Re: ##freemail## Re: [PATCH] cgroup: disable controllers at parse time

From: NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一)
Date: Tue May 18 2021 - 19:28:27 EST


On 2021/05/19 4:54, Yang Shi wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:13 AM Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 1:19 PM Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> This patch effectively reverts the commit a3e72739b7a7 ("cgroup: fix
>>> too early usage of static_branch_disable()"). The commit 6041186a3258
>>> ("init: initialize jump labels before command line option parsing") has
>>> moved the jump_label_init() before parse_args() which has made the
>>> commit a3e72739b7a7 unnecessary. On the other hand there are
>>> consequences of disabling the controllers later as there are subsystems
>>> doing the controller checks for different decisions. One such incident
>>> is reported [1] regarding the memory controller and its impact on memory
>>> reclaim code.
>>>
>>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/921e53f3-4b13-aab8-4a9e-e83ff15371e4@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reported-by: NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一) <junichi.nomura@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> Nomura, I think you have already tested this patch, so, can you please
>> add your tested-by tag?

Sure, I have confirmed the problem still occurs with v5.13-rc2 and it
disappeared with your patch.

So,
Tested-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <junichi.nomura@xxxxxxx>

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