Re: [PATCH 3/3] dcache: account external names as indirectly reclaimable memory

From: Al Viro
Date: Mon Mar 12 2018 - 17:17:53 EST


On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 01:37:43PM +0000, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
> index 5c7df1df81ff..a0312d73f575 100644
> --- a/fs/dcache.c
> +++ b/fs/dcache.c
> @@ -273,8 +273,16 @@ static void __d_free(struct rcu_head *head)
> static void __d_free_external(struct rcu_head *head)
> {
> struct dentry *dentry = container_of(head, struct dentry, d_u.d_rcu);
> - kfree(external_name(dentry));
> - kmem_cache_free(dentry_cache, dentry);
> + struct external_name *name = external_name(dentry);
> + unsigned long bytes;
> +
> + bytes = dentry->d_name.len + offsetof(struct external_name, name[1]);
> + mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(virt_to_page(name)),
> + NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES,
> + -kmalloc_size(kmalloc_index(bytes)));
> +
> + kfree(name);
> + kmem_cache_free(dentry_cache, dentry);
> }

That can't be right - external names can be freed in release_dentry_name_snapshot()
and copy_name() as well. When do you want kfree_rcu() paths accounted for, BTW?
At the point where we are freeing them, or where we are scheduling their freeing?