linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 67/72] mm: workingset: fix premature shadow node shrinking with cgroups

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Date:   Thu,  6 Apr 2017 10:38:54 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...antool.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 67/72] mm: workingset: fix premature shadow node shrinking with cgroups

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

commit 0cefabdaf757a6455d75f00cb76874e62703ed18 upstream.

Commit 0a6b76dd23fa ("mm: workingset: make shadow node shrinker memcg
aware") enabled cgroup-awareness in the shadow node shrinker, but forgot
to also enable cgroup-awareness in the list_lru the shadow nodes sit on.

Consequently, all shadow nodes are sitting on a global (per-NUMA node)
list, while the shrinker applies the limits according to the amount of
cache in the cgroup its shrinking.  The result is excessive pressure on
the shadow nodes from cgroups that have very little cache.

Enable memcg-mode on the shadow node LRUs, such that per-cgroup limits
are applied to per-cgroup lists.

Fixes: 0a6b76dd23fa ("mm: workingset: make shadow node shrinker memcg aware")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170322005320.8165-1-hannes@cmpxchg.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Acked-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...antool.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>


---
 mm/workingset.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int __init workingset_init(void)
 	pr_info("workingset: timestamp_bits=%d max_order=%d bucket_order=%u\n",
 	       timestamp_bits, max_order, bucket_order);
 
-	ret = list_lru_init_key(&workingset_shadow_nodes, &shadow_nodes_key);
+	ret = __list_lru_init(&workingset_shadow_nodes, true, &shadow_nodes_key);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 	ret = register_shrinker(&workingset_shadow_shrinker);