mm/oom_kill.c: document oom_lock

Add comments describing oom_lock's scope.
Requested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180711120121.25635-1-mhocko@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

mm/oom_kill.c

@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
 int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
 int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks = 1;
 
+/*
+ * Serializes oom killer invocations (out_of_memory()) from all contexts to
+ * prevent from over eager oom killing (e.g. when the oom killer is invoked
+ * from different domains).
+ *
+ * oom_killer_disable() relies on this lock to stabilize oom_killer_disabled
+ * and mark_oom_victim
+ */
 DEFINE_MUTEX(oom_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA