Re: [PATCH] mm/vmscan: respect cpuset policy during page demotion

From: Waiman Long
Date: Wed Oct 26 2022 - 10:36:50 EST


On 10/26/22 03:43, Feng Tang wrote:
In page reclaim path, memory could be demoted from faster memory tier
to slower memory tier. Currently, there is no check about cpuset's
memory policy, that even if the target demotion node is not allowd
by cpuset, the demotion will still happen, which breaks the cpuset
semantics.

So add cpuset policy check in the demotion path and skip demotion
if the demotion targets are not allowed by cpuset.

Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Hi reviewers,

For easy bisectable, I combined the cpuset change and mm change
in one patch, if you prefer to separate them, I can turn it into
2 patches.

Thanks,
Feng

include/linux/cpuset.h | 6 ++++++
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/vmscan.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
index d58e0476ee8e..6fcce2bd2631 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ static inline void set_mems_allowed(nodemask_t nodemask)
task_unlock(current);
}
+extern void cpuset_get_allowed_mem_nodes(struct cgroup *cgroup,
+ nodemask_t *nmask);
#else /* !CONFIG_CPUSETS */
static inline bool cpusets_enabled(void) { return false; }
@@ -299,6 +301,10 @@ static inline bool read_mems_allowed_retry(unsigned int seq)
return false;
}
+static inline void cpuset_get_allowed_mem_nodes(struct cgroup *cgroup,
+ nodemask_t *nmask)
+{
+}
#endif /* !CONFIG_CPUSETS */
#endif /* _LINUX_CPUSET_H */
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 3ea2e836e93e..cbb118c0502f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -3750,6 +3750,35 @@ nodemask_t cpuset_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk)
return mask;
}
+/*
+ * Retrieve the allowed memory nodemask for a cgroup.
+ *
+ * Set *nmask to cpuset's effective allowed nodemask for cgroup v2,
+ * and NODE_MASK_ALL (means no constraint) for cgroup v1 where there
+ * is no guaranteed association from a cgroup to a cpuset.
+ */
+void cpuset_get_allowed_mem_nodes(struct cgroup *cgroup, nodemask_t *nmask)
+{
+ struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+ struct cpuset *cs;
+
+ if (!is_in_v2_mode()) {
+ *nmask = NODE_MASK_ALL;
+ return;
+ }

You are allowing all nodes to be used for cgroup v1. Is there a reason why you ignore v1?

+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ css = cgroup_e_css(cgroup, &cpuset_cgrp_subsys);
+ if (css) {
+ css_get(css);
+ cs = css_cs(css);
+ *nmask = cs->effective_mems;
+ css_put(css);
+ }
Since you are holding an RCU read lock and copying out the whole nodemask, you probably don't need to do a css_get/css_put pair.
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
Cheers,

Longman