[PATCH] memcg: decouple memcg_hotplug_cpu_dead from stock_lock
From: Shakeel Butt
Date: Thu Apr 10 2025 - 17:07:06 EST
The function memcg_hotplug_cpu_dead works on the stock of a remote dead
CPU and drain_obj_stock works on the given stock instead of local stock,
so there is no need to take local stock_lock anymore.
Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f23a4d0ad239..2178a051bd09 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct memcg_stock_pcp, memcg_stock) = {
};
static DEFINE_MUTEX(percpu_charge_mutex);
-static void drain_obj_stock(struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock);
+static void __drain_obj_stock(struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock);
static bool obj_stock_flush_required(struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock,
struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg);
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ static void drain_local_stock(struct work_struct *dummy)
local_lock_irqsave(&memcg_stock.stock_lock, flags);
stock = this_cpu_ptr(&memcg_stock);
- drain_obj_stock(stock);
+ __drain_obj_stock(stock);
drain_stock(stock);
clear_bit(FLUSHING_CACHED_CHARGE, &stock->flags);
@@ -1964,10 +1964,10 @@ static int memcg_hotplug_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu)
stock = &per_cpu(memcg_stock, cpu);
- /* drain_obj_stock requires stock_lock */
- local_lock_irqsave(&memcg_stock.stock_lock, flags);
- drain_obj_stock(stock);
- local_unlock_irqrestore(&memcg_stock.stock_lock, flags);
+ local_irq_save(flag);
+ /* stock of a remote dead cpu, no need for stock_lock. */
+ __drain_obj_stock(stock);
+ local_irq_restore(flag);
drain_stock(stock);
@@ -2837,7 +2837,11 @@ static bool consume_obj_stock(struct obj_cgroup *objcg, unsigned int nr_bytes,
return ret;
}
-static void drain_obj_stock(struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock)
+/*
+ * Works on the given stock. The callers are responsible for the proper locking
+ * for the local or remote stocks.
+ */
+static void __drain_obj_stock(struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock)
{
struct obj_cgroup *old = READ_ONCE(stock->cached_objcg);
@@ -2925,7 +2929,7 @@ static void refill_obj_stock(struct obj_cgroup *objcg, unsigned int nr_bytes,
stock = this_cpu_ptr(&memcg_stock);
if (READ_ONCE(stock->cached_objcg) != objcg) { /* reset if necessary */
- drain_obj_stock(stock);
+ __drain_obj_stock(stock);
obj_cgroup_get(objcg);
stock->nr_bytes = atomic_read(&objcg->nr_charged_bytes)
? atomic_xchg(&objcg->nr_charged_bytes, 0) : 0;
--
2.47.1