linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] memcg: rework mem_cgroup

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:11:22 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] memcg: rework mem_cgroup_iter to use cgroup
 iterators

On Fri 15-02-13 17:03:09, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
[...]
> > @@ -1158,31 +1161,74 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_iter(struct mem_cgroup *root,
> >   
> >   			mz = mem_cgroup_zoneinfo(root, nid, zid);
> >   			iter = &mz->reclaim_iter[reclaim->priority];
> > -			if (prev && reclaim->generation != iter->generation)
> > -				goto out_css_put;
> > -			id = iter->position;
> > +			spin_lock(&iter->iter_lock);
> > +			last_visited = iter->last_visited;
> > +			if (prev && reclaim->generation != iter->generation) {
> > +				if (last_visited) {
> > +					css_put(&last_visited->css);
> > +					iter->last_visited = NULL;
> > +				}
> > +				spin_unlock(&iter->iter_lock);
> > +				goto out_unlock;
> > +			}
[...]
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Even if we found a group we have to make sure it is alive.
> > +		 * css && !memcg means that the groups should be skipped and
> > +		 * we should continue the tree walk.
> > +		 * last_visited css is safe to use because it is protected by
> > +		 * css_get and the tree walk is rcu safe.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (css == &root->css || (css && css_tryget(css)))
> > +			memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
> >   
> >   		if (reclaim) {
> > -			iter->position = id;
> > +			struct mem_cgroup *curr = memcg;
> > +
> > +			if (last_visited)
> > +				css_put(&last_visited->css);
> > +
> > +			if (css && !memcg)
> > +				curr = mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
> > +
> > +			/* make sure that the cached memcg is not removed */
> > +			if (curr)
> > +				css_get(&curr->css);
> I'm sorry if I miss something...
> 
> This curr is  curr == memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css) <= already try_get() done.
> double refcounted ?

Yes we get 2 references here. One for the returned memcg - which will be
released either by mem_cgroup_iter_break or a next iteration round
(where it would be prev) and the other is for last_visited which is
released when a new memcg is cached.
 
[...]
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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