Re: [PATCH v2] mm: memcg: reset zswap settings in css_reset

From: Tao Cui

Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 00:08:02 EST


在 2026/7/2 10:48, Jiayuan Chen 写道:
> From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> mem_cgroup_css_reset() is called when the memory controller is disabled
> on a cgroup but the memcg cannot be destroyed because it is pinned by a
> subsystem dependency -- for example, the io controller declares
> .depends_on = 1 << memory_cgrp_id, so memory remains in the cgroup_ss_mask
> and the css is hidden rather than killed.
>
> The purpose of css_reset is to revert the memcg to its vanilla state so
> that no policies are applied and the css can be safely made visible again
> later. Currently, all page counters (memory.max, swap.max, kmem.max,
> tcpmem.max) and other limits (soft_limit, memory.high, swap.high) are
> reset to their defaults, but zswap_max and zswap_writeback are not.
>
> These fields are initialized in css_alloc (zswap_max = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX,
> zswap_writeback inherited from parent) but were missing from css_reset.
> As a result, stale zswap policies remain in effect after css_reset: the
> zswap charge path (obj_cgroup_may_zswap) continues to enforce the old
> zswap_max limit, and the writeback path continues to honor the old
> zswap_writeback setting, even though the memory controller has been
> "disabled" on this cgroup.
>
> Reset zswap_max to PAGE_COUNTER_MAX and zswap_writeback to true, matching
> their defaults in css_alloc.
>
> Test:
> echo "+memory +io" > /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.subtree_control
>
> mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test
> mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test/child
>
> echo "+memory +io" > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.subtree_control
> echo 10000 > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/child/memory.zswap.max
>
> # child/memory.swap.max and child/memory.zswam.max disappear
> echo "-memory" > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.subtree_control
>

Looks good to me.

One trivial nit on the commit message (not the patch):
# child/memory.swap.max and child/memory.zswam.max disappear
zswam -> zswap

Reviewed-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

> # re-enable memory control
> echo "+memory" > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.subtree_control
>
> # before this patch
> cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/child/memory.zswap.max
> 8192
>
> # after this patch, same as memory.swap.max
> cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/child/memory.zswap.max
> max
>
> Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1 -> v2 : add WRITE_ONCE.
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260630100832.107062-1-jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index d20ffc827306..c20ef3c1d6fe 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -4362,6 +4362,10 @@ static void mem_cgroup_css_reset(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
>
> page_counter_set_max(&memcg->memory, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
> page_counter_set_max(&memcg->swap, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZSWAP
> + WRITE_ONCE(memcg->zswap_max, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
> + WRITE_ONCE(memcg->zswap_writeback, true);
> +#endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
> page_counter_set_max(&memcg->kmem, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
> page_counter_set_max(&memcg->tcpmem, PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);