Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH] add mem_cgroup_replace_page_cache.

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Dec 07 2011 - 06:14:59 EST


On Tue 06-12-11 12:39:23, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>
> Hm, is this too naive ? better idea is welcome.
> ==
> From 33638351c5cd28af9f47f9ab1c44eeb1f63d9964 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:32:32 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] memcg: add mem_cgroup_replace_page_cache() for fixing LRU issue.
>
> commit ef6a3c6311 adds a function replace_page_cache_page(). This
> function replaces a page in radix-tree with a new page.
> At doing this, memory cgroup need to fix up the accounting information.
> memcg need to check PCG_USED bit etc.
>
> In some(many?) case, 'newpage' is on LRU before calling replace_page_cache().
> So, memcg's LRU accounting information should be fixed, too.
>
> This patch adds mem_cgroup_replace_page_cache() and removing old hooks.
> In that function, old pages will be unaccounted without touching res_counter
> and new page will be accounted to the memcg (of old page). At overwriting
> pc->mem_cgroup of newpage, take zone->lru_lock and avoid race with
> LRU handling.
>
> Background:
> replace_page_cache_page() is called by FUSE code in its splice() handling.
> Here, 'newpage' is replacing oldpage but this newpage is not a newly allocated
> page and may be on LRU. LRU mis-accounting will be critical for memory cgroup
> because rmdir() checks the whole LRU is empty and there is no account leak.
> If a page is on the other LRU than it should be, rmdir() will fail.
>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/memcontrol.h | 6 ++++++
> mm/filemap.c | 18 ++----------------
> mm/memcontrol.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
[...]
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 8880a32..a9e92a6 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -3306,6 +3306,47 @@ void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> cgroup_release_and_wakeup_rmdir(&memcg->css);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * At replace page cache, newpage is not under any memcg but it's on
> + * LRU. So, this function doesn't touch res_counter but handles LRU
> + * in correct way.

Could you add?
Both pages are locked so we cannot race with uncharge

> + */
> +void mem_cgroup_replace_page_cache(struct page *oldpage,
> + struct page *newpage)
> +{
> + struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> + struct page_cgroup *pc;
> + struct zone *zone;
> + enum charge_type type = MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_CACHE;
> + unsigned long flags;
> +

You are missing
if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
return;

> + pc = lookup_page_cgroup(oldpage);
> + /* fix accounting on old pages */
> + lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> + memcg = pc->mem_cgroup;
> + mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(memcg, PageCgroupCache(pc), -1);
> + ClearPageCgroupUsed(pc);
> + unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +
> + if (PageSwapBacked(oldpage))
> + type = MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_SHMEM;
> +
> + zone = page_zone(newpage);
> + pc = lookup_page_cgroup(newpage);
> + /*
> + * Even if newpage->mapping was NULL before starting replacement,
> + * the newpage may be on LRU(or pagevec for LRU) already. We lock
> + * LRU while we overwrite pc->mem_cgroup.
> + */
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
> + if (PageLRU(newpage))
> + del_page_from_lru_list(zone, newpage, page_lru(newpage));
> + __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(memcg, newpage, 1, pc, type);
> + if (PageLRU(newpage))
> + add_page_to_lru_list(zone, newpage, page_lru(newpage));
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
> +}
> +

Other than that looks ok.

Thanks
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9
Czech Republic
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