linux-kernel - [PATCH mm v2 1/9] memcg: enable accounting for struct cgroup

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Message-ID: <a76dc143-68d9-41f4-81d1-85ec15135b1e@openvz.org>
Date:   Sat, 21 May 2022 19:37:36 +0300
From:   Vasily Averin <vvs@...nvz.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     kernel@...nvz.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH mm v2 1/9] memcg: enable accounting for struct cgroup

Creating each new cgroup allocates 4Kb for struct cgroup. This is the
largest memory allocation in this scenario and is epecially important
for small VMs with 1-2 CPUs.

Common part of the cgroup creation:
Allocs  Alloc   $1*$2   Sum     Allocation
number  size
--------------------------------------------
16  ~   352     5632    5632    KERNFS
1   +   4096    4096    9728    (cgroup_mkdir+0xe4)
1       584     584     10312   (radix_tree_node_alloc.constprop.0+0x89)
1       192     192     10504   (__d_alloc+0x29)
2       72      144     10648   (avc_alloc_node+0x27)
2       64      128     10776   (percpu_ref_init+0x6a)
1       64      64      10840   (memcg_list_lru_alloc+0x21a)
percpu:
1   +   192     192     192     call_site=psi_cgroup_alloc+0x1e
1   +   96      96      288     call_site=cgroup_rstat_init+0x5f
2       12      24      312     call_site=percpu_ref_init+0x23
1       6       6       318     call_site=__percpu_counter_init+0x22

 '+' -- to be accounted,
 '~' -- partially accounted

Accounting of this memory helps to avoid misuse inside memcg-limited
containers.

Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@...nvz.org>
Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index adb820e98f24..7595127c5b3a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5353,7 +5353,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name,
 
 	/* allocate the cgroup and its ID, 0 is reserved for the root */
 	cgrp = kzalloc(struct_size(cgrp, ancestor_ids, (level + 1)),
-		       GFP_KERNEL);
+		       GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!cgrp)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
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2.36.1