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Message-ID: <9fdff535-5f36-ca91-3905-630c18858170@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:58:20 -0600
From: shuah <shuah@...nel.org>
To: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>, mike.kravetz@...cle.com
Cc: rientjes@...gle.com, shakeelb@...gle.com, gthelen@...gle.com,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, khalid.aziz@...cle.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
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aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mkoutny@...e.com,
Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>, shuah <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 9/9] hugetlb_cgroup: Add hugetlb_cgroup reservation
docs
On 9/10/19 5:31 PM, Mina Almasry wrote:
> Add docs for how to use hugetlb_cgroup reservations, and their behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
> ---
> .../admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst | 84 ++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst
> index a3902aa253a96..cc6eb859fc722 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst
> @@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
> HugeTLB Controller
> ==================
>
> -The HugeTLB controller allows to limit the HugeTLB usage per control group and
> -enforces the controller limit during page fault. Since HugeTLB doesn't
> -support page reclaim, enforcing the limit at page fault time implies that,
> -the application will get SIGBUS signal if it tries to access HugeTLB pages
> -beyond its limit. This requires the application to know beforehand how much
> -HugeTLB pages it would require for its use.
> -
> HugeTLB controller can be created by first mounting the cgroup filesystem.
>
> # mount -t cgroup -o hugetlb none /sys/fs/cgroup
> @@ -28,10 +21,14 @@ process (bash) into it.
>
> Brief summary of control files::
>
> - hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of "hugepagesize" hugetlb usage
> - hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.max_usage_in_bytes # show max "hugepagesize" hugetlb usage recorded
> - hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.usage_in_bytes # show current usage for "hugepagesize" hugetlb
> - hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.failcnt # show the number of allocation failure due to HugeTLB limit
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.reservation_limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of "hugepagesize" hugetlb reservations
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.reservation_max_usage_in_bytes # show max "hugepagesize" hugetlb reservations recorded
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.reservation_usage_in_bytes # show current reservations for "hugepagesize" hugetlb
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.reservation_failcnt # show the number of allocation failure due to HugeTLB reservation limit
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of "hugepagesize" hugetlb faults
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.max_usage_in_bytes # show max "hugepagesize" hugetlb usage recorded
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.usage_in_bytes # show current usage for "hugepagesize" hugetlb
> + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.failcnt # show the number of allocation failure due to HugeTLB usage limit
>
> For a system supporting three hugepage sizes (64k, 32M and 1G), the control
> files include::
> @@ -40,11 +37,76 @@ files include::
> hugetlb.1GB.max_usage_in_bytes
> hugetlb.1GB.usage_in_bytes
> hugetlb.1GB.failcnt
> + hugetlb.1GB.reservation_limit_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.1GB.reservation_max_usage_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.1GB.reservation_usage_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.1GB.reservation_failcnt
> hugetlb.64KB.limit_in_bytes
> hugetlb.64KB.max_usage_in_bytes
> hugetlb.64KB.usage_in_bytes
> hugetlb.64KB.failcnt
> + hugetlb.64KB.reservation_limit_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.64KB.reservation_max_usage_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.64KB.reservation_usage_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.64KB.reservation_failcnt
> hugetlb.32MB.limit_in_bytes
> hugetlb.32MB.max_usage_in_bytes
> hugetlb.32MB.usage_in_bytes
> hugetlb.32MB.failcnt
> + hugetlb.32MB.reservation_limit_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.32MB.reservation_max_usage_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.32MB.reservation_usage_in_bytes
> + hugetlb.32MB.reservation_failcnt
> +
> +
> +1. Reservation limits
> +
> +The HugeTLB controller allows to limit the HugeTLB reservations per control
> +group and enforces the controller limit at reservation time. Reservation limits
> +are superior to Page fault limits (see section 2), since Reservation limits are
> +enforced at reservation time, and never causes the application to get SIGBUS
> +signal. Instead, if the application is violating its limits, then it gets an
> +error on reservation time, i.e. the mmap or shmget return an error.
> +
> +
> +2. Page fault limits
> +
> +The HugeTLB controller allows to limit the HugeTLB usage (page fault) per
> +control group and enforces the controller limit during page fault. Since HugeTLB
> +doesn't support page reclaim, enforcing the limit at page fault time implies
> +that, the application will get SIGBUS signal if it tries to access HugeTLB
> +pages beyond its limit. This requires the application to know beforehand how
> +much HugeTLB pages it would require for its use.
> +
> +
> +3. Caveats with shared memory
> +
> +a. Charging and uncharging:
> +
> +For shared hugetlb memory, both hugetlb reservation and usage (page faults) are
> +charged to the first task that causes the memory to be reserved or faulted,
> +and all subsequent uses of this reserved or faulted memory is done without
> +charging.
> +
> +Shared hugetlb memory is only uncharged when it is unreseved or deallocated.
Spelling?
> +This is usually when the hugetlbfs file is deleted, and not when the task that
> +caused the reservation or fault has exited.
> +
> +b. Interaction between reservation limit and fault limit.
> +
> +Generally, it's not recommended to set both of the reservation limit and fault
> +limit in a cgroup. For private memory, the fault usage cannot exceed the
> +reservation usage, so if you set both, one of those limits will be useless.
> +
Is this enforced? What happens when attempt is made to set fault limit
on a cgroup that has reservation limit and vice versa.
> +For shared memory, a cgroup's fault usage may be greater than its reservation
> +usage, so some care needs to be taken. Consider this example:
> +
> +- Task A reserves 4 pages in a shared hugetlbfs file. Cgroup A will get
> + 4 reservations charged to it and no faults charged to it.
> +- Task B reserves and faults the same 4 pages as Task A. Cgroup B will get no
> + reservation charge, but will get charged 4 faulted pages. If Cgroup B's limit
> + is less than 4, then Task B will get a SIGBUS.
> +
> +For the above scenario, it's not recommended for the userspace to set both
> +reservation limits and fault limits, but it is still allowed to in case it sees
> +some use for it.
What would be the scenarios where setting both could be useful? Please
explain.
> --
> 2.23.0.162.g0b9fbb3734-goog
>
thanks,
-- Shuah
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