linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 03/12] memcg: add mem_cgroup_mark_inode

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:27:10 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@...eler.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Ciju Rajan K <ciju@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 03/12] memcg: add mem_cgroup_mark_inode_dirty()

On Fri,  3 Jun 2011 09:12:09 -0700
Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com> wrote:

> Create the mem_cgroup_mark_inode_dirty() routine, which is called when
> an inode is marked dirty.  In kernels without memcg, this is an inline
> no-op.
> 
> Add i_memcg field to struct address_space.  When an inode is marked
> dirty with mem_cgroup_mark_inode_dirty(), the css_id of current memcg is
> recorded in i_memcg.  Per-memcg writeback (introduced in a latter
> change) uses this field to isolate inodes associated with a particular
> memcg.
> 
> The type of i_memcg is an 'unsigned short' because it stores the css_id
> of the memcg.  Using a struct mem_cgroup pointer would be larger and
> also create a reference on the memcg which would hang memcg rmdir
> deletion.  Usage of a css_id is not a reference so cgroup deletion is
> not affected.  The memcg can be deleted without cleaning up the i_memcg
> field.  When a memcg is deleted its pages are recharged to the cgroup
> parent, and the related inode(s) are marked as shared thus
> disassociating the inodes from the deleted cgroup.
> 
> A mem_cgroup_mark_inode_dirty() tracepoint is also included to allow for
> easier understanding of memcg writeback operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

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