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Message-ID: <xr93a9c4k13q.fsf@gthelen.mtv.corp.google.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:48:41 -0700
From: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
To: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hannes@...xchg.org, mhocko@...e.cz,
glommer@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm v2 2/2] mm: get rid of __GFP_KMEMCG
On Tue, Apr 01 2014, Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com> wrote:
> Currently to allocate a page that should be charged to kmemcg (e.g.
> threadinfo), we pass __GFP_KMEMCG flag to the page allocator. The page
> allocated is then to be freed by free_memcg_kmem_pages. Apart from
> looking asymmetrical, this also requires intrusion to the general
> allocation path. So let's introduce separate functions that will
> alloc/free pages charged to kmemcg.
>
> The new functions are called alloc_kmem_pages and free_kmem_pages. They
> should be used when the caller actually would like to use kmalloc, but
> has to fall back to the page allocator for the allocation is large. They
> only differ from alloc_pages and free_pages in that besides allocating
> or freeing pages they also charge them to the kmem resource counter of
> the current memory cgroup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
> ---
> include/linux/gfp.h | 10 ++++---
> include/linux/memcontrol.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/slab.h | 11 --------
> include/linux/thread_info.h | 2 --
> include/trace/events/gfpflags.h | 1 -
> kernel/fork.c | 6 ++---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> mm/slab_common.c | 12 +++++++++
> mm/slub.c | 6 ++---
> 9 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> index 39b81dc7d01a..d382db71e300 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
> #define ___GFP_HARDWALL 0x20000u
> #define ___GFP_THISNODE 0x40000u
> #define ___GFP_RECLAIMABLE 0x80000u
> -#define ___GFP_KMEMCG 0x100000u
> #define ___GFP_NOTRACK 0x200000u
> #define ___GFP_NO_KSWAPD 0x400000u
> #define ___GFP_OTHER_NODE 0x800000u
> @@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
>
> #define __GFP_NO_KSWAPD ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NO_KSWAPD)
> #define __GFP_OTHER_NODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_OTHER_NODE) /* On behalf of other node */
> -#define __GFP_KMEMCG ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_KMEMCG) /* Allocation comes from a memcg-accounted resource */
> #define __GFP_WRITE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE) /* Allocator intends to dirty page */
>
> /*
> @@ -353,6 +351,10 @@ extern struct page *alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
> #define alloc_page_vma_node(gfp_mask, vma, addr, node) \
> alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, 0, vma, addr, node)
>
> +extern struct page *alloc_kmem_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);
> +extern struct page *alloc_kmem_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> + unsigned int order);
> +
> extern unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);
> extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);
>
> @@ -372,8 +374,8 @@ extern void free_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order);
> extern void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold);
> extern void free_hot_cold_page_list(struct list_head *list, int cold);
>
> -extern void __free_memcg_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
> -extern void free_memcg_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order);
> +extern void __free_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
> +extern void free_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order);
>
> #define __free_page(page) __free_pages((page), 0)
> #define free_page(addr) free_pages((addr), 0)
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> index 29068dd26c3d..13acdb5259f5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg, int order)
> * res_counter_charge_nofail, but we hope those allocations are rare,
> * and won't be worth the trouble.
> */
> - if (!(gfp & __GFP_KMEMCG) || (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL))
> + if (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL)
> return true;
> if (in_interrupt() || (!current->mm) || (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
> return true;
> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> index 3dd389aa91c7..6d6959292e00 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -358,17 +358,6 @@ kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace(struct kmem_cache *s,
> #include <linux/slub_def.h>
> #endif
>
> -static __always_inline void *
> -kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
> -{
> - void *ret;
> -
> - flags |= (__GFP_COMP | __GFP_KMEMCG);
> - ret = (void *) __get_free_pages(flags, order);
> - kmemleak_alloc(ret, size, 1, flags);
> - return ret;
> -}
> -
Removing this from the header file breaks builds without
CONFIG_TRACING.
Example:
% make allnoconfig && make -j4 mm/
[...]
include/linux/slab.h: In function ‘kmalloc_order_trace’:
include/linux/slab.h:367:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kmalloc_order’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
> extern void *kmalloc_order_trace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order);
> #else
> diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
> index fddbe2023a5d..1807bb194816 100644
> --- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
> +++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
> @@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ extern long do_no_restart_syscall(struct restart_block *parm);
> # define THREADINFO_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK)
> #endif
>
> -#define THREADINFO_GFP_ACCOUNTED (THREADINFO_GFP | __GFP_KMEMCG)
> -
> /*
> * flag set/clear/test wrappers
> * - pass TIF_xxxx constants to these functions
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h b/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
> index 1eddbf1557f2..d6fd8e5b14b7 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
> @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
> {(unsigned long)__GFP_HARDWALL, "GFP_HARDWALL"}, \
> {(unsigned long)__GFP_THISNODE, "GFP_THISNODE"}, \
> {(unsigned long)__GFP_RECLAIMABLE, "GFP_RECLAIMABLE"}, \
> - {(unsigned long)__GFP_KMEMCG, "GFP_KMEMCG"}, \
> {(unsigned long)__GFP_MOVABLE, "GFP_MOVABLE"}, \
> {(unsigned long)__GFP_NOTRACK, "GFP_NOTRACK"}, \
> {(unsigned long)__GFP_NO_KSWAPD, "GFP_NO_KSWAPD"}, \
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index f4b09bc15f3a..a1632c878037 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -150,15 +150,15 @@ void __weak arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
> static struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
> int node)
> {
> - struct page *page = alloc_pages_node(node, THREADINFO_GFP_ACCOUNTED,
> - THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
> + struct page *page = alloc_kmem_pages_node(node, THREADINFO_GFP,
> + THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
>
> return page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
> }
>
> static inline void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
> {
> - free_memcg_kmem_pages((unsigned long)ti, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
> + free_kmem_pages((unsigned long)ti, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
> }
> # else
> static struct kmem_cache *thread_info_cache;
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 0327f9d5a8c0..41378986a1e6 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -2723,7 +2723,6 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
> int migratetype = allocflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask);
> unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
> int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW|ALLOC_CPUSET|ALLOC_FAIR;
> - struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
>
> gfp_mask &= gfp_allowed_mask;
>
> @@ -2742,13 +2741,6 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
> if (unlikely(!zonelist->_zonerefs->zone))
> return NULL;
>
> - /*
> - * Will only have any effect when __GFP_KMEMCG is set. This is
> - * verified in the (always inline) callee
> - */
> - if (!memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_mask, &memcg, order))
> - return NULL;
> -
> retry_cpuset:
> cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
>
> @@ -2810,8 +2802,6 @@ out:
> if (unlikely(!page && read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie)))
> goto retry_cpuset;
>
> - memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
> -
> if (page)
> set_page_owner(page, order, gfp_mask);
>
> @@ -2868,27 +2858,51 @@ void free_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_pages);
>
> /*
> - * __free_memcg_kmem_pages and free_memcg_kmem_pages will free
> - * pages allocated with __GFP_KMEMCG.
> + * alloc_kmem_pages charges newly allocated pages to the kmem resource counter
> + * of the current memory cgroup.
> *
> - * Those pages are accounted to a particular memcg, embedded in the
> - * corresponding page_cgroup. To avoid adding a hit in the allocator to search
> - * for that information only to find out that it is NULL for users who have no
> - * interest in that whatsoever, we provide these functions.
> - *
> - * The caller knows better which flags it relies on.
> + * It should be used when the caller would like to use kmalloc, but since the
> + * allocation is large, it has to fall back to the page allocator.
> + */
> +struct page *alloc_kmem_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
> +
> + if (!memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_mask, &memcg, order))
> + return NULL;
> + page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order);
> + memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
> + return page;
> +}
> +
> +struct page *alloc_kmem_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
> +
> + if (!memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_mask, &memcg, order))
> + return NULL;
> + page = alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, order);
> + memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
> + return page;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * __free_kmem_pages and free_kmem_pages will free pages allocated with
> + * alloc_kmem_pages.
> */
> -void __free_memcg_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> +void __free_kmem_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> {
> memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(page, order);
> __free_pages(page, order);
> }
>
> -void free_memcg_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order)
> +void free_kmem_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order)
> {
> if (addr != 0) {
> VM_BUG_ON(!virt_addr_valid((void *)addr));
> - __free_memcg_kmem_pages(virt_to_page((void *)addr), order);
> + __free_kmem_pages(virt_to_page((void *)addr), order);
> }
> }
>
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index 6673597ac967..cab4c49b3e8c 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -573,6 +573,18 @@ void __init create_kmalloc_caches(unsigned long flags)
> }
> #endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */
>
> +void *kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
> +{
> + void *ret;
> + struct page *page;
> +
> + flags |= __GFP_COMP;
> + page = alloc_kmem_pages(flags, order);
> + ret = page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
> + kmemleak_alloc(ret, size, 1, flags);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
> void *kmalloc_order_trace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
> {
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index b203cfceff95..fa7a1817835e 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3335,8 +3335,8 @@ static void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> struct page *page;
> void *ptr = NULL;
>
> - flags |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_KMEMCG;
> - page = alloc_pages_node(node, flags, get_order(size));
> + flags |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOTRACK;
> + page = alloc_kmem_pages_node(node, flags, get_order(size));
> if (page)
> ptr = page_address(page);
>
> @@ -3405,7 +3405,7 @@ void kfree(const void *x)
> if (unlikely(!PageSlab(page))) {
> BUG_ON(!PageCompound(page));
> kfree_hook(x);
> - __free_memcg_kmem_pages(page, compound_order(page));
> + __free_kmem_pages(page, compound_order(page));
> return;
> }
> slab_free(page->slab_cache, page, object, _RET_IP_);
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