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Message-Id: <20080924155011.6fcbc78e.nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:50:11 +0900
From: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>
To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp,
"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
"balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"xemul@...nvz.org" <xemul@...nvz.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.6/13] memcg: add function to move account.
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:09:48 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> Sorry, this patchs is after "3.5" , before "4"....
>
> ==
> This patch provides a function to move account information of a page between
> mem_cgroups.
>
> This moving of page_cgroup is done under
> - the page is locked.
> - lru_lock of source/destination mem_cgroup is held.
>
> Then, a routine which touches pc->mem_cgroup without page_lock() should
> confirm pc->mem_cgroup is still valid or not. Typlical code can be following.
>
> (while page is not under lock_page())
> mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
> mz = page_cgroup_zoneinfo(pc)
> spin_lock_irqsave(&mz->lru_lock);
> if (pc->mem_cgroup == mem)
> ...../* some list handling */
> spin_unlock_irq(&mz->lru_lock);
>
Is this check needed?
Both move_lists and move_account takes page_cgroup lock.
Thanks,
Daisuke Nishimura.
> If you find page_cgroup from mem_cgroup's LRU under mz->lru_lock, you don't
> have to worry about anything.
>
> Changelog: (v3) -> (v4)
> - no changes.
> Changelog: (v2) -> (v3)
> - added lock_page_cgroup().
> - splitted out from new-force-empty patch.
> - added how-to-use text.
> - fixed race in __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common().
>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
>
> mm/memcontrol.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> Index: mmotm-2.6.27-rc6+/mm/memcontrol.c
> ===================================================================
> --- mmotm-2.6.27-rc6+.orig/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ mmotm-2.6.27-rc6+/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ int task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struc
> void mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page *page, enum lru_list lru)
> {
> struct page_cgroup *pc;
> + struct mem_cgroup *mem;
> struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz;
> unsigned long flags;
>
> @@ -442,9 +443,14 @@ void mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page *
>
> pc = page_get_page_cgroup(page);
> if (pc) {
> + mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
> mz = page_cgroup_zoneinfo(pc);
> spin_lock_irqsave(&mz->lru_lock, flags);
> - __mem_cgroup_move_lists(pc, lru);
> + /*
> + * check against the race with move_account.
> + */
> + if (likely(mem == pc->mem_cgroup))
> + __mem_cgroup_move_lists(pc, lru);
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mz->lru_lock, flags);
> }
> unlock_page_cgroup(page);
> @@ -565,6 +571,71 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(u
> return nr_taken;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * mem_cgroup_move_account - move account of the page
> + * @page ... the target page of being moved.
> + * @pc ... page_cgroup of the page.
> + * @from ... mem_cgroup which the page is moved from.
> + * @to ... mem_cgroup which the page is moved to.
> + *
> + * The caller must confirm following.
> + * 1. lock the page by lock_page().
> + * 2. disable irq.
> + * 3. lru_lock of old mem_cgroup should be held.
> + * 4. pc is guaranteed to be valid and on mem_cgroup's LRU.
> + *
> + * Because we cannot call try_to_free_page() here, the caller must guarantee
> + * this moving of change never fails. Currently this is called only against
> + * root cgroup, which has no limitation of resource.
> + * Returns 0 at success, returns 1 at failure.
> + */
> +int mem_cgroup_move_account(struct page *page, struct page_cgroup *pc,
> + struct mem_cgroup *from, struct mem_cgroup *to)
> +{
> + struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *from_mz, *to_mz;
> + int nid, zid;
> + int ret = 1;
> +
> + VM_BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
> + VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
> +
> + nid = page_to_nid(page);
> + zid = page_zonenum(page);
> + from_mz = mem_cgroup_zoneinfo(from, nid, zid);
> + to_mz = mem_cgroup_zoneinfo(to, nid, zid);
> +
> + if (res_counter_charge(&to->res, PAGE_SIZE)) {
> + /* Now, we assume no_limit...no failure here. */
> + return ret;
> + }
> + if (!try_lock_page_cgroup(page)) {
> + res_counter_uncharge(&to->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> + return ret;
> + }
> +
> + if (page_get_page_cgroup(page) != pc) {
> + res_counter_uncharge(&to->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + if (spin_trylock(&to_mz->lru_lock)) {
> + __mem_cgroup_remove_list(from_mz, pc);
> + css_put(&from->css);
> + res_counter_uncharge(&from->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> + pc->mem_cgroup = to;
> + css_get(&to->css);
> + __mem_cgroup_add_list(to_mz, pc);
> + ret = 0;
> + spin_unlock(&to_mz->lru_lock);
> + } else {
> + res_counter_uncharge(&to->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> + }
> +out:
> + unlock_page_cgroup(page);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Charge the memory controller for page usage.
> * Return
> @@ -752,16 +823,24 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page
> if ((ctype == MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_MAPPED)
> && ((PageCgroupCache(pc) || page_mapped(page))))
> goto unlock;
> -
> +retry:
> + mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
> mz = page_cgroup_zoneinfo(pc);
> spin_lock_irqsave(&mz->lru_lock, flags);
> + if (ctype == MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_MAPPED &&
> + unlikely(mem != pc->mem_cgroup)) {
> + /* MAPPED account can be done without lock_page().
> + Check race with mem_cgroup_move_account() */
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mz->lru_lock, flags);
> + goto retry;
> + }
> __mem_cgroup_remove_list(mz, pc);
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mz->lru_lock, flags);
>
> page_assign_page_cgroup(page, NULL);
> unlock_page_cgroup(page);
>
> - mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
> +
> res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> css_put(&mem->css);
>
>
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