linux-kernel - Re: Prevent inode/dentry trashing?

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Date:   Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:55:22 +0200
From:   Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
To:     Philipp Hahn <pmhahn+lkml@...ahn.de>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "cgroups@...r.kernel.org" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Prevent inode/dentry trashing?

Hello Phillip.

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 02:39:35PM +0200, Philipp Hahn <pmhahn+lkml@...ahn.de> wrote:
> The trashed caches affect all other processes running in parallel or the
> first processes started each morning.
> 
> Is it possible to prevent inode/dentry trashing for example by limiting the
> cache per process(-group)?

Yes. Unless you have disabled it with CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM or
cgroup.memory=nokmem, dentries and inodes are charged to respective
cgroups. And you can limit overall memory of a cgroup, see
memory.{max,high} attributes. (You suggest this inode/dentry consumption
is dominant enough to affect other jobs, so the limit would keep it
constrained as you intend).

HTH,
Michal

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