linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, memcg: Bypass high reclaim iteration for cgroup hierarchy root

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 1 Apr 2020 18:23:06 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, memcg: Bypass high reclaim iteration for cgroup
 hierarchy root

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:41:37 +0000 Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name> wrote:

> The root of the hierarchy cannot have high set, so we will never reclaim
> based on it. This makes that clearer and avoids another entry.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -2232,7 +2232,8 @@ static void reclaim_high(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>  			continue;
>  		memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_HIGH);
>  		try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages, gfp_mask, true);
> -	} while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)));
> +	} while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)) &&
> +		 !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
>  }
>  
>  static void high_work_func(struct work_struct *work)

Does someone have time to review this one?

Thanks.