From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: Guopeng Zhang <guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, mhocko@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: cui.tao@linux.dev, roman.gushchin@linux.dev,
shakeel.butt@linux.dev, muchun.song@linux.dev,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: memcg-v1: fix memsw and TCP failcnt accounting
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:13:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7864bd62-7289-4741-a905-23593130cea9@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811030843.109104-1-guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>
在 2026/8/11 11:08, Guopeng Zhang 写道:
> From: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
>
> Commit 0e2759afcaf9 ("page_counter: track failcnt only for legacy
> cgroups") made failcnt accounting conditional on track_failcnt. It
> enabled the flag for memcg->memory, but not for memcg->memsw or
> memcg->tcpmem.
>
> Consequently, memory.memsw.failcnt remains zero when the memory+swap
> limit is hit. memory.kmem.tcp.limit_in_bytes still sets
> memcg->tcpmem.max, but TCP charge failures are not reflected in
> memory.kmem.tcp.failcnt.
>
> Enable failcnt accounting for both v1 counters.
>
> To reproduce memory.memsw.failcnt:
>
> CG=/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memsw-test
> LIMIT=33554432
> mkdir "$CG"
> echo "$LIMIT" > "$CG/memory.limit_in_bytes"
> echo "$LIMIT" > "$CG/memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes"
>
> Start a child process in the cgroup and make it allocate and touch 96 MiB
> of memory, causing a memcg OOM.
>
> cat "$CG/memory.memsw.failcnt"
>
> Without the patch, memory.memsw.failcnt is 0. With the patch,
> memory.memsw.failcnt is greater than 0.
>
> To reproduce memory.kmem.tcp.failcnt:
>
> CG=/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/tcpmem-test
> LIMIT=65536
> mkdir "$CG"
> echo "$LIMIT" > "$CG/memory.kmem.tcp.limit_in_bytes"
>
> Start a child process in the cgroup, create a TCP socket, and reserve
> 1 MiB of socket memory with SO_RESERVE_MEM. The reservation fails with
> ENOMEM.
>
> cat "$CG/memory.kmem.tcp.failcnt"
>
> Without the patch, memory.kmem.tcp.failcnt is 0. With the patch,
> memory.kmem.tcp.failcnt is greater than 0.
>
> Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260810074247.52747-1-guopeng.zhang@linux.dev?part=1
> Fixes: 0e2759afcaf9 ("page_counter: track failcnt only for legacy cgroups")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Enable failcnt tracking for tcpmem as suggested by Johannes Weiner.
> - Add the memory.kmem.tcp.failcnt reproducer and test result.
> - Update the subject and changelog to cover both counters.
> - Add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org and the received Acked-by tags.
>
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260810074247.52747-1-guopeng.zhang@linux.dev
>
> mm/memcontrol.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 70806373d5a9..17da1f43b7d3 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -4235,9 +4235,11 @@ mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
> WRITE_ONCE(memcg->swappiness, mem_cgroup_swappiness(parent));
> memcg->memory.track_failcnt = !memcg_on_dfl;
> + memcg->memsw.track_failcnt = !memcg_on_dfl;
> WRITE_ONCE(memcg->oom_kill_disable, READ_ONCE(parent->oom_kill_disable));
> page_counter_init(&memcg->kmem, &parent->kmem, false);
> page_counter_init(&memcg->tcpmem, &parent->tcpmem, false);
> + memcg->tcpmem.track_failcnt = !memcg_on_dfl;
> #endif
> } else {
> init_memcg_stats();
Reviewed-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 4:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 3:08 [PATCH v2] mm: memcg-v1: fix memsw and TCP failcnt accounting Guopeng Zhang
2026-08-11 4:13 ` Tao Cui [this message]
2026-08-11 4:31 ` Shakeel Butt
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