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Date:	Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:40:21 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp" <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	"balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] memcg: prevent endless loop with huge pages and
 near-limit group

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:40:14 +0100
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:

> This is a patch I sent to Andrea ages ago in response to a RHEL
> bugzilla.  Not sure why it did not reach mainline...  But it fixes one
> issue you described in 4/7, namely looping around a not exceeded limit
> with a huge page that won't fit anymore.
> 
> ---
> From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Subject: [patch] memcg: prevent endless loop with huge pages and near-limit group
> 
> If reclaim after a failed charging was unsuccessful, the limits are
> checked again, just in case they settled by means of other tasks.
> 
> This is all fine as long as every charge is of size PAGE_SIZE, because
> in that case, being below the limit means having at least PAGE_SIZE
> bytes available.
> 
> But with transparent huge pages, we may end up in an endless loop
> where charging and reclaim fail, but we keep going because the limits
> are not yet exceeded, although not allowing for a huge page.
> 
> Fix this up by explicitely checking for enough room, not just whether
> we are within limits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>


Okay, seems to have the same concept as mine. 
-Kame

> ---
>  include/linux/res_counter.h |   12 ++++++++++++
>  mm/memcontrol.c             |   20 +++++++++++---------
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
> index fcb9884..03212e4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
> +++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
> @@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ static inline bool res_counter_check_under_limit(struct res_counter *cnt)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool res_counter_check_room(struct res_counter *cnt,
> +					  unsigned long room)
> +{
> +	bool ret;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +	ret = cnt->limit - cnt->usage >= room;
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static inline bool res_counter_check_under_soft_limit(struct res_counter *cnt)
>  {
>  	bool ret;
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index d572102..8fa4be3 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1111,6 +1111,15 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_check_under_limit(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> +static bool mem_cgroup_check_room(struct mem_cgroup *mem, unsigned long room)
> +{
> +	if (!res_counter_check_room(&mem->res, room))
> +		return false;
> +	if (!do_swap_account)
> +		return true;
> +	return res_counter_check_room(&mem->memsw, room);
> +}
> +
>  static unsigned int get_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  {
>  	struct cgroup *cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
> @@ -1844,16 +1853,9 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_do_charge(struct mem_cgroup *mem, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
>  		return CHARGE_WOULDBLOCK;
>  
> -	ret = mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim(mem_over_limit, NULL,
> +	mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim(mem_over_limit, NULL,
>  					gfp_mask, flags);
> -	/*
> -	 * try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages() might not give us a full
> -	 * picture of reclaim. Some pages are reclaimed and might be
> -	 * moved to swap cache or just unmapped from the cgroup.
> -	 * Check the limit again to see if the reclaim reduced the
> -	 * current usage of the cgroup before giving up
> -	 */
> -	if (ret || mem_cgroup_check_under_limit(mem_over_limit))
> +	if (mem_cgroup_check_room(mem_over_limit, csize))
>  		return CHARGE_RETRY;
>  
>  	/*
> -- 
> 1.7.3.5
> 

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