linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] memcg: hierarchical reclaim by CSS ID

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Message-Id: <20090116105828.392044ce.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:58:28 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"menage@...gle.com" <menage@...gle.com>,
	"balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp" <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] memcg: hierarchical reclaim by CSS ID

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:49:05 +0800
Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:29:48 +0800
> > Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>>  /*
> >>> - * Dance down the hierarchy if needed to reclaim memory. We remember the
> >>> - * last child we reclaimed from, so that we don't end up penalizing
> >>> - * one child extensively based on its position in the children list.
> >>> + * Visit the first child (need not be the first child as per the ordering
> >>> + * of the cgroup list, since we track last_scanned_child) of @mem and use
> >>> + * that to reclaim free pages from.
> >>> + */
> >>> +static struct mem_cgroup *
> >>> +mem_cgroup_select_victim(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	struct mem_cgroup *ret = NULL;
> >>> +	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
> >>> +	int nextid, found;
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (!root_mem->use_hierarchy) {
> >>> +		spin_lock(&root_mem->reclaim_param_lock);
> >>> +		root_mem->scan_age++;
> >>> +		spin_unlock(&root_mem->reclaim_param_lock);
> >>> +		css_get(&root_mem->css);
> >>> +		ret = root_mem;
> >>> +	}
> >>> +
> >>> +	while (!ret) {
> >>> +		rcu_read_lock();
> >>> +		nextid = root_mem->last_scanned_child + 1;
> >>> +		css = css_get_next(&mem_cgroup_subsys, nextid, &root_mem->css,
> >>> +				   &found);
> >>> +		if (css && css_is_populated(css) && css_tryget(css))
> >> I don't see why you need to check css_is_populated(css) ?
> >>
> > 
> > Main reason is for sanity. I don't like to hold css->refcnt of not populated css.
> 
> I think this is a rare case. It's just a very short period when a cgroup is
> being created but not yet fully created.
> 
I don't think so. When the cgroup is mounted with several subsystems, it can call
create() and populate() several times. So, memory allocation occurs between
create() and populate(), it can call try_to_free_page() (of global LRU). More than
that, if CONFIG_PREEMPT=y, any "short" race doesn't mean safe.



Thanks,
-Kame


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