linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/3] mm/memcg: use kmem

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Message-ID: <20250425031935.76411-3-link@vivo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:19:24 +0800
From: Huan Yang <link@...o.com>
To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>,
	Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Francesco Valla <francesco@...la.it>,
	Raul E Rangel <rrangel@...omium.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Huang Shijie <shijie@...amperecomputing.com>,
	Guo Weikang <guoweikang.kernel@...il.com>,
	"Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>,
	KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Huan Yang <link@...o.com>
Cc: opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] mm/memcg: use kmem_cache when alloc memcg

When tracing mem_cgroup_alloc() with kmalloc ftrace, we observe:

kmalloc: call_site=mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0xd8/0x5b4 ptr=000000003e4c3799
    bytes_req=2312 bytes_alloc=4096 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO node=-1
    accounted=false

The output indicates that while allocating mem_cgroup struct (2312 bytes),
the slab allocator actually provides 4096-byte chunks. This occurs because:

1. The slab allocator predefines bucket sizes from 64B to 8096B
2. The mem_cgroup allocation size (2312B) falls between the 2KB and 4KB
   slabs
3. The allocator rounds up to the nearest larger slab (4KB), resulting in
   ~1KB wasted memory per allocation

This patch introduces a dedicated kmem_cache for mem_cgroup structs,
achieving precise memory allocation. Post-patch ftrace verification shows:

kmem_cache_alloc: call_site=mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0xbc/0x5d4
    ptr=00000000695c1806 bytes_req=2312 bytes_alloc=2368
    gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO node=-1 accounted=false

Each memcg alloc offer 2368bytes(include hw cacheline align), compare to
4096, avoid waste.

Signed-off-by: Huan Yang <link@...o.com>
---
 mm/memcontrol.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 64a4213227c4..e34216e55688 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ static bool cgroup_memory_nokmem __ro_after_init;
 /* BPF memory accounting disabled? */
 static bool cgroup_memory_nobpf __ro_after_init;
 
+static struct kmem_cache *memcg_cachep;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(memcg_cgwb_frn_waitq);
 #endif
@@ -3652,7 +3654,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(struct mem_cgroup *parent)
 	int __maybe_unused i;
 	long error;
 
-	memcg = kzalloc(struct_size(memcg, nodeinfo, nr_node_ids), GFP_KERNEL);
+	memcg = kmem_cache_zalloc(memcg_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!memcg)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -5038,6 +5040,7 @@ __setup("cgroup.memory=", cgroup_memory);
  */
 int __init mem_cgroup_init(void)
 {
+	unsigned int memcg_size;
 	int cpu;
 
 	/*
@@ -5055,6 +5058,10 @@ int __init mem_cgroup_init(void)
 		INIT_WORK(&per_cpu_ptr(&memcg_stock, cpu)->work,
 			  drain_local_stock);
 
+	memcg_size = struct_size_t(struct mem_cgroup, nodeinfo, nr_node_ids);
+	memcg_cachep = kmem_cache_create("mem_cgroup", memcg_size, 0,
+					 SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.48.1