Re: [PATCH v4] mm/memcg: try harder to decrease [memory,memsw].limit_in_bytes

Michal Hocko
2018-01-15T12:46:52Z

On Mon 15-01-18 15:30:59, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
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> On 01/12/2018 03:24 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 12-01-18 00:59:38, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
> >> On 01/11/2018 07:29 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
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> >>> I do not think so. Consider that this reclaim races with other
> >>> reclaimers. Now you are reclaiming a large chunk so you might end up
> >>> reclaiming more than necessary. SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX would reduce the over
> >>> reclaim to be negligible.
> >>>
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> >> I did consider this. And I think, I already explained that sort of race in previous email.
> >> Whether "Task B" is really a task in cgroup or it's actually a bunch of reclaimers,
> >> doesn't matter. That doesn't change anything.
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> > I would _really_ prefer two patches here. The first one removing the
> > hard coded reclaim count. That thing is just dubious at best. If you
> > _really_ think that the higher reclaim target is meaningfull then make
> > it a separate patch. I am not conviced but I will not nack it it either.
> > But it will make our life much easier if my over reclaim concern is
> > right and we will need to revert it. Conceptually those two changes are
> > independent anywa.
> >
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> Ok, fair point. But what about livelock than? Don't you think that we should
> go back to something like in V1 patch to prevent it?

I am not sure what do you mean by the livelock here.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs