Re: [RFC Patch V1 09/30] mm, memcg: Use cpu_to_mem()/numa_mem_id() to support memoryless node

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 11-07-14 15:37:26, Jiang Liu wrote:
> When CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES is enabled, cpu_to_node()/numa_node_id()
> may return a node without memory, and later cause system failure/panic
> when calling kmalloc_node() and friends with returned node id.
> So use cpu_to_mem()/numa_mem_id() instead to get the nearest node with
> memory for the/current cpu.
> 
> If CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES is disabled, cpu_to_mem()/numa_mem_id()
> is the same as cpu_to_node()/numa_node_id().

The change makes difference only for really tiny memcgs. If we really
have all pages on unevictable list or anon with no swap allowed and that
is the reason why no node is set in scan_nodes mask then reclaiming
memoryless node or any arbitrary close one doesn't make any difference.
The current memcg might not have any memory on that node at all.

So the change doesn't make any practical difference and the changelog is
misleading.

> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index a2c7bcb0e6eb..d6c4b7255ca9 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  	 * we use curret node.
>  	 */
>  	if (unlikely(node == MAX_NUMNODES))
> -		node = numa_node_id();
> +		node = numa_mem_id();
>  
>  	memcg->last_scanned_node = node;
>  	return node;
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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