linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] mm: memcg: rename and document global

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 02:30:53 +0000
From:   Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm: memcg: rename and document global_reclaim()

Evidently, global_reclaim() can be a confusing name. Especially that it
used to exist before with a subtly different definition (removed by
commit b5ead35e7e1d ("mm: vmscan: naming fixes: global_reclaim() and
sane_reclaim()"). It can be interpreted as non-cgroup reclaim, even
though it returns true for cgroup reclaim on the root memcg
(through memory.reclaim).

Rename it to root_reclaim() in an attempt to make it less ambiguous, and
add documentation to it as well as cgroup_reclaim.

Reported-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230405200150.GA35884@cmpxchg.org/
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e305c11ec8fc..0dbbf718c53e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -445,12 +445,17 @@ void reparent_shrinker_deferred(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 }
 
+/* Returns true for reclaim through cgroup limits or cgroup interfaces. */
 static bool cgroup_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	return sc->target_mem_cgroup;
 }
 
-static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
+/*
+ * Returns true for reclaim on the root cgroup. This is true for direct
+ * allocator reclaim and reclaim through cgroup interfaces on the root cgroup.
+ */
+static bool root_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	return !sc->target_mem_cgroup || mem_cgroup_is_root(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
 }
@@ -505,7 +510,7 @@ static bool cgroup_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
+static bool root_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	return true;
 }
@@ -562,7 +567,7 @@ static void flush_reclaim_state(struct scan_control *sc)
 	 * memcg reclaim, to make reporting more accurate and reduce
 	 * underestimation, but it's probably not worth the complexity for now.
 	 */
-	if (current->reclaim_state && global_reclaim(sc)) {
+	if (current->reclaim_state && root_reclaim(sc)) {
 		sc->nr_reclaimed += current->reclaim_state->reclaimed;
 		current->reclaim_state->reclaimed = 0;
 	}
@@ -5339,7 +5344,7 @@ static long get_nr_to_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc, bool
 static unsigned long get_nr_to_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	/* don't abort memcg reclaim to ensure fairness */
-	if (!global_reclaim(sc))
+	if (!root_reclaim(sc))
 		return -1;
 
 	return max(sc->nr_to_reclaim, compact_gap(sc->order));
@@ -5491,7 +5496,7 @@ static void lru_gen_shrink_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc
 {
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 
-	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(global_reclaim(sc));
+	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(root_reclaim(sc));
 	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!sc->may_writepage || !sc->may_unmap);
 
 	lru_add_drain();
@@ -5552,7 +5557,7 @@ static void lru_gen_shrink_node(struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct scan_control *
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 	unsigned long reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed;
 
-	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!global_reclaim(sc));
+	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!root_reclaim(sc));
 
 	/*
 	 * Unmapped clean folios are already prioritized. Scanning for more of
@@ -6274,7 +6279,7 @@ static void shrink_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
 	bool proportional_reclaim;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 
-	if (lru_gen_enabled() && !global_reclaim(sc)) {
+	if (lru_gen_enabled() && !root_reclaim(sc)) {
 		lru_gen_shrink_lruvec(lruvec, sc);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -6515,7 +6520,7 @@ static void shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 	struct lruvec *target_lruvec;
 	bool reclaimable = false;
 
-	if (lru_gen_enabled() && global_reclaim(sc)) {
+	if (lru_gen_enabled() && root_reclaim(sc)) {
 		lru_gen_shrink_node(pgdat, sc);
 		return;
 	}
-- 
2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog