Re: [PATCH v2] rcu/kvfree: Prevents cache growing when the backoff_page_cache_fill is set

From: Uladzislau Rezki
Date: Thu Apr 06 2023 - 00:38:01 EST


On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 08:12:38AM +0800, Zqiang wrote:
> Currently, in kfree_rcu_shrink_scan(), the drain_page_cache() is
> executed before kfree_rcu_monitor() to drain page cache, if the bnode
> structure's->gp_snap has done, the kvfree_rcu_bulk() will fill the
> page cache again in kfree_rcu_monitor(), this commit add a check
> for krcp structure's->backoff_page_cache_fill in put_cached_bnode(),
> if the krcp structure's->backoff_page_cache_fill is set, prevent page
> cache growing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 9cc0a7766fd2..f25430ae1936 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -2907,6 +2907,8 @@ static inline bool
> put_cached_bnode(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp,
> struct kvfree_rcu_bulk_data *bnode)
> {
> + if (atomic_read(&krcp->backoff_page_cache_fill))
> + return false;
> // Check the limit.
> if (krcp->nr_bkv_objs >= rcu_min_cached_objs)
> return false;
> --
> 2.32.0
>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>

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