Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: fsnotify: account fsnotify metadata to kmemcg

From: Amir Goldstein
Date: Tue Jun 26 2018 - 01:49:58 EST

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 2:06 AM, Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A lot of memory can be consumed by the events generated for the huge or
> unlimited queues if there is either no or slow listener. This can cause
> system level memory pressure or OOMs. So, it's better to account the
> fsnotify kmem caches to the memcg of the listener.
>
> However the listener can be in a different memcg than the memcg of the
> producer and these allocations happen in the context of the event
> producer. This patch introduces remote memcg charging scope API which the
> producer can use to charge the allocations to the memcg of the listener.
>
> There are seven fsnotify kmem caches and among them allocations from
> dnotify_struct_cache, dnotify_mark_cache, fanotify_mark_cache and
> inotify_inode_mark_cachep happens in the context of syscall from the
> listener. So, SLAB_ACCOUNT is enough for these caches.
>
> The objects from fsnotify_mark_connector_cachep are not accounted as they
> are small compared to the notification mark or events and it is unclear
> whom to account connector to since it is shared by all events attached to
> the inode.
>
> The allocations from the event caches happen in the context of the event
> producer. For such caches we will need to remote charge the allocations
> to the listener's memcg. Thus we save the memcg reference in the
> fsnotify_group structure of the listener.
>
> This patch has also moved the members of fsnotify_group to keep the size
> same, at least for 64 bit build, even with additional member by filling
> the holes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog since v6:
> - Removed Jan's ACK as the code has changed a lot
> - Squashed the separate remote charging API path into this one
> - Removed kmalloc* & kmem_cache_alloc* APIs and only kept the scope API
> - Changed fsnotify remote charging code to use scope API
>
> Changelog since v5:
> - None
>
> Changelog since v4:
> - Fixed the build for CONFIG_MEMCG=n
>
> Changelog since v3:
> - Rebased over Jan's patches.
> - Some cleanup based on Amir's comments.
>
> Changelog since v2:
> - None
>
> Changelog since v1:
> - no more charging fsnotify_mark_connector objects
> - Fixed the build for SLOB
>
> fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c | 5 ++--
> fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c | 17 ++++++++++--
> fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 5 +++-
> fs/notify/group.c | 4 +++
> fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c | 15 +++++++++-
> fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 5 +++-
> include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 12 +++++---
> include/linux/memcontrol.h | 7 +++++
> include/linux/sched.h | 3 ++
> include/linux/sched/mm.h | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/fork.c | 3 ++
> mm/memcontrol.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 12 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
> index e2bea2ac5dfb..a6365e6bc047 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
> @@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
>
> static int __init dnotify_init(void)
> {
> - dnotify_struct_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_struct, SLAB_PANIC);
> - dnotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC);
> + dnotify_struct_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_struct,
> + SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
> + dnotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
>
> dnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&dnotify_fsnotify_ops);
> if (IS_ERR(dnotify_group))
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
> index f90842efea13..d6dfcf0ec21f 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/wait.h>
> #include <linux/audit.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
>
> #include "fanotify.h"
>
> @@ -140,8 +141,9 @@ struct fanotify_event_info *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
> struct inode *inode, u32 mask,
> const struct path *path)
> {
> - struct fanotify_event_info *event;
> + struct fanotify_event_info *event = NULL;
> gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL;
> + struct mem_cgroup *old_memcg = NULL;
>
> /*
> * For queues with unlimited length lost events are not expected and
> @@ -151,19 +153,25 @@ struct fanotify_event_info *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
> if (group->max_events == UINT_MAX)
> gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
>
> + /* Whoever is interested in the event, pays for the allocation. */
> + if (group->memcg) {
> + gfp |= __GFP_ACCOUNT;
> + old_memcg = memalloc_use_memcg(group->memcg);
> + }
> +
> if (fanotify_is_perm_event(mask)) {
> struct fanotify_perm_event_info *pevent;
>
> pevent = kmem_cache_alloc(fanotify_perm_event_cachep, gfp);
> if (!pevent)
> - return NULL;
> + goto out;
> event = &pevent->fae;
> pevent->response = 0;
> goto init;
> }
> event = kmem_cache_alloc(fanotify_event_cachep, gfp);
> if (!event)
> - return NULL;
> + goto out;
> init: __maybe_unused
> fsnotify_init_event(&event->fse, inode, mask);
> event->tgid = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
> @@ -174,6 +182,9 @@ init: __maybe_unused
> event->path.mnt = NULL;
> event->path.dentry = NULL;
> }
> +out:
> + if (group->memcg)
> + memalloc_unuse_memcg(old_memcg);
> return event;
> }
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> index ec4d8c59d0e3..0cf45041dc32 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> #include <linux/compat.h>
> #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> +#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>
> #include <asm/ioctls.h>
>
> @@ -756,6 +757,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
>
> group->fanotify_data.user = user;
> atomic_inc(&user->fanotify_listeners);
> + group->memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
>
> oevent = fanotify_alloc_event(group, NULL, FS_Q_OVERFLOW, NULL);
> if (unlikely(!oevent)) {
> @@ -957,7 +959,8 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(fanotify_mark,
> */
> static int __init fanotify_user_setup(void)
> {
> - fanotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(fsnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC);
> + fanotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(fsnotify_mark,
> + SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
> fanotify_event_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(fanotify_event_info, SLAB_PANIC);
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS)) {
> fanotify_perm_event_cachep =
> diff --git a/fs/notify/group.c b/fs/notify/group.c
> index aa5468f23e45..cbcda1cb9a74 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/group.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/group.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #include <linux/srcu.h>
> #include <linux/rculist.h>
> #include <linux/wait.h>
> +#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>
> #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
> #include "fsnotify.h"
> @@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ static void fsnotify_final_destroy_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
> if (group->ops->free_group_priv)
> group->ops->free_group_priv(group);
>
> + if (group->memcg)
> + mem_cgroup_put(group->memcg);
> +
> kfree(group);
> }
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
> index 9ab6dde38a14..73b4d6c55497 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> #include <linux/sched/user.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
>
> #include "inotify.h"
>
> @@ -73,9 +74,11 @@ int inotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
> struct inotify_inode_mark *i_mark;
> struct inotify_event_info *event;
> struct fsnotify_event *fsn_event;
> + struct mem_cgroup *old_memcg = NULL;
> int ret;
> int len = 0;
> int alloc_len = sizeof(struct inotify_event_info);
> + gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL;
>
> if (WARN_ON(fsnotify_iter_vfsmount_mark(iter_info)))
> return 0;
> @@ -98,7 +101,17 @@ int inotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
> i_mark = container_of(inode_mark, struct inotify_inode_mark,
> fsn_mark);
>
> - event = kmalloc(alloc_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> + /* Whoever is interested in the event, pays for the allocation. */
> + if (group->memcg) {
> + gfp |= __GFP_ACCOUNT;
> + old_memcg = memalloc_use_memcg(group->memcg);
> + }
> +
> + event = kmalloc(alloc_len, gfp);
> +
> + if (group->memcg)
> + memalloc_unuse_memcg(old_memcg);
> +
> if (unlikely(!event)) {
> /*
> * Treat lost event due to ENOMEM the same way as queue
> diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> index 1cf5b779d862..749c46ababa0 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
> #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> #include <linux/poll.h>
> #include <linux/wait.h>
> +#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>
> #include "inotify.h"
> #include "../fdinfo.h"
> @@ -636,6 +637,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_group *inotify_new_group(unsigned int max_events)
> oevent->name_len = 0;
>
> group->max_events = max_events;
> + group->memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
>
> spin_lock_init(&group->inotify_data.idr_lock);
> idr_init(&group->inotify_data.idr);
> @@ -808,7 +810,8 @@ static int __init inotify_user_setup(void)
>
> BUG_ON(hweight32(ALL_INOTIFY_BITS) != 21);
>
> - inotify_inode_mark_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(inotify_inode_mark, SLAB_PANIC);
> + inotify_inode_mark_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(inotify_inode_mark,
> + SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
>
> inotify_max_queued_events = 16384;
> init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_INOTIFY_INSTANCES] = 128;
> diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
> index b38964a7a521..a0c4790c5302 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
> @@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ struct fsnotify_event_private_data;
> struct fsnotify_fname;
> struct fsnotify_iter_info;
>
> +struct mem_cgroup;
> +
> /*
> * Each group much define these ops. The fsnotify infrastructure will call
> * these operations for each relevant group.
> @@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ struct fsnotify_event {
> * everything will be cleaned up.
> */
> struct fsnotify_group {
> + const struct fsnotify_ops *ops; /* how this group handles things */
> +
> /*
> * How the refcnt is used is up to each group. When the refcnt hits 0
> * fsnotify will clean up all of the resources associated with this group.
> @@ -137,8 +141,6 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
> */
> refcount_t refcnt; /* things with interest in this group */
>
> - const struct fsnotify_ops *ops; /* how this group handles things */
> -
> /* needed to send notification to userspace */
> spinlock_t notification_lock; /* protect the notification_list */
> struct list_head notification_list; /* list of event_holder this group needs to send to userspace */
> @@ -160,6 +162,8 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
> atomic_t num_marks; /* 1 for each mark and 1 for not being
> * past the point of no return when freeing
> * a group */
> + atomic_t user_waits; /* Number of tasks waiting for user
> + * response */
> struct list_head marks_list; /* all inode marks for this group */
>
> struct fasync_struct *fsn_fa; /* async notification */
> @@ -167,8 +171,8 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
> struct fsnotify_event *overflow_event; /* Event we queue when the
> * notification list is too
> * full */
> - atomic_t user_waits; /* Number of tasks waiting for user
> - * response */
> +
> + struct mem_cgroup *memcg; /* memcg to charge allocations */
>
> /* groups can define private fields here or use the void *private */
> union {
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> index 3607913032be..6c857be8a9b7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ struct lruvec *mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(struct page *, struct pglist_data *);
> bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
> struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p);
>
> +struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
> +
> static inline
> struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css){
> return css ? container_of(css, struct mem_cgroup, css) : NULL;
> @@ -857,6 +859,11 @@ static inline bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
> return true;
> }
>
> +static inline struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +{
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> static inline void mem_cgroup_put(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> {
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index 87bf02d93a27..9cba7f874443 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -1149,6 +1149,9 @@ struct task_struct {
>
> /* Number of pages to reclaim on returning to userland: */
> unsigned int memcg_nr_pages_over_high;
> +
> + /* Used by memcontrol for targeted memcg charge: */
> + struct mem_cgroup *active_memcg;
> #endif
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_UPROBES
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
> index 44d356f5e47c..75f2d6ee2b72 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
> @@ -248,6 +248,47 @@ static inline void memalloc_noreclaim_restore(unsigned int flags)
> current->flags = (current->flags & ~PF_MEMALLOC) | flags;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
> +/**
> + * memalloc_use_memcg - Starts the remote memcg charging scope.
> + * @memcg: memcg to charge.
> + *
> + * This function marks the beginning of the remote memcg charging scope. All the
> + * __GFP_ACCOUNT allocations till the end of the scope will be charged to the
> + * given memcg. Passing NULL will disable the remote memcg charging of the outer
> + * scope.
> + */
> +static inline struct mem_cgroup *memalloc_use_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +{
> + struct mem_cgroup *old_memcg = current->active_memcg;
> +
> + current->active_memcg = memcg;
> + return old_memcg;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * memalloc_unuse_memcg - Ends the remote memcg charging scope.
> + * @memcg: outer scope memcg to restore.
> + *
> + * This function marks the end of the remote memcg charging scope started by
> + * memalloc_use_memcg(). Always make sure the given memcg is the return valure
> + * from the pairing memalloc_use_memcg call.
> + */
> +static inline void memalloc_unuse_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +{
> + current->active_memcg = memcg;
> +}

The verb 'unuse' takes an argument memcg and 'uses' it - too weird.
You can use 'override'/'revert' verbs like override_creds or just call
memalloc_use_memcg(old_memcg) since there is no reference taken
anyway in use_memcg and no reference released in unuse_memcg.

Otherwise looks good to me.

Thanks,
Amir,

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