netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] decrement static keys on real destroy time

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Message-ID: <4F9612B9.7050705@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:40:57 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] decrement static keys on real destroy time

(2012/04/24 4:37), Glauber Costa wrote:

> We call the destroy function when a cgroup starts to be removed,
> such as by a rmdir event.
> 
> However, because of our reference counters, some objects are still
> inflight. Right now, we are decrementing the static_keys at destroy()
> time, meaning that if we get rid of the last static_key reference,
> some objects will still have charges, but the code to properly
> uncharge them won't be run.
> 
> This becomes a problem specially if it is ever enabled again, because
> now new charges will be added to the staled charges making keeping
> it pretty much impossible.
> 
> We just need to be careful with the static branch activation:
> since there is no particular preferred order of their activation,
> we need to make sure that we only start using it after all
> call sites are active. This is achieved by having a per-memcg
> flag that is only updated after static_key_slow_inc() returns.
> At this time, we are sure all sites are active.
> 
> This is made per-memcg, not global, for a reason:
> it also has the effect of making socket accounting more
> consistent. The first memcg to be limited will trigger static_key()
> activation, therefore, accounting. But all the others will then be
> accounted no matter what. After this patch, only limited memcgs
> will have its sockets accounted.
> 
> [v2: changed a tcp limited flag for a generic proto limited flag ]
> [v3: update the current active flag only after the static_key update ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>


Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

A small request below.

<snip>


> +		 * ->activated needs to be written after the static_key update.
> +		 *  This is what guarantees that the socket activation function
> +		 *  is the last one to run. See sock_update_memcg() for details,
> +		 *  and note that we don't mark any socket as belonging to this
> +		 *  memcg until that flag is up.
> +		 *
> +		 *  We need to do this, because static_keys will span multiple
> +		 *  sites, but we can't control their order. If we mark a socket
> +		 *  as accounted, but the accounting functions are not patched in
> +		 *  yet, we'll lose accounting.
> +		 *
> +		 *  We never race with the readers in sock_update_memcg(), because
> +		 *  when this value change, the code to process it is not patched in
> +		 *  yet.
> +		 */
> +		mutex_lock(&tcp_set_limit_mutex);


Could you explain for what this mutex is in above comment ?

Thanks,
-Kame

> +		if (!cg_proto->activated) {
> +			static_key_slow_inc(&memcg_socket_limit_enabled);
> +			cg_proto->activated = true;
> +		}
> +		mutex_unlock(&tcp_set_limit_mutex);
> +		cg_proto->active = true;
> +	}
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }



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