linux-kernel - Re: [v5 PATCH 07/11] mm: vmscan: add per memcg shrinker nr

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Message-ID: <0ce8b6e4-5abb-3edb-8423-f6c222420a89@suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 1 Feb 2021 16:17:51 +0100
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>
Cc:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [v5 PATCH 07/11] mm: vmscan: add per memcg shrinker nr_deferred

On 1/29/21 7:04 PM, Yang Shi wrote:

>> > > @@ -209,9 +214,15 @@ static int expand_one_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>> > >               if (!new)
>> > >                       return -ENOMEM;
>> > >
>> > > -             /* Set all old bits, clear all new bits */
>> > > -             memset(new->map, (int)0xff, old_size);
>> > > -             memset((void *)new->map + old_size, 0, size - old_size);
>> > > +             new->map = (unsigned long *)(new + 1);
>> > > +             new->nr_deferred = (void *)new->map + m_size;
>> >
>> > This better be aligned to sizeof(atomic_long_t). Can we be sure about that?
>>
>> Good point. No, if unsigned long is 32 bit on some 64 bit machines.
> 
> I think we could just change map to "u64" and guarantee struct
> shrinker_info is aligned to 64 bit.

What about changing to order, nr_deferred before map? Then the atomics are at
the beginning of allocated area, thus aligned.