[BUGFIX][PATCH] memcg: fix deadlock between lock_page_cgroup andmapping tree_lock

From: Daisuke Nishimura
Date: Wed May 13 2009 - 00:36:24 EST


mapping->tree_lock can be aquired from interrupt context.
Then, following dead lock can occur.

Assume "A" as a page.

CPU0:
lock_page_cgroup(A)
interrupted
-> take mapping->tree_lock.
CPU1:
take mapping->tree_lock
-> lock_page_cgroup(A)

This patch tries to fix above deadlock by moving memcg's hook to out of
mapping->tree_lock.
charge/uncharge of pagecache/swapcache is protected by page lock, not tree_lock.

After this patch, lock_page_cgroup() is not called under mapping->tree_lock.

Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 5 +++++
mm/filemap.c | 6 +++---
mm/memcontrol.c | 4 +++-
mm/swap_state.c | 4 +---
mm/truncate.c | 1 +
mm/vmscan.c | 2 ++
6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index caf0767..6ea541d 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ static inline swp_entry_t get_swap_page(void)
#define has_swap_token(x) 0
#define disable_swap_token() do { } while(0)

+static inline void
+mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t ent)
+{
+}
+
#endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
#endif /* __KERNEL__*/
#endif /* _LINUX_SWAP_H */
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 379ff0b..1b60f30 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ void __remove_from_page_cache(struct page *page)
mapping->nrpages--;
__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
BUG_ON(page_mapped(page));
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);

/*
* Some filesystems seem to re-dirty the page even after
@@ -145,6 +144,7 @@ void remove_from_page_cache(struct page *page)
spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
__remove_from_page_cache(page);
spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
}

static int sync_page(void *word)
@@ -476,13 +476,13 @@ int add_to_page_cache_locked(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
if (likely(!error)) {
mapping->nrpages++;
__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
} else {
page->mapping = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
page_cache_release(page);
}
-
- spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
radix_tree_preload_end();
} else
mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 0c9c1ad..89523cf 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1488,8 +1488,9 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(struct page *page)
__mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(page, MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_CACHE);
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
/*
- * called from __delete_from_swap_cache() and drop "page" account.
+ * called after __delete_from_swap_cache() and drop "page" account.
* memcg information is recorded to swap_cgroup of "ent"
*/
void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t ent)
@@ -1506,6 +1507,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t ent)
if (memcg)
css_put(&memcg->css);
}
+#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP
/*
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index e389ef2..7624c89 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask)
*/
void __delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page)
{
- swp_entry_t ent = {.val = page_private(page)};
-
VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
VM_BUG_ON(!PageSwapCache(page));
VM_BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ void __delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page)
total_swapcache_pages--;
__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
INC_CACHE_INFO(del_total);
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(page, ent);
}

/**
@@ -191,6 +188,7 @@ void delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page)
__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);

+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(page, entry);
swap_free(entry);
page_cache_release(page);
}
diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 55206fa..12e1579 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ invalidate_complete_page2(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
BUG_ON(page_has_private(page));
__remove_from_page_cache(page);
spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
page_cache_release(page); /* pagecache ref */
return 1;
failed:
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 337be66..a7d7a06 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -470,10 +470,12 @@ static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(page, swap);
swap_free(swap);
} else {
__remove_from_page_cache(page);
spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
}

return 1;
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