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Date:	Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:41:48 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 6/8] memcg: get_mem_cgroup_from_mm()

On Fri 07-02-14 12:04:23, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Instead of returning NULL from try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm() when the
> mm owner is exiting, just return root_mem_cgroup.  This makes sense
> for all callsites and gets rid of some of them having to fallback
> manually.

It makes sense now that css reference counting is basically for free
so we do not have to prevent reference counting on the root.

> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c | 18 ++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 689fffdee471..37946635655c 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p)
>  	return mem_cgroup_from_css(task_css(p, mem_cgroup_subsys_id));
>  }
>  
> -struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
>  
> @@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  	do {
>  		memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
>  		if (unlikely(!memcg))
> -			break;
> +			memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
>  	} while (!css_tryget(&memcg->css));
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
>  	return memcg;
> @@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
>  
>  	p = find_lock_task_mm(task);
>  	if (p) {
> -		curr = try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(p->mm);
> +		curr = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(p->mm);
>  		task_unlock(p);
>  	} else {
>  		/*
> @@ -1489,8 +1489,6 @@ bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
>  			css_get(&curr->css);
>  		rcu_read_unlock();
>  	}
> -	if (!curr)
> -		return false;
>  	/*
>  	 * We should check use_hierarchy of "memcg" not "curr". Because checking
>  	 * use_hierarchy of "curr" here make this function true if hierarchy is
> @@ -3649,15 +3647,7 @@ __memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **_memcg, int order)
>  	if (!current->mm || current->memcg_kmem_skip_account)
>  		return true;
>  
> -	memcg = try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * very rare case described in mem_cgroup_from_task. Unfortunately there
> -	 * isn't much we can do without complicating this too much, and it would
> -	 * be gfp-dependent anyway. Just let it go
> -	 */
> -	if (unlikely(!memcg))
> -		return true;
> +	memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
>  
>  	if (!memcg_can_account_kmem(memcg)) {
>  		css_put(&memcg->css);
> -- 
> 1.8.5.3
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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