linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/19] mm: memcontrol: update page->mem

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Message-ID: <20200611094033.GC20450@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:40:33 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/19] mm: memcontrol: update page->mem_cgroup stability
 rules

On Fri 08-05-20 14:31:06, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> The previous patches have simplified the access rules around
> page->mem_cgroup somewhat:
> 
> 1. We never change page->mem_cgroup while the page is isolated by
>    somebody else. This was by far the biggest exception to our rules
>    and it didn't stop at lock_page() or lock_page_memcg().
> 
> 2. We charge pages before they get put into page tables now, so the
>    somewhat fishy rule about "can be in page table as long as it's
>    still locked" is now gone and boiled down to having an exclusive
>    reference to the page.
> 
> Document the new rules. Any of the following will stabilize the
> page->mem_cgroup association:
> 
> - the page lock
> - LRU isolation
> - lock_page_memcg()
> - exclusive access to the page
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Reviewed-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>

Thanks a lot this is a big improvement and simplification.

I have gone through the whole series finally. I have followed up where
necessary but overall this is really nice!

Sorry I couldn't jump in to review in time.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs