netdev - [PATCH 3/3] flowcache: Increase threshold for refusing new allocations

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Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2016 07:58:00 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] flowcache: Increase threshold for refusing new allocations

From: Miroslav Urbanek <mu@...oslavurbanek.com>

The threshold for OOM protection is too small for systems with large
number of CPUs. Applications report ENOBUFs on connect() every 10
minutes.

The problem is that the variable net->xfrm.flow_cache_gc_count is a
global counter while the variable fc->high_watermark is a per-CPU
constant. Take the number of CPUs into account as well.

Fixes: 6ad3122a08e3 ("flowcache: Avoid OOM condition under preasure")
Reported-by: Lukáš Koldrt <lk@...ello.cz>
Tested-by: Jan Hejl <jh@...ello.cz>
Signed-off-by: Miroslav Urbanek <mu@...oslavurbanek.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/core/flow.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
index 3937b1b..18e8893 100644
--- a/net/core/flow.c
+++ b/net/core/flow.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ static void flow_cache_gc_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(fce, n, &gc_list, u.gc_list) {
 		flow_entry_kill(fce, xfrm);
 		atomic_dec(&xfrm->flow_cache_gc_count);
-		WARN_ON(atomic_read(&xfrm->flow_cache_gc_count) < 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -236,9 +235,8 @@ flow_cache_lookup(struct net *net, const struct flowi *key, u16 family, u8 dir,
 		if (fcp->hash_count > fc->high_watermark)
 			flow_cache_shrink(fc, fcp);
 
-		if (fcp->hash_count > 2 * fc->high_watermark ||
-		    atomic_read(&net->xfrm.flow_cache_gc_count) > fc->high_watermark) {
-			atomic_inc(&net->xfrm.flow_cache_genid);
+		if (atomic_read(&net->xfrm.flow_cache_gc_count) >
+		    2 * num_online_cpus() * fc->high_watermark) {
 			flo = ERR_PTR(-ENOBUFS);
 			goto ret_object;
 		}
-- 
1.9.1