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Message-ID: <20111221095708.GE3870@cmpxchg.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:57:08 +0100
From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] memcg: return -EINTR at bypassing try_charge().
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 05:24:23PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> How about this ?
> --
> >From 6076425613f594d442c58a5d463c09f8309236aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:27:25 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] memcg: return -EINTR at bypassing try_charge().
>
> This patch is a fix for memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule.patch
> When running testprogram and stop it by Ctrl-C, add_lru/del_lru
> will find pc->mem_cgroup is NULL and get panic. The reason
> is bypass code in try_charge().
>
> At try_charge(), it checks the thread is fatal or not as..
> fatal_signal_pending() or TIF_MEMDIE. In this case, __try_charge()
> returns 0(success) with setting *ptr as NULL.
>
> Now, lruvec are deteremined by pc->mem_cgroup. So, it's better
> to reset pc->mem_cgroup as root_mem_cgroup. This patch does
> following change in try_charge()
> 1. return -EINTR at bypassing.
> 2. set *ptr = root_mem_cgroup at bypassing.
>
> By this change, in page fault / radix-tree-insert path,
> the page will be charged against root_mem_cgroup and the thread's
> operations will go ahead without trouble. In other path,
> migration or move_account etc..., -EINTR will stop the operation.
> (may need some cleanup later..)
>
> After this change, pc->mem_cgroup will have valid pointer if
> the page is used.
>
> Changelog: v1 -> v2
> - returns -EINTR at bypassing.
> - change error code handling at callers.
> - changed the name of patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 9175097..3c6eb7e 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -2185,6 +2185,23 @@ static int mem_cgroup_do_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> }
>
> /*
> + * __mem_cgroup_try_charge() does
> + * 1. detect memcg to be charged against from passed *mm and *ptr,
> + * 2. update res_counter
> + * 3. call memory reclaim if necessary.
> + *
> + * In some special case, if the task is fatal, fatal_signal_pending() or
> + * TIF_MEMDIE or ->mm is NULL, this functoion returns -EINTR with filling
> + * *ptr as root_mem_cgroup. There are 2 reasons for this. 1st is that
> + * fatal threads should quit as soon as possible without any hazards.
> + * 2nd is that all page should have valid pc->mem_cgroup if it will be
> + * used.
> + *
> + * So, try_charge will return
> + * 0 ... at success. filling *ptr with a valid memcg pointer.
> + * -ENOMEM ... charge failure because of resource limits.
> + * -EINTR ... if thread is fatal. *ptr is filled with root_mem_cgroup.
> + *
> * Unlike exported interface, "oom" parameter is added. if oom==true,
> * oom-killer can be invoked.
> */
> @@ -2316,8 +2333,8 @@ nomem:
> *ptr = NULL;
> return -ENOMEM;
> bypass:
> - *ptr = NULL;
> - return 0;
> + *ptr = root_mem_cgroup;
> + return -EINTR;
> }
What about this case:
/*
* We always charge the cgroup the mm_struct belongs to.
* The mm_struct's mem_cgroup changes on task migration if the
* thread group leader migrates. It's possible that mm is not
* set, if so charge the init_mm (happens for pagecache usage).
*/
if (!*ptr && !mm)
goto bypass;
> @@ -2564,7 +2581,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_move_parent(struct page *page,
> {
> struct cgroup *cg = child->css.cgroup;
> struct cgroup *pcg = cg->parent;
> - struct mem_cgroup *parent;
> + struct mem_cgroup *parent, *ptr;
> unsigned int nr_pages;
> unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags);
> int ret;
> @@ -2582,8 +2599,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_move_parent(struct page *page,
> nr_pages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
>
> parent = mem_cgroup_from_cont(pcg);
> - ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, gfp_mask, nr_pages, &parent, false);
> - if (ret || !parent)
> + ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, gfp_mask, nr_pages, &ptr, false);
> + if (ret)
> goto put_back;
That doesn't seem right. That unitilialized ptr is used in
try_charge(), so this may crash, and it should really charge against
parent.
> @@ -2630,9 +2647,9 @@ static int mem_cgroup_charge_common(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
>
> pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
> ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(mm, gfp_mask, nr_pages, &memcg, oom);
> - if (ret || !memcg)
> + if (ret == -ENOMEM)
> return ret;
> -
> + /* we'll bypass -EINTR case and charge this page to root memcg */
> __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(memcg, page, nr_pages, pc, ctype);
> return 0;
> }
This comment is not very useful. WHY do we do this? Maybe just copy
the comment from try_charge_swapin()?
> @@ -2703,6 +2720,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
> ret = mem_cgroup_charge_common(page, mm, gfp_mask, type);
> else { /* page is swapcache/shmem */
> ret = mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin(mm, page, gfp_mask, &memcg);
> + /* see try_charge_swapi() for -EINTR case */
> if (!ret)
> __mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(page, memcg, type);
> }
Missing n in the comment.
> @@ -2743,11 +2761,21 @@ int mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
> *memcgp = memcg;
> ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, mask, 1, memcgp, true);
> css_put(&memcg->css);
> + /*
> + * If this thread is fatal, charge against root cgroup and allow
> + * this thread to exit in quick manner. EINTR is not handled
> + * in page fault path. So, just bypass this.
> + */
> + if (ret == -EINTR)
> + ret = 0;
> return ret;
> charge_cur_mm:
> if (unlikely(!mm))
> mm = &init_mm;
> - return __mem_cgroup_try_charge(mm, mask, 1, memcgp, true);
> + ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(mm, mask, 1, memcgp, true);
> + if (ret == -EINTR)
> + ret = 0;
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static void
> @@ -3633,7 +3662,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty_list(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
>
> ret = mem_cgroup_move_parent(page, pc, memcg, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (ret == -ENOMEM)
> + if (ret == -ENOMEM || ret == -EINTR)
> break;
if (ret)
?
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