Re: [PATCH] uprobes: Add mem_cgroup_charge_anon() into uprobe_write_opcode()

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Wed May 21 2014 - 06:05:29 EST


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> [2014-05-05 17:13:20]:

> Hugh says:
>
> The one I noticed was that it forgets all about memcg (because
> it was copied from KSM, and there the replacement page has already
> been charged to a memcg). See how mm/memory.c do_anonymous_page()
> does a mem_cgroup_charge_anon().
>
> Hopefully not a big problem, uprobes is a system-wide thing and only
> root can insert the probes. But I agree, should be fixed anyway.
>
> Add mem_cgroup_{un,}charge_anon() into uprobe_write_opcode(). To simplify
> the error handling (and avoid the new "uncharge" label) the patch also
> moves anon_vma_prepare() up before we alloc/charge the new page.
>
> While at it fix the comment about ->mmap_sem, it is held for write.
>
> Suggested-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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