Re: [PATCH] memcg remove warning at DEBUG_VM=off

[Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> [2009-04-15 12:13:17]:

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 03:33:35PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:25:12 -0700
> > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:57:15 +0530 Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > * KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> [2009-04-08 14:20:42]:
> > > > 
> > > > > From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
> > > > > This is against 2.6.30-rc1. (maybe no problem against mmotm.)
> > > > > 
> > > > > ==
> > > > > Fix warning as
> > > > > 
> > > > >   CC      mm/memcontrol.o
> > > > > mm/memcontrol.c:318: warning: ?$B!Fmem_cgroup_is_obsolete?$B!G defined but not used
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is called only from VM_BUG_ON().
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Index: linux-2.6.30-rc1/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > > > ===================================================================
> > > > > --- linux-2.6.30-rc1.orig/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > > > +++ linux-2.6.30-rc1/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > > > @@ -314,13 +314,14 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cg
> > > > >  	return mem;
> > > > >  }
> > > > > 
> > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
> > > > >  static bool mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> > > > >  {
> > > > >  	if (!mem)
> > > > >  		return true;
> > > > >  	return css_is_removed(&mem->css);
> > > > >  }
> > > > > -
> > > > > +#endif
> > > > 
> > > > Can we change the code to use
> > > > 
> > > >         VM_BUG_ON(!mem || css_is_removed(&mem->css));
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > yup.
> > > 
> > > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-remove-warning-when-config_debug_vm=n-fix
> > > +++ a/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > @@ -314,14 +314,13 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cg
> > >  	return mem;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
> > >  static bool mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> > >  {
> > >  	if (!mem)
> > >  		return true;
> > >  	return css_is_removed(&mem->css);
> > >  }
> > > -#endif
> > > +
> > >  
> > >  /*
> > >   * Call callback function against all cgroup under hierarchy tree.
> > > @@ -933,7 +932,7 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struc
> > >  	if (unlikely(!mem))
> > >  		return 0;
> > >  
> > > -	VM_BUG_ON(mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(mem));
> > > +	VM_BUG_ON(!mem || mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(mem));
> > >  
> > >  	while (1) {
> > >  		int ret;
> > > _
> > > 
> > > Although it really should be
> > > 
> > > 	VM_BUG_ON(!mem);
> > > 	VM_BUG_ON(mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(mem));
> > > 
> > > because if that BUG triggers, you'll be wondering which case caused it.
> > > 
> > Ah, sorry, I missed the reply.
> > maybe calling css_is_removed() directly is a choice.
> > I'll prepare v2.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > -Kame
> 
> The warning is still there actually. I've just written a fix and seen
> this discussion, maybe I can offload a little bit Kame. ;)
> 
> -Andrea
> ---
> memcg: remove warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is not set
> 
> Fix the following warning removing mem_cgroup_is_obsolete():
> 
>   mm/memcontrol.c:318: warning: ???mem_cgroup_is_obsolete??? defined but not used
> 
> Moreover, split the VM_BUG_ON() checks in two parts to be aware of which
> one triggered the bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c |   11 ++---------
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index e44fb0f..8cd6358 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -314,14 +314,6 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  	return mem;
>  }
> 
> -static bool mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> -{
> -	if (!mem)
> -		return true;
> -	return css_is_removed(&mem->css);
> -}
> -
> -
>  /*
>   * Call callback function against all cgroup under hierarchy tree.
>   */
> @@ -932,7 +924,8 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	if (unlikely(!mem))
>  		return 0;
> 
> -	VM_BUG_ON(!mem || mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(mem));
> +	VM_BUG_ON(!mem);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(css_is_removed(&mem->css));
>

Perfect, this is exactly what I wanted. I was in the middle of writing
this patch.

 
Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 

-- 
	Balbir

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