Re: [PATCH] mm, memcg: fix memory.peak reset clobbering other fds' watermark

From: Tao Cui

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 11:31:38 EST




在 2026/7/30 19:53, Ridong 写道:
> From: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Writing to memory.peak resets the peak for that fd only. Each fd is a
> watcher and reads back max(its own value, the shared local_watermark).
>
> peak_write() resets by lowering local_watermark to the current usage.
> To keep the other watchers' peaks it then walks the watcher list, but it
> stores the current usage into them instead of the old watermark. So once
> usage has dropped from a peak, a reset on one fd wrongly drags every
> other fd's peak down too, even fds that never reset.
>
> Reproduced on 7.2.0-rc5-next under QEMU, two fds A and B on one cgroup:
> B sees the peak (410624 KB), usage drops, then A resets -- and B's peak
> collapses to 1060 KB although B never reset. With this patch B keeps
> reading 410624 KB.
>
> Fix: save the old watermark before lowering it and use that to floor the
> other watchers, so a reset only affects the fd that issued it.
>
> Fixes: c6f53ed8f213 ("mm, memcg: cg2 memory{.swap,}.peak write handlers")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> Signed-off-by: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 60145aadfc5e..881e7c459c64 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -4692,7 +4692,7 @@ static ssize_t peak_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf, size_t nbytes,
> loff_t off, struct page_counter *pc,
> struct list_head *watchers)
> {
> - unsigned long usage;
> + unsigned long usage, old_watermark;
> struct cgroup_of_peak *peer_ctx;
> struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(of_css(of));
> struct cgroup_of_peak *ofp = of_peak(of);
> @@ -4700,11 +4700,12 @@ static ssize_t peak_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf, size_t nbytes,
> spin_lock(&memcg->peaks_lock);
>
> usage = page_counter_read(pc);
> + old_watermark = READ_ONCE(pc->local_watermark);
> WRITE_ONCE(pc->local_watermark, usage);
>
> list_for_each_entry(peer_ctx, watchers, list)
> - if (usage > peer_ctx->value)
> - WRITE_ONCE(peer_ctx->value, usage);
> + if (peer_ctx != ofp && old_watermark > peer_ctx->value)
> + WRITE_ONCE(peer_ctx->value, old_watermark);
>
> /* initial write, register watcher */
> if (ofp->value == OFP_PEAK_UNSET)
Acked-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>