg->under_oom tracks whether the memcg is under OOM conditions and is
an atomic_t counter managed with mem_cgroup_[un]mark_under_oom().  While
atomic_t appears to be simple synchronization-wise, when used as a
synchronization construct like here, it's trickier and more error-prone
due to weak memory ordering rules, especially around atomic_read(), and
false sense of security.

For example, both non-trivial read sites of memcg->under_oom are a bit
problematic although not being actually broken.

* mem_cgroup_oom_register_event()

  It isn't explicit what guarantees the memory ordering between event
  addition and memcg->under_oom check.  This isn't broken only because
  memcg_oom_lock is used for both event list and memcg->oom_lock.

* memcg_oom_recover()

  The lockless test doesn't have any explanation why this would be
  safe.

mem_cgroup_[un]mark_under_oom() are very cold paths and there's no point
in avoiding locking memcg_oom_lock there.  This patch converts
memcg->under_oom from atomic_t to int, puts their modifications under
memcg_oom_lock and documents why the lockless test in
memcg_oom_recover() is safe.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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