Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] zswap: memcg accounting

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Wed May 11 2022 - 15:07:05 EST


On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 07:32:18PM +0200, Michal Koutný wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:28:47AM -0400, Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +void obj_cgroup_charge_zswap(struct obj_cgroup *objcg, size_t size)
> > +{
> > + struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> > +
> > + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC));
> > +
> > + /* PF_MEMALLOC context, charging must succeed */
> > + if (obj_cgroup_charge(objcg, GFP_KERNEL, size))
> > + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
>
> IIUC, the objcg is derived from the compressed page, i.e. same memcg
> (reparenting neglected for now). This memcg's memory.current is then
> charged with the compressed object size.

Correct. After which the uncompressed page is reclaimed and uncharged.
So the zswapout process will reduce the charge bottom line.

> Do I get it right that memory.zswap.current is a subset of memory.current?
>
> (And that zswap is limited both by memory.max and memory.zswap.max?)

Yes. Zswap is a memory consumer, and we want the compressed part of a
workload's memory to show up in the total memory footprint.

memory.zswap.* are there to configure zswap policy, within the
boundaries of available memory - it's by definition a subset.