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Date:	Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:35:34 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com" <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/9] soft limit queue and priority

* KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> [2009-04-03 17:12:48]:

> From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> Softlimitq. for memcg.
> 
> Implements an array of queue to list memcgs, array index is determined by
> the amount of memory usage excess the soft limit.
> 
> While Balbir's one uses RB-tree and my old one used a per-zone queue
> (with round-robin), this is one of mixture of them.
> (I'd like to use rotation of queue in later patches)
> 
> Priority is determined by following.
>    Assume unit = total pages/1024. (the code uses different value)
>    if excess is...
>       < unit,          priority = 0, 
>       < unit*2,        priority = 1,
>       < unit*2*2,      priority = 2,
>       ...
>       < unit*2^9,      priority = 9,
>       < unit*2^10,     priority = 10, (> 50% to total mem)
> 
> This patch just includes queue management part and not includes 
> selection logic from queue. Some trick will be used for selecting victims at
> soft limit in efficient way.
> 
> And this equips 2 queues, for anon and file. Inset/Delete of both list is
> done at once but scan will be independent. (These 2 queues are used later.)
> 
> Major difference from Balbir's one other than RB-tree is bahavior under
> hierarchy. This one adds all children to queue by checking hierarchical
> priority. This is for helping per-zone usage check on victim-selection logic.
> 
> Changelog: v1->v2
>  - fixed comments.
>  - change base size to exponent.
>  - some micro optimization to reduce code size.
>  - considering memory hotplug, it's not good to record a value calculated
>    from totalram_pages at boot and using it later is bad manner. Fixed it.
>  - removed soft_limit_lock (spinlock) 
>  - added soft_limit_update counter for avoiding mulptiple update at once.
>    
> 
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c |  118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 117 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: softlimit-test2/mm/memcontrol.c
> ===================================================================
> --- softlimit-test2.orig/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ softlimit-test2/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -192,7 +192,14 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
>  	atomic_t	refcnt;
> 
>  	unsigned int	swappiness;
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * For soft limit.
> +	 */
> +	int soft_limit_priority;
> +	struct list_head soft_limit_list[2];
> +#define SL_ANON (0)
> +#define SL_FILE (1)

Comments for the #define please.

> +	atomic_t soft_limit_update;
>  	/*
>  	 * statistics. This must be placed at the end of memcg.
>  	 */
> @@ -938,11 +945,115 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_soft_limit_check(
>  	return ret;
>  }
> 
> +/*
> + * Assume "base_amount", and excess = usage - soft limit.
> + *
> + * 0...... if excess < base_amount
> + * 1...... if excess < base_amount * 2
> + * 2...... if excess < base_amount * 2^2
> + * 3.......if excess < base_amount * 2^3
> + * ....
> + * 9.......if excess < base_amount * 2^9
> + * 10 .....if excess < base_amount * 2^10
> + *
> + * base_amount is detemined from total pages in the system.
> + */
> +
> +#define SLQ_MAXPRIO (11)
> +static struct {
> +	spinlock_t lock;
> +	struct list_head queue[SLQ_MAXPRIO][2]; /* 0:anon 1:file */
> +} softlimitq;
> +
> +#define SLQ_PRIO_FACTOR (1024) /* 2^10 */
> +
> +static int __calc_soft_limit_prio(unsigned long excess)
> +{
> +	unsigned long factor = totalram_pages /SLQ_PRIO_FACTOR;

I would prefer to use global_lru_pages()

> +
> +	return fls(excess/factor);
> +}
> +
> +static int mem_cgroup_soft_limit_prio(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> +	unsigned long excess, max_excess = 0;
> +	struct res_counter *c = &mem->res;
> +
> +	do {
> +		excess = res_counter_soft_limit_excess(c) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +		if (max_excess < excess)
> +			max_excess = excess;
                max_excess = min(max_excess, excess)
> +		c = c->parent;
> +	} while (c);
> +
> +	return __calc_soft_limit_prio(max_excess);
> +}
> +
> +static void __mem_cgroup_requeue(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int prio)
> +{
> +	/* enqueue to softlimit queue */
> +	int i;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&softlimitq.lock);
> +	if (prio != mem->soft_limit_priority) {
> +		mem->soft_limit_priority = prio;
> +		for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
> +			list_del_init(&mem->soft_limit_list[i]);
> +			list_add_tail(&mem->soft_limit_list[i],
> +				      &softlimitq.queue[prio][i]);
> +		}
> +	}
> +	spin_unlock(&softlimitq.lock);
> +}
> +
> +static void __mem_cgroup_dequeue(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&softlimitq.lock);
> +	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
> +		list_del_init(&mem->soft_limit_list[i]);
> +	spin_unlock(&softlimitq.lock);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +__mem_cgroup_update_soft_limit_cb(struct mem_cgroup *mem, void *data)
> +{
> +	int priority;
> +	/* If someone updates, we don't need more */
> +	priority = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_prio(mem);
> +
> +	if (priority != mem->soft_limit_priority)
> +		__mem_cgroup_requeue(mem, priority);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static void mem_cgroup_update_soft_limit(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  {
> +	int priority;
> +
> +	/* check status change */
> +	priority = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_prio(mem);
> +	if (priority != mem->soft_limit_priority &&
> +	    atomic_inc_return(&mem->soft_limit_update) > 1) {
> +		mem_cgroup_walk_tree(mem, NULL,
> +				     __mem_cgroup_update_soft_limit_cb);
> +		atomic_set(&mem->soft_limit_update, 0);
> +	}
>  	return;
>  }
> 
> +static void softlimitq_init(void)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	spin_lock_init(&softlimitq.lock);
> +	for (i = 0; i < SLQ_MAXPRIO; i++) {
> +		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&softlimitq.queue[i][SL_ANON]);
> +		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&softlimitq.queue[i][SL_FILE]);
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Unlike exported interface, "oom" parameter is added. if oom==true,
>   * oom-killer can be invoked.
> @@ -2512,6 +2623,7 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *
>  	if (cont->parent == NULL) {
>  		enable_swap_cgroup();
>  		parent = NULL;
> +		softlimitq_init();
>  	} else {
>  		parent = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont->parent);
>  		mem->use_hierarchy = parent->use_hierarchy;
> @@ -2532,6 +2644,9 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *
>  		res_counter_init(&mem->memsw, NULL);
>  	}
>  	mem->last_scanned_child = 0;
> +	mem->soft_limit_priority = 0;
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mem->soft_limit_list[SL_ANON]);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mem->soft_limit_list[SL_FILE]);
>  	spin_lock_init(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
> 
>  	if (parent)
> @@ -2556,6 +2671,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cg
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *mem = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
> 
> +	__mem_cgroup_dequeue(mem);
>  	mem_cgroup_put(mem);
>  }
> 
> 
> 

-- 
	Balbir
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