linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm: workingset: add vmstat counter for shadow nodes

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Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:49:23 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm: workingset: add vmstat counter for shadow nodes

On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 03:08:45PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue,  9 Oct 2018 14:47:32 -0400 Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:
> 
> > --- a/mm/workingset.c
> > +++ b/mm/workingset.c
> > @@ -378,11 +378,17 @@ void workingset_update_node(struct xa_node *node)
> >  	 * as node->private_list is protected by the i_pages lock.
> >  	 */
> >  	if (node->count && node->count == node->nr_values) {
> > -		if (list_empty(&node->private_list))
> > +		if (list_empty(&node->private_list)) {
> >  			list_lru_add(&shadow_nodes, &node->private_list);
> > +			__inc_lruvec_page_state(virt_to_page(node),
> > +						WORKINGSET_NODES);
> > +		}
> >  	} else {
> > -		if (!list_empty(&node->private_list))
> > +		if (!list_empty(&node->private_list)) {
> >  			list_lru_del(&shadow_nodes, &node->private_list);
> > +			__dec_lruvec_page_state(virt_to_page(node),
> > +						WORKINGSET_NODES);
> > +		}
> >  	}
> >  }
> 
> A bit worried that we're depending on the caller's caller to have
> disabled interrupts to avoid subtle and rare errors.
> 
> Can we do this?
> 
> --- a/mm/workingset.c~mm-workingset-add-vmstat-counter-for-shadow-nodes-fix
> +++ a/mm/workingset.c
> @@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ void workingset_update_node(struct radix
>  	 * already where they should be. The list_empty() test is safe
>  	 * as node->private_list is protected by the i_pages lock.
>  	 */
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());	/* For __inc_lruvec_page_state */
> +
>  	if (node->count && node->count == node->exceptional) {
>  		if (list_empty(&node->private_list)) {
>  			list_lru_add(&shadow_nodes, &node->private_list);

Note that for whatever reason, I've observed that irqs_disabled() is
actually quite an expensive call. I'm not saying the warning is a bad
idea but it should not be sprinkled around unnecessary and may be more
suitable as a debug option.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs