linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 3/9] socket: initial cgroup code.

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Date:	Fri, 9 Dec 2011 10:43:00 -0200
From:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	<ebiederm@...ssion.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<gthelen@...gle.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <kirill@...temov.name>,
	<avagin@...allels.com>, <devel@...nvz.org>,
	<eric.dumazet@...il.com>, <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
	<hannes@...xchg.org>, <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujtsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/9] socket: initial cgroup code.

On 12/09/2011 12:05 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Mon,  5 Dec 2011 19:34:57 -0200
> Glauber Costa<glommer@...allels.com>  wrote:
>
>> The goal of this work is to move the memory pressure tcp
>> controls to a cgroup, instead of just relying on global
>> conditions.
>>
>> To avoid excessive overhead in the network fast paths,
>> the code that accounts allocated memory to a cgroup is
>> hidden inside a static_branch(). This branch is patched out
>> until the first non-root cgroup is created. So when nobody
>> is using cgroups, even if it is mounted, no significant performance
>> penalty should be seen.
>>
>> This patch handles the generic part of the code, and has nothing
>> tcp-specific.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa<glommer@...allels.com>
>> CC: Kirill A. Shutemov<kirill@...temov.name>
>> CC: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki<kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujtsu.com>
>> CC: David S. Miller<davem@...emloft.net>
>> CC: Eric W. Biederman<ebiederm@...ssion.com>
>> CC: Eric Dumazet<eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>
> I already replied Reviewed-by: but...
Feel free. Reviews, the more, the merrier.

>
>
>> +/* Writing them here to avoid exposing memcg's inner layout */
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_INET
>> +#include<net/sock.h>
>> +
>> +static bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
>> +void sock_update_memcg(struct sock *sk)
>> +{
>> +	/* A socket spends its whole life in the same cgroup */
>> +	if (sk->sk_cgrp) {
>> +		WARN_ON(1);
>> +		return;
>> +	}
>> +	if (static_branch(&memcg_socket_limit_enabled)) {
>> +		struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
>> +
>> +		BUG_ON(!sk->sk_prot->proto_cgroup);
>> +
>> +		rcu_read_lock();
>> +		memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(current);
>> +		if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) {
>> +			mem_cgroup_get(memcg);
>> +			sk->sk_cgrp = sk->sk_prot->proto_cgroup(memcg);
>> +		}
>> +		rcu_read_unlock();
>> +	}
>> +}
>
> Here, you do mem_cgroup_get() if !mem_cgroup_is_root().
>
>
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_update_memcg);
>> +
>> +void sock_release_memcg(struct sock *sk)
>> +{
>> +	if (static_branch(&memcg_socket_limit_enabled)&&  sk->sk_cgrp) {
>> +		struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
>> +		WARN_ON(!sk->sk_cgrp->memcg);
>> +		memcg = sk->sk_cgrp->memcg;
>> +		mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
>> +	}
>> +}
>>
>
> You don't check !mem_cgroup_is_root(). Hm, root memcg will not be freed
> by this ?
>
No, I don't. But I check if sk->sk_cgrp is filled. So it is implied, 
because we only fill in this value if !mem_cgroup_is_root().
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