linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 09/19] io_uring: convert to use vm

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:21:36 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jhubbard@...dia.com,
        tjmercier@...gle.com, hannes@...xchg.org, surenb@...gle.com,
        mkoutny@...e.com, daniel@...ll.ch, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>,
        io-uring@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 09/19] io_uring: convert to use vm_account

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 10:12:43PM +1100, Alistair Popple wrote:
> 
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 04:42:38PM +1100, Alistair Popple wrote:
> >> Convert io_uring to use vm_account instead of directly charging pages
> >> against the user/mm. Rather than charge pages to both user->locked_vm
> >> and mm->pinned_vm this will only charge pages to user->locked_vm.
> >
> > I think this is a mistake in the first patch, the pinned_vm should
> > still increment (but not checked against the rlimit), though its main
> > purpose in this mode is for debugging in proc.
> 
> Sorry, didn't quite follow - are you saying we should always increment
> mm->pinned_vm and only use VM_ACCOUNT_USER vs. TASK to select which one
> the rlimit is enforced against?

yes pinned_vm was created primarily a debugging counter in proc

Jason