netdev - [PATCH] net, swap: Remove a warning and clarify why sk_mem_reclaim is required when deactivating swap

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Date:	Tue,  9 Jun 2015 14:40:04 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>
To:	trond.myklebust@...marydata.com
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mgorman@...e.de, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH] net, swap: Remove a warning and clarify why sk_mem_reclaim is required when deactivating swap

From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

Jeff Layton reported the following;

 [   74.232485] ------------[ cut here ]------------
 [   74.233354] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 754 at net/core/sock.c:364 sk_clear_memalloc+0x51/0x80()
 [   74.234790] Modules linked in: cts rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs fscache xfs libcrc32c snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device nfsd snd_pcm snd_timer snd e1000 ppdev parport_pc joydev parport pvpanic soundcore floppy serio_raw i2c_piix4 pcspkr nfs_acl lockd virtio_balloon acpi_cpufreq auth_rpcgss grace sunrpc qxl drm_kms_helper ttm drm virtio_console virtio_blk virtio_pci ata_generic virtio_ring pata_acpi virtio
 [   74.243599] CPU: 2 PID: 754 Comm: swapoff Not tainted 4.1.0-rc6+ #5
 [   74.244635] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
 [   74.245546]  0000000000000000 0000000079e69e31 ffff8800d066bde8 ffffffff8179263d
 [   74.246786]  0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff8800d066be28 ffffffff8109e6fa
 [   74.248175]  0000000000000000 ffff880118d48000 ffff8800d58f5c08 ffff880036e380a8
 [   74.249483] Call Trace:
 [   74.249872]  [<ffffffff8179263d>] dump_stack+0x45/0x57
 [   74.250703]  [<ffffffff8109e6fa>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8a/0xc0
 [   74.251655]  [<ffffffff8109e82a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
 [   74.252585]  [<ffffffff81661241>] sk_clear_memalloc+0x51/0x80
 [   74.253519]  [<ffffffffa0116c72>] xs_disable_swap+0x42/0x80 [sunrpc]
 [   74.254537]  [<ffffffffa01109de>] rpc_clnt_swap_deactivate+0x7e/0xc0 [sunrpc]
 [   74.255610]  [<ffffffffa03e4fd7>] nfs_swap_deactivate+0x27/0x30 [nfs]
 [   74.256582]  [<ffffffff811e99d4>] destroy_swap_extents+0x74/0x80
 [   74.257496]  [<ffffffff811ecb52>] SyS_swapoff+0x222/0x5c0
 [   74.258318]  [<ffffffff81023f27>] ? syscall_trace_leave+0xc7/0x140
 [   74.259253]  [<ffffffff81798dae>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x71
 [   74.260158] ---[ end trace 2530722966429f10 ]---

The warning in question was unnecessary but with Jeff's series the rules
are also clearer.  This patch removes the warning and updates the comment
to explain why sk_mem_reclaim() may still be called.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@...marydata.com>
---
 net/core/sock.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 292f42228bfb..2bb4c56370e5 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -354,14 +354,12 @@ void sk_clear_memalloc(struct sock *sk)
 
 	/*
 	 * SOCK_MEMALLOC is allowed to ignore rmem limits to ensure forward
-	 * progress of swapping. However, if SOCK_MEMALLOC is cleared while
-	 * it has rmem allocations there is a risk that the user of the
-	 * socket cannot make forward progress due to exceeding the rmem
-	 * limits. By rights, sk_clear_memalloc() should only be called
-	 * on sockets being torn down but warn and reset the accounting if
-	 * that assumption breaks.
+	 * progress of swapping. SOCK_MEMALLOC may be cleared while
+	 * it has rmem allocations due to the last swapfile being deactivated
+	 * but there is a risk that the socket is unusable due to exceeding
+	 * the rmem limits. Reclaim the reserves and obey rmem limits again.
 	 */
-	if (WARN_ON(sk->sk_forward_alloc))
+	if (sk->sk_forward_alloc)
 		sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_clear_memalloc);
-- 
2.4.2

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