[PATCH 4/8] net: tcp_memcontrol: remove bogus hierarchy pressure propagation

[Johannes Weiner]

When a cgroup currently breaches its socket memory limit, it enters
memory pressure mode for itself and its *parents*. This throttles
transmission in unrelated groups that have nothing to do with the
breached limit.

On the contrary, breaching a limit should make that group and its
*children* enter memory pressure mode. But this happens already,
albeit lazily: if a parent limit is breached, siblings will enter
memory pressure on their own once the next packet arrives for them.

So no additional hierarchy code is needed. Remove the bogus stuff.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/net/sock.h | 19 ++++---------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 59a7196..d541bed 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1152,14 +1152,8 @@ static inline void sk_leave_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 	if (*memory_pressure)
 		*memory_pressure = 0;
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_cgrp) {
-		struct cg_proto *cg_proto = sk->sk_cgrp;
-		struct proto *prot = sk->sk_prot;
-
-		for (; cg_proto; cg_proto = parent_cg_proto(prot, cg_proto))
-			cg_proto->memory_pressure = 0;
-	}
-
+	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_cgrp)
+		sk->sk_cgrp->memory_pressure = 0;
 }
 
 static inline void sk_enter_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
@@ -1167,13 +1161,8 @@ static inline void sk_enter_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 	if (!sk->sk_prot->enter_memory_pressure)
 		return;
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_cgrp) {
-		struct cg_proto *cg_proto = sk->sk_cgrp;
-		struct proto *prot = sk->sk_prot;
-
-		for (; cg_proto; cg_proto = parent_cg_proto(prot, cg_proto))
-			cg_proto->memory_pressure = 1;
-	}
+	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_cgrp)
+		sk->sk_cgrp->memory_pressure = 1;
 
 	sk->sk_prot->enter_memory_pressure(sk);
 }
-- 
2.6.2

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/