[PATCH RFC] memcg: notify about global mem_cgroup_id space depletion

Vasily Averin
2022-06-25T14:04:27Z

Currently host owner is not informed about the exhaustion of the
global mem_cgroup_id space. When this happens, systemd cannot
start a new service, but nothing points to the real cause of
this failure.

Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d4c606a06bcd..5229321636f2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5317,6 +5317,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
1, MEM_CGROUP_ID_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (memcg->id.id < 0) {
error = memcg->id.id;
+ pr_notice_ratelimited("mem_cgroup_id space is exhausted\n");
goto fail;
}

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2.36.1