[PATCH] mm: memcontrol: fix root_mem_cgroup charging

[Muchun Song]

The below scenario can cause the page counters of the root_mem_cgroup
to be out of balance.

CPU0:                                   CPU1:

objcg = get_obj_cgroup_from_current()
obj_cgroup_charge_pages(objcg)
                                        memcg_reparent_objcgs()
                                            // reparent to root_mem_cgroup
                                            WRITE_ONCE(iter->memcg, parent)
    // memcg == root_mem_cgroup
    memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_objcg(objcg)
    // do not charge to the root_mem_cgroup
    try_charge(memcg)

obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages(objcg)
    memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_objcg(objcg)
    // uncharge from the root_mem_cgroup
    page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memory)

This can cause the page counter to be less than the actual value,
Although we do not display the value (mem_cgroup_usage) so there
shouldn't be any actual problem, but there is a WARN_ON_ONCE in
the page_counter_cancel(). Who knows if it will trigger? So it
is better to fix it.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/memcontrol.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 1e68a9992b01..81b54bd9b9e0 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2686,8 +2686,8 @@ void mem_cgroup_handle_over_high(void)
 	css_put(&memcg->css);
 }
 
-static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-		      unsigned int nr_pages)
+static int __try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+			unsigned int nr_pages)
 {
 	unsigned int batch = max(MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH, nr_pages);
 	int nr_retries = MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES;
@@ -2699,8 +2699,6 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	bool drained = false;
 	unsigned long pflags;
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
-		return 0;
 retry:
 	if (consume_stock(memcg, nr_pages))
 		return 0;
@@ -2880,6 +2878,15 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+			     unsigned int nr_pages)
+{
+	if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
+		return 0;
+
+	return __try_charge(memcg, gfp_mask, nr_pages);
+}
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) || defined(CONFIG_MMU)
 static void cancel_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
 {
@@ -3125,7 +3132,7 @@ static int obj_cgroup_charge_pages(struct obj_cgroup *objcg, gfp_t gfp,
 
 	memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_objcg(objcg);
 
-	ret = try_charge(memcg, gfp, nr_pages);
+	ret = __try_charge(memcg, gfp, nr_pages);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-- 
2.11.0