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Message-ID: <4E7DECA0.5020707@parallels.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:43:44 -0300
From: Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
To: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <paul@...lmenage.org>,
<lizf@...fujitsu.com>, <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
<ebiederm@...ssion.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
<gthelen@...gle.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <kirill@...temov.name>,
Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] Basic kernel memory functionality for the Memory
Controller
On 09/22/2011 12:17 AM, Balbir Singh wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Glauber Costa<glommer@...allels.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi people,
>>
>> Any insights on this series?
>> Kame, is it inline with your expectations ?
>>
>> Thank you all
>>
>> On 09/18/2011 09:56 PM, Glauber Costa wrote:
>>>
>>> This patch lays down the foundation for the kernel memory component
>>> of the Memory Controller.
>>>
>>> As of today, I am only laying down the following files:
>>>
>>> * memory.independent_kmem_limit
>>> * memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes (currently ignored)
>>> * memory.kmem.usage_in_bytes (always zero)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa<glommer@...allels.com>
>>> CC: Paul Menage<paul@...lmenage.org>
>>> CC: Greg Thelen<gthelen@...gle.com>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt | 30 +++++++++-
>>> init/Kconfig | 11 ++++
>>> mm/memcontrol.c | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>> 3 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
>>> index 6f3c598..6f1954a 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
>>> @@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ Features:
>>> - oom-killer disable knob and oom-notifier
>>> - Root cgroup has no limit controls.
>>>
>>> - Kernel memory and Hugepages are not under control yet. We just manage
>>> - pages on LRU. To add more controls, we have to take care of performance.
>>> + Hugepages is not under control yet. We just manage pages on LRU. To add more
>>> + controls, we have to take care of performance. Kernel memory support is work
>>> + in progress, and the current version provides basically functionality.
>>>
>>> Brief summary of control files.
>>>
>>> @@ -56,8 +57,11 @@ Brief summary of control files.
>>> (See 5.5 for details)
>>> memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes # show current res_counter usage for memory+Swap
>>> (See 5.5 for details)
>>> + memory.kmem.usage_in_bytes # show current res_counter usage for kmem only.
>>> + (See 2.7 for details)
>>> memory.limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of memory usage
>>> memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of memory+Swap usage
>>> + memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes # if allowed, set/show limit of kernel memory
>>> memory.failcnt # show the number of memory usage hits limits
>>> memory.memsw.failcnt # show the number of memory+Swap hits limits
>>> memory.max_usage_in_bytes # show max memory usage recorded
>>> @@ -72,6 +76,9 @@ Brief summary of control files.
>>> memory.oom_control # set/show oom controls.
>>> memory.numa_stat # show the number of memory usage per numa node
>>>
>>> + memory.independent_kmem_limit # select whether or not kernel memory limits are
>>> + independent of user limits
>>> +
>>> 1. History
>>>
>>> The memory controller has a long history. A request for comments for the memory
>>> @@ -255,6 +262,25 @@ When oom event notifier is registered, event will be delivered.
>>> per-zone-per-cgroup LRU (cgroup's private LRU) is just guarded by
>>> zone->lru_lock, it has no lock of its own.
>>>
>>> +2.7 Kernel Memory Extension (CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM)
>>> +
>>> + With the Kernel memory extension, the Memory Controller is able to limit
>>> +the amount of kernel memory used by the system. Kernel memory is fundamentally
>>> +different than user memory, since it can't be swapped out, which makes it
>>> +possible to DoS the system by consuming too much of this precious resource.
>>> +Kernel memory limits are not imposed for the root cgroup.
>>> +
>>> +Memory limits as specified by the standard Memory Controller may or may not
>>> +take kernel memory into consideration. This is achieved through the file
>>> +memory.independent_kmem_limit. A Value different than 0 will allow for kernel
>>> +memory to be controlled separately.
>>> +
>>> +When kernel memory limits are not independent, the limit values set in
>>> +memory.kmem files are ignored.
>>> +
>>> +Currently no soft limit is implemented for kernel memory. It is future work
>>> +to trigger slab reclaim when those limits are reached.
>>> +
>
> Ying Han was also looking into this (cc'ing her)
>
>>> 3. User Interface
>>>
>>> 0. Configuration
>>> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
>>> index d627783..49e5839 100644
>>> --- a/init/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/init/Kconfig
>>> @@ -689,6 +689,17 @@ config CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP_ENABLED
>>> For those who want to have the feature enabled by default should
>>> select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it
>>> then swapaccount=0 does the trick).
>>> +config CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
>>> + bool "Memory Resource Controller Kernel Memory accounting"
>>> + depends on CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
>>> + default y
>>> + help
>>> + The Kernel Memory extension for Memory Resource Controller can limit
>>> + the amount of memory used by kernel objects in the system. Those are
>>> + fundamentally different from the entities handled by the standard
>>> + Memory Controller, which are page-based, and can be swapped. Users of
>>> + the kmem extension can use it to guarantee that no group of processes
>>> + will ever exhaust kernel resources alone.
>>>
>>> config CGROUP_PERF
>>> bool "Enable perf_event per-cpu per-container group (cgroup) monitoring"
>>> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
>>> index ebd1e86..d32e931 100644
>>> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
>>> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
>>> @@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ static int really_do_swap_account __initdata = 0;
>>> #define do_swap_account (0)
>>> #endif
>>>
>>> -
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
>>> +int do_kmem_account __read_mostly = 1;
>>> +#else
>>> +#define do_kmem_account 0
>>> +#endif
>>> /*
>>> * Statistics for memory cgroup.
>>> */
>>> @@ -270,6 +274,10 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
>>> */
>>> struct res_counter memsw;
>>> /*
>>> + * the counter to account for kmem usage.
>>> + */
>>> + struct res_counter kmem;
>>> + /*
>>> * Per cgroup active and inactive list, similar to the
>>> * per zone LRU lists.
>>> */
>>> @@ -321,6 +329,11 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
>>> */
>>> unsigned long move_charge_at_immigrate;
>>> /*
>>> + * Should kernel memory limits be stabilished independently
>>> + * from user memory ?
>>> + */
>>> + int kmem_independent;
>>> + /*
>>> * percpu counter.
>>> */
>>> struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu *stat;
>>> @@ -388,9 +401,14 @@ enum charge_type {
>>> };
>>>
>>> /* for encoding cft->private value on file */
>>> -#define _MEM (0)
>>> -#define _MEMSWAP (1)
>>> -#define _OOM_TYPE (2)
>>> +
>>> +enum mem_type {
>>> + _MEM = 0,
>>> + _MEMSWAP,
>>> + _OOM_TYPE,
>>> + _KMEM,
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> #define MEMFILE_PRIVATE(x, val) (((x)<< 16) | (val))
>>> #define MEMFILE_TYPE(val) (((val)>> 16)& 0xffff)
>>> #define MEMFILE_ATTR(val) ((val)& 0xffff)
>>> @@ -3943,10 +3961,15 @@ static inline u64 mem_cgroup_usage(struct mem_cgroup *mem, bool swap)
>>> u64 val;
>>>
>>> if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(mem)) {
>>> + val = 0;
>>> + if (!mem->kmem_independent)
>>> + val = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->kmem, RES_USAGE);
>>> if (!swap)
>>> - return res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_USAGE);
>>> + val += res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_USAGE);
>>> else
>>> - return res_counter_read_u64(&mem->memsw, RES_USAGE);
>>> + val += res_counter_read_u64(&mem->memsw, RES_USAGE);
>>> +
>>> + return val;
>>> }
>>>
>>> val = mem_cgroup_recursive_stat(mem, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_CACHE);
>>> @@ -3979,6 +4002,10 @@ static u64 mem_cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
>>> else
>>> val = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->memsw, name);
>>> break;
>>> + case _KMEM:
>>> + val = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->kmem, name);
>>> + break;
>>> +
>>> default:
>>> BUG();
>>> break;
>>> @@ -4756,6 +4783,21 @@ static int mem_cgroup_reset_vmscan_stat(struct cgroup *cgrp,
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
>>> +static u64 kmem_limit_independent_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
>>> +{
>>> + return mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont)->kmem_independent;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static int kmem_limit_independent_write(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
>>> + u64 val)
>>> +{
>>> + cgroup_lock();
>>> + mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont)->kmem_independent = !!val;
>>> + cgroup_unlock();
>>> + return 0;
>>> +}
>
> I know we have a lot of pending xxx_from_cont() and struct cgroup
> *cont, can we move it to memcg notation to be more consistent with our
> usage. There is a patch to convert old usage
>
Hello Balbir, I missed this comment. What exactly do you propose in this
patch, since I have to assume that the patch you talk about is not
applied? Is it just a change to the parameter name that you propose?
Thank you
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