[PATCH 0/4] memcg: accounting for objects allocated by mkdir cgroup

[Vasily Averin]

Below is tracing results of mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/vvs.test on 
4cpu VM with Fedora and self-complied upstream kernel. The calculations
are not precise, it depends on kernel config options, number of cpus,
enabled controllers, ignores possible page allocations etc.
However this is enough to clarify the general situation:
- Total sum of accounted memory is ~60Kb.
- Accounted only 2 huge percpu allocation marked '=', ~18Kb.
  (and can be 0 without memory controller)
- kernfs nodes and iattrs are among the main memory consumers.
   they are marked '+' to be accounted.
- cgroup_mkdir always allocates 4Kb,
   so I think it should be accounted first too.
- mem_cgroup_css_alloc allocations consumes 10K,
   it's enough to be accounted, especially for VMs with 1-2 CPUs
- Almost all other allocations are quite small and can be ignored.
  Exceptions are percpu allocations in alloc_fair_sched_group(),
   this can consume a significant amount of memory on nodes
   with multiple processors.
- kernfs nodes consumes ~6Kb memory inside simple_xattr_set() 
   and simple_xattr_alloc(). This is quite high numbers,
   but is not critical, and I think we can ignore it at the moment.
- If all proposed memory will be accounted it gives us ~47Kb, 
   or ~75% of all allocated memory.

number	bytes	$1*$2	sum	note	call_site
of	alloc
allocs
------------------------------------------------------------
1       14448   14448   14448   =       percpu_alloc_percpu:
1       8192    8192    22640   +       (mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0x54)
49      128     6272    28912   +       (__kernfs_new_node+0x4e)
49      96      4704    33616   ?       (simple_xattr_alloc+0x2c)
49      88      4312    37928   +       (__kernfs_iattrs+0x56)
1       4096    4096    42024   +       (cgroup_mkdir+0xc7)
1       3840    3840    45864   =       percpu_alloc_percpu:
4       512     2048    47912   +       (alloc_fair_sched_group+0x166)
4       512     2048    49960   +       (alloc_fair_sched_group+0x139)
1       2048    2048    52008   +       (mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0x109)
49      32      1568    53576   ?       (simple_xattr_set+0x5b)
2       584     1168    54744		(radix_tree_node_alloc.constprop.0+0x8d)
1       1024    1024    55768           (cpuset_css_alloc+0x30)
1       1024    1024    56792           (alloc_shrinker_info+0x79)
1       768     768     57560           percpu_alloc_percpu:
1       640     640     58200           (sched_create_group+0x1c)
33      16      528     58728           (__kernfs_new_node+0x31)
1       512     512     59240           (pids_css_alloc+0x1b)
1       512     512     59752           (blkcg_css_alloc+0x39)
9       48      432     60184           percpu_alloc_percpu:
13      32      416     60600           (__kernfs_new_node+0x31)
1       384     384     60984           percpu_alloc_percpu:
1       256     256     61240           (perf_cgroup_css_alloc+0x1c)
1       192     192     61432           percpu_alloc_percpu:
1       64      64      61496           (mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0x363)
1       32      32      61528           (ioprio_alloc_cpd+0x39)
1       32      32      61560           (ioc_cpd_alloc+0x39)
1       32      32      61592           (blkcg_css_alloc+0x6b)
1       32      32      61624           (alloc_fair_sched_group+0x52)
1       32      32      61656           (alloc_fair_sched_group+0x2e)
3       8       24      61680           (__kernfs_new_node+0x31)
3       8       24      61704           (alloc_cpumask_var_node+0x1b)
1       24      24      61728           percpu_alloc_percpu:

This patch-set enables accounting for required resources.
I would like to discuss the patches with cgroup developers and maintainers,
then I'm going re-send approved patches to subsystem maintainers.

Vasily Averin (4):
  memcg: enable accounting for large allocations in mem_cgroup_css_alloc
  memcg: enable accounting for kernfs nodes and iattrs
  memcg: enable accounting for struct cgroup
  memcg: enable accounting for allocations in alloc_fair_sched_group

 fs/kernfs/mount.c      | 6 ++++--
 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 2 +-
 kernel/sched/fair.c    | 4 ++--
 mm/memcontrol.c        | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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