linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] memcg: mem_cgroup->prev

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Message-Id: <20081202164751.0db6ea01.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:47:51 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] memcg: mem_cgroup->prev_priority protected by lock.
 take2

On Tue,  2 Dec 2008 16:44:18 +0900 (JST)
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> 
> Currently, mem_cgroup doesn't have own lock and almost its member doesn't need.
>  (e.g. mem_cgroup->info is protected by zone lock, mem_cgroup->stat is
>   per cpu variable)
> 
> However, there is one explict exception. mem_cgroup->prev_priorit need lock,
> but doesn't protect.
> Luckly, this is NOT bug because prev_priority isn't used for current reclaim code.
> 
> However, we plan to use prev_priority future again.
> Therefore, fixing is better.
> 
> 
> In addision, we plan to reuse this lock for another member.
> Then "reclaim_param_lock" name is better than "prev_priority_lock".
> 
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>

Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Thank you, I'll queue this.

-Kame

> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: b/mm/memcontrol.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
>  	 */
>  	struct mem_cgroup_lru_info info;
>  
> +	/*
> +	  protect against reclaim related member.
> +	*/
> +	spinlock_t reclaim_param_lock;
> +
>  	int	prev_priority;	/* for recording reclaim priority */
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -393,18 +398,28 @@ int mem_cgroup_calc_mapped_ratio(struct 
>   */
>  int mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  {
> -	return mem->prev_priority;
> +	int prev_priority;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
> +	prev_priority = mem->prev_priority;
> +	spin_unlock(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
> +
> +	return prev_priority;
>  }
>  
>  void mem_cgroup_note_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int priority)
>  {
> +	spin_lock(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
>  	if (priority < mem->prev_priority)
>  		mem->prev_priority = priority;
> +	spin_unlock(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
>  }
>  
>  void mem_cgroup_record_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int priority)
>  {
> +	spin_lock(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
>  	mem->prev_priority = priority;
> +	spin_unlock(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -1967,6 +1982,7 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *
>  	}
>  
>  	mem->last_scanned_child = NULL;
> +	spin_lock_init(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
>  
>  	return &mem->css;
>  free_out:
> 
> 
> 

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