linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/19] mm: Introduce vm

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Message-ID: <Y8/r91PGGiY5JJvE@nvidia.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:32:23 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/19] mm: Introduce vm_account

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 04:42:30PM +1100, Alistair Popple wrote:
> +/**
> + * enum vm_account_flags - Determine how pinned/locked memory is accounted.
> + * @VM_ACCOUNT_TASK: Account pinned memory to mm->pinned_vm.
> + * @VM_ACCOUNT_BYPASS: Don't enforce rlimit on any charges.
> + * @VM_ACCOUNT_USER: Accounnt locked memory to user->locked_vm.
> + *
> + * Determines which statistic pinned/locked memory is accounted
> + * against. All limits will be enforced against RLIMIT_MEMLOCK and the
> + * pins cgroup if CONFIG_CGROUP_PINS is enabled.
> + *
> + * New drivers should use VM_ACCOUNT_TASK. VM_ACCOUNT_USER is used by
> + * pre-existing drivers to maintain existing accounting against
> + * user->locked_mm rather than mm->pinned_mm.

I thought the guidance was the opposite of this, it is the newer
places in the kernel that are using VM_ACCOUNT_USER?

I haven't got to the rest of the patches yet, but isn't there also a
mm->pinned_vm vs mm->locked_vm variation in the current drivers as
well?

> +void vm_account_init_current(struct vm_account *vm_account)
> +{
> +	vm_account_init(vm_account, current, NULL, VM_ACCOUNT_TASK);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_account_init_current);

This can probably just be a static inline

You might consider putting all this in some new vm_account.h - given
how rarely it is used? Compile times and all

Jason