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Message-ID: <20150105095113.GB7687@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2015 10:51:13 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mm: memcontrol: track move_lock state internally

On Fri 02-01-15 15:58:47, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> The complexity of memcg page stat synchronization is currently leaking
> into the callsites, forcing them to keep track of the move_lock state
> and the IRQ flags.  Simplify the API by tracking it in the memcg.

OK, 16B per memcg is OK considering the trickiness stays in memcg.
 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>

Thanks!

> ---
>  include/linux/memcontrol.h |  6 ++--
>  mm/memcontrol.c            | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  mm/page-writeback.c        | 12 +++-----
>  mm/rmap.c                  | 12 +++-----
>  4 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> index fb212e1d700d..04d3c2028782 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -138,12 +138,10 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_disabled(void)
>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> -struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(struct page *page, bool *locked,
> -					      unsigned long *flags);
> -void mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool *locked,
> -			      unsigned long *flags);
> +struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(struct page *page);
>  void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>  				 enum mem_cgroup_stat_index idx, int val);
> +void mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
>  
>  static inline void mem_cgroup_inc_page_stat(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>  					    enum mem_cgroup_stat_index idx)
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index a855848627a5..eccc0ed3b6f3 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -325,9 +325,11 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
>  	/*
>  	 * set > 0 if pages under this cgroup are moving to other cgroup.
>  	 */
> -	atomic_t	moving_account;
> +	atomic_t		moving_account;
>  	/* taken only while moving_account > 0 */
> -	spinlock_t	move_lock;
> +	spinlock_t		move_lock;
> +	struct task_struct	*move_lock_task;
> +	unsigned long		move_lock_flags;
>  	/*
>  	 * percpu counter.
>  	 */
> @@ -1977,34 +1979,33 @@ cleanup:
>  /**
>   * mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat - begin a page state statistics transaction
>   * @page: page that is going to change accounted state
> - * @locked: &memcg->move_lock slowpath was taken
> - * @flags: IRQ-state flags for &memcg->move_lock
>   *
>   * This function must mark the beginning of an accounted page state
>   * change to prevent double accounting when the page is concurrently
>   * being moved to another memcg:
>   *
> - *   memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page, &locked, &flags);
> + *   memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page);
>   *   if (TestClearPageState(page))
>   *     mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(memcg, state, -1);
> - *   mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg, locked, flags);
> - *
> - * The RCU lock is held throughout the transaction.  The fast path can
> - * get away without acquiring the memcg->move_lock (@locked is false)
> - * because page moving starts with an RCU grace period.
> - *
> - * The RCU lock also protects the memcg from being freed when the page
> - * state that is going to change is the only thing preventing the page
> - * from being uncharged.  E.g. end-writeback clearing PageWriteback(),
> - * which allows migration to go ahead and uncharge the page before the
> - * account transaction might be complete.
> + *   mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg);
>   */
> -struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(struct page *page,
> -					      bool *locked,
> -					      unsigned long *flags)
> +struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * The RCU lock is held throughout the transaction.  The fast
> +	 * path can get away without acquiring the memcg->move_lock
> +	 * because page moving starts with an RCU grace period.
> +	 *
> +	 * The RCU lock also protects the memcg from being freed when
> +	 * the page state that is going to change is the only thing
> +	 * preventing the page from being uncharged.
> +	 * E.g. end-writeback clearing PageWriteback(), which allows
> +	 * migration to go ahead and uncharge the page before the
> +	 * account transaction might be complete.
> +	 */
>  	rcu_read_lock();
>  
>  	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
> @@ -2014,16 +2015,22 @@ again:
>  	if (unlikely(!memcg))
>  		return NULL;
>  
> -	*locked = false;
>  	if (atomic_read(&memcg->moving_account) <= 0)
>  		return memcg;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&memcg->move_lock, *flags);
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&memcg->move_lock, flags);
>  	if (memcg != page->mem_cgroup) {
> -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&memcg->move_lock, *flags);
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&memcg->move_lock, flags);
>  		goto again;
>  	}
> -	*locked = true;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * When charge migration first begins, we can have locked and
> +	 * unlocked page stat updates happening concurrently.  Track
> +	 * the task who has the lock for mem_cgroup_end_page_stat().
> +	 */
> +	memcg->move_lock_task = current;
> +	memcg->move_lock_flags = flags;
>  
>  	return memcg;
>  }
> @@ -2031,14 +2038,17 @@ again:
>  /**
>   * mem_cgroup_end_page_stat - finish a page state statistics transaction
>   * @memcg: the memcg that was accounted against
> - * @locked: value received from mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat()
> - * @flags: value received from mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat()
>   */
> -void mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool *locked,
> -			      unsigned long *flags)
> +void mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  {
> -	if (memcg && *locked)
> -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&memcg->move_lock, *flags);
> +	if (memcg && memcg->move_lock_task == current) {
> +		unsigned long flags = memcg->move_lock_flags;
> +
> +		memcg->move_lock_task = NULL;
> +		memcg->move_lock_flags = 0;
> +
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&memcg->move_lock, flags);
> +	}
>  
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
>  }
> diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
> index 6f4335238e33..fb71e9deca85 100644
> --- a/mm/page-writeback.c
> +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
> @@ -2308,12 +2308,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
>  int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
> -	unsigned long memcg_flags;
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> -	bool locked;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page, &locked, &memcg_flags);
> +	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page);
>  	if (mapping) {
>  		struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
>  		unsigned long flags;
> @@ -2338,19 +2336,17 @@ int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
>  		dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
>  		inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN);
>  	}
> -	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg, &locked, &memcg_flags);
> +	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  int __test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page, bool keep_write)
>  {
>  	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
> -	unsigned long memcg_flags;
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> -	bool locked;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page, &locked, &memcg_flags);
> +	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page);
>  	if (mapping) {
>  		struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
>  		unsigned long flags;
> @@ -2380,7 +2376,7 @@ int __test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page, bool keep_write)
>  		mem_cgroup_inc_page_stat(memcg, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_WRITEBACK);
>  		inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
>  	}
> -	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg, &locked, &memcg_flags);
> +	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg);
>  	return ret;
>  
>  }
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index c325f8bd2cc4..5e995a9da902 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -1112,24 +1112,20 @@ void page_add_new_anon_rmap(struct page *page,
>  void page_add_file_rmap(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -	bool locked;
>  
> -	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page, &locked, &flags);
> +	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page);
>  	if (atomic_inc_and_test(&page->_mapcount)) {
>  		__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
>  		mem_cgroup_inc_page_stat(memcg, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_FILE_MAPPED);
>  	}
> -	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg, &locked, &flags);
> +	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg);
>  }
>  
>  static void page_remove_file_rmap(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -	bool locked;
>  
> -	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page, &locked, &flags);
> +	memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page);
>  
>  	/* page still mapped by someone else? */
>  	if (!atomic_add_negative(-1, &page->_mapcount))
> @@ -1150,7 +1146,7 @@ static void page_remove_file_rmap(struct page *page)
>  	if (unlikely(PageMlocked(page)))
>  		clear_page_mlock(page);
>  out:
> -	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg, &locked, &flags);
> +	mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.2.0
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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