Re: [PATCH v2] memcg: allow exiting tasks to write back data to swap

[Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 03:00:03PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:31:57 +0000
> Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev> wrote:
> 
> > Is it about a single task or groups of tasks or the entire cgroup?
> > If former, why it's a problem? A tight memcg limit can slow things down
> > in general and I don't see why we should treat the exit() path differently.
> > 
> I think the exit path does need to be treated a little differently,
> since this exit may be the only way such a cgroup can free up memory.

It's true if all tasks in a cgroup are exiting. Otherwise there are
other options (at least in theory).

> 
> > If it's about the entire cgroup and we have essentially a deadlock,
> > I feel like we need to look into the oom reaper side.
> 
> You mean something like the below?
> 
> I have not tested it yet, because we don't have any stuck
> cgroups right now among the workloads that I'm monitoring.

Yeah, something like this...

Thanks!