linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] compaction: Remove mem_cgroup_del

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Date:	Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:19:35 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compaction: Remove mem_cgroup_del_lru

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed,  8 Dec 2010 00:01:26 +0900
> Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> del_page_from_lru_list alreay called mem_cgroup_del_lru.
>> So we need to call it again. It makes wrong stat of memcg and
>> even happen VM_BUG_ON hit.
>>
>> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
>> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
>> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  mm/compaction.c |    1 -
>>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
>> index 50b0a90..b0fbfdf 100644
>> --- a/mm/compaction.c
>> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
>> @@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
>>               /* Successfully isolated */
>>               del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, page_lru(page));
>>               list_add(&page->lru, migratelist);
>> -             mem_cgroup_del_lru(page);
>>               cc->nr_migratepages++;
>>               nr_isolated++;
>>
>
> err, yes, that looks bad.
>
> This bug is present in 2.6.35 and 2.6.36 afaict, so I tagged the fix
> for -stable backporting.

Thanks, Andrew.

>
>



-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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