Date:   Fri, 5 Mar 2021 15:20:18 -0800
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
CC:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] memcg: charge before adding to swapcache on swapin

On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 01:26:39PM -0800, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> Currently the kernel adds the page, allocated for swapin, to the
> swapcache before charging the page. This is fine but now we want a
> per-memcg swapcache stat which is essential for folks who wants to
> transparently migrate from cgroup v1's memsw to cgroup v2's memory and
> swap counters. In addition charging a page before exposing it to other
> parts of the kernel is a step in the right direction.
> 
> To correctly maintain the per-memcg swapcache stat, this patch has
> adopted to charge the page before adding it to swapcache. One
> challenge in this option is the failure case of add_to_swap_cache() on
> which we need to undo the mem_cgroup_charge(). Specifically undoing
> mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap() is not simple.
> 
> To resolve the issue, this patch introduces transaction like interface
> to charge a page for swapin. The function mem_cgroup_charge_swapin_page()
> initiates the charging of the page and mem_cgroup_finish_swapin_page()
> completes the charging process. So, the kernel starts the charging
> process of the page for swapin with mem_cgroup_charge_swapin_page(),
> adds the page to the swapcache and on success completes the charging
> process with mem_cgroup_finish_swapin_page().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>

Thanks!

> ---
> Changes since v3:
> - Updated the comments on introduced functions (Johannes)
> - Rename the funcations to be more clear (Hugh & Johannes)
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - fixed build for !CONFIG_MEMCG
> - simplified failure path from add_to_swap_cache()
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Removes __GFP_NOFAIL and introduced transaction interface for charging
>   (suggested by Johannes)
> - Updated the commit message
> 
>  include/linux/memcontrol.h |  13 +++++
>  mm/memcontrol.c            | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  mm/memory.c                |  14 ++---
>  mm/swap_state.c            |  13 ++---
>  4 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> index e6dc793d587d..f522b09f2df7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  }
>  
>  int mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp_mask);
> +int mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_page(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
> +				  gfp_t gfp, swp_entry_t entry);
> +void mem_cgroup_swapin_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry);
>  
>  void mem_cgroup_uncharge(struct page *page);
>  void mem_cgroup_uncharge_list(struct list_head *page_list);
> @@ -1141,6 +1144,16 @@ static inline int mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static inline int mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_page(struct page *page,
> +			struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp, swp_entry_t entry)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void mem_cgroup_swapin_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry)
> +{
> +}
> +
>  static inline void mem_cgroup_uncharge(struct page *page)
>  {
>  }
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 2db2aeac8a9e..21c38c0b6e5a 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -6690,6 +6690,27 @@ void mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
>  			atomic_long_read(&parent->memory.children_low_usage)));
>  }
>  
> +static int __mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> +			       gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> +	unsigned int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = try_charge(memcg, gfp, nr_pages);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	css_get(&memcg->css);
> +	commit_charge(page, memcg);
> +
> +	local_irq_disable();
> +	mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(memcg, page, nr_pages);
> +	memcg_check_events(memcg, page);
> +	local_irq_enable();
> +out:
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * mem_cgroup_charge - charge a newly allocated page to a cgroup
>   * @page: page to charge
> @@ -6699,55 +6720,71 @@ void mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(struct mem_cgroup *root,
>   * Try to charge @page to the memcg that @mm belongs to, reclaiming
>   * pages according to @gfp_mask if necessary.
>   *
> + * Do not use this for pages allocated for swapin.
> + *
>   * Returns 0 on success. Otherwise, an error code is returned.
>   */
>  int mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  {
> -	unsigned int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
> -	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
> -		goto out;
> +		return 0;
>  
> -	if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
> -		swp_entry_t ent = { .val = page_private(page), };
> -		unsigned short id;
> +	memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(mm);
> +	ret = __mem_cgroup_charge(page, memcg, gfp_mask);
> +	css_put(&memcg->css);
>  
> -		/*
> -		 * Every swap fault against a single page tries to charge the
> -		 * page, bail as early as possible.  shmem_unuse() encounters
> -		 * already charged pages, too.  page and memcg binding is
> -		 * protected by the page lock, which serializes swap cache
> -		 * removal, which in turn serializes uncharging.
> -		 */
> -		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
> -		if (page_memcg(compound_head(page)))
> -			goto out;
> +	return ret;
> +}
>  
> -		id = lookup_swap_cgroup_id(ent);
> -		rcu_read_lock();
> -		memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(id);
> -		if (memcg && !css_tryget_online(&memcg->css))
> -			memcg = NULL;
> -		rcu_read_unlock();
> -	}
> +/**
> + * mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_page - charge a newly allocated page for swapin
> + * @page: page to charge
> + * @mm: mm context of the victim
> + * @gfp: reclaim mode
> + * @entry: swap entry for which the page is allocated
> + *
> + * This function charges a page allocated for swapin. Please call this before
> + * adding the page to the swapcache.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success. Otherwise, an error code is returned.
> + */
> +int mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_page(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
> +				  gfp_t gfp, swp_entry_t entry)
> +{
> +	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> +	unsigned short id;
> +	int ret;
>  
> -	if (!memcg)
> +	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	id = lookup_swap_cgroup_id(entry);
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(id);
> +	if (!memcg || !css_tryget_online(&memcg->css))
>  		memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(mm);
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
>  
> -	ret = try_charge(memcg, gfp_mask, nr_pages);
> -	if (ret)
> -		goto out_put;
> +	ret = __mem_cgroup_charge(page, memcg, gfp);
>  
> -	css_get(&memcg->css);
> -	commit_charge(page, memcg);
> -
> -	local_irq_disable();
> -	mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(memcg, page, nr_pages);
> -	memcg_check_events(memcg, page);
> -	local_irq_enable();
> +	css_put(&memcg->css);
> +	return ret;
> +}
>  
> +/*
> + * mem_cgroup_swapin_uncharge_swap - uncharge swap slot
> + * @entry: swap entry for which the page is charged
> + *
> + * Call this function after successfully adding the charged page to swapcache.
> + *
> + * Note: This function assumes the page for which swap slot is being uncharged
> + * is order 0 page.
> + */
> +void mem_cgroup_swapin_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry)
> +{
>  	/*
>  	 * Cgroup1's unified memory+swap counter has been charged with the
>  	 * new swapcache page, finish the transfer by uncharging the swap
> @@ -6760,20 +6797,14 @@ int mem_cgroup_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  	 * correspond 1:1 to page and swap slot lifetimes: we charge the
>  	 * page to memory here, and uncharge swap when the slot is freed.
>  	 */
> -	if (do_memsw_account() && PageSwapCache(page)) {
> -		swp_entry_t entry = { .val = page_private(page) };
> +	if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && do_memsw_account()) {
>  		/*
>  		 * The swap entry might not get freed for a long time,
>  		 * let's not wait for it.  The page already received a
>  		 * memory+swap charge, drop the swap entry duplicate.
>  		 */
> -		mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(entry, nr_pages);
> +		mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(entry, 1);
>  	}
> -
> -out_put:
> -	css_put(&memcg->css);
> -out:
> -	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  struct uncharge_gather {
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index c8e357627318..5ddc133d0038 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3307,21 +3307,15 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  			page = alloc_page_vma(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, vma,
>  							vmf->address);
>  			if (page) {
> -				int err;
> -
>  				__SetPageLocked(page);
>  				__SetPageSwapBacked(page);
> -				set_page_private(page, entry.val);
> -
> -				/* Tell memcg to use swap ownership records */
> -				SetPageSwapCache(page);
> -				err = mem_cgroup_charge(page, vma->vm_mm,
> -							GFP_KERNEL);
> -				ClearPageSwapCache(page);
> -				if (err) {
> +
> +				if (mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_page(page,
> +					vma->vm_mm, GFP_KERNEL, entry)) {
>  					ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
>  					goto out_page;
>  				}
> +				mem_cgroup_swapin_uncharge_swap(entry);
>  
>  				shadow = get_shadow_from_swap_cache(entry);
>  				if (shadow)
> diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
> index 3cdee7b11da9..fb7efa08fe57 100644
> --- a/mm/swap_state.c
> +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
> @@ -497,16 +497,14 @@ struct page *__read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	__SetPageLocked(page);
>  	__SetPageSwapBacked(page);
>  
> -	/* May fail (-ENOMEM) if XArray node allocation failed. */
> -	if (add_to_swap_cache(page, entry, gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK, &shadow)) {
> -		put_swap_page(page, entry);
> +	if (mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_page(page, NULL, gfp_mask, entry))
>  		goto fail_unlock;
> -	}
>  
> -	if (mem_cgroup_charge(page, NULL, gfp_mask)) {
> -		delete_from_swap_cache(page);
> +	/* May fail (-ENOMEM) if XArray node allocation failed. */
> +	if (add_to_swap_cache(page, entry, gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK, &shadow))
>  		goto fail_unlock;
> -	}
> +
> +	mem_cgroup_swapin_uncharge_swap(entry);
>  
>  	if (shadow)
>  		workingset_refault(page, shadow);
> @@ -517,6 +515,7 @@ struct page *__read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	return page;
>  
>  fail_unlock:
> +	put_swap_page(page, entry);
>  	unlock_page(page);
>  	put_page(page);
>  	return NULL;
> -- 
> 2.30.1.766.gb4fecdf3b7-goog
> 

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