linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Cgroup: Fix memory accounting scalability in shrink_page

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Message-ID: <20120720143848.GF12434@tiehlicka.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:38:48 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	"andi.kleen" <andi.kleen@...el.com>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cgroup: Fix memory accounting scalability in
 shrink_page_list

On Fri 20-07-12 16:16:25, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 03:53:29PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 19-07-12 16:34:26, Tim Chen wrote:
> > [...]
> > > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> > > index 33dc256..aac5672 100644
> > > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > > @@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> > >  
> > >  	cond_resched();
> > >  
> > > +	mem_cgroup_uncharge_start();
> > >  	while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
> > >  		enum page_references references;
> > >  		struct address_space *mapping;
> > 
> > Is this safe? We have a scheduling point few lines below. What prevents
> > from task move while we are in the middle of the batch?
> 
> The batch is accounted in task_struct, so moving a batching task to
> another CPU shouldn't be a problem.

But it could also move to a different group, right?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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