Re: [PATCH] mm/memcg: add MAX_CHARGE_BATCH to limit unnecessary charge overhead

Wanpeng Li
2012-06-24T10:13:16Z

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 06:08:26PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:46:14AM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>>On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 10:16:09AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>> From: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>>
>>> Since exceeded unused cached charges would add pressure to
>>> mem_cgroup_do_charge, more overhead would burn cpu cycles when
>>> mem_cgroup_do_charge cause page reclaim or even OOM be triggered
>>> just for such exceeded unused cached charges. Add MAX_CHARGE_BATCH
>>> to limit max cached charges.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwp.linux@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>> mm/memcontrol.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
>>> index 0e092eb..1ff317a 100644
>>> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
>>> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
>>> @@ -1954,6 +1954,14 @@ void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
>>> * TODO: maybe necessary to use big numbers in big irons.
>>> */
>>> #define CHARGE_BATCH 32U
>>> +
>>> +/*
>>> + * Max size of charge stock. Since exceeded unused cached charges would
>>> + * add pressure to mem_cgroup_do_charge which will cause page reclaim or
>>> + * even oom be triggered.
>>> + */
>>> +#define MAX_CHARGE_BATCH 1024U
>>> +
>>> struct memcg_stock_pcp {
>>> struct mem_cgroup *cached; /* this never be root cgroup */
>>> unsigned int nr_pages;
>>> @@ -2250,6 +2258,7 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm,
>>> unsigned int batch = max(CHARGE_BATCH, nr_pages);
>>> int nr_oom_retries = MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_RETRIES;
>>> struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
>>> + struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock;
>>> int ret;
>>>
>>> /*
>>> @@ -2320,6 +2329,13 @@ again:
>>> rcu_read_unlock();
>>> }
>>>
>>> + stock = &get_cpu_var(memcg_stock);
>>> + if (memcg == stock->cached && stock->nr_pages) {
>>> + if (stock->nr_pages > MAX_CHARGE_BATCH)
>>> + batch = nr_pages;
>>> + }
>>> + put_cpu_var(memcg_stock);
>>
>>The only way excessive stock can build up is if the charging task gets
>>rescheduled, after trying to consume stock a few lines above, to a cpu
>>it was running on when it built up stock in the past.
>>
>> consume_stock()
>> memcg != stock->cached:
>> return false
>> do_charge()
>> <reschedule>
>> refill_stock()
>> memcg == stock->cached:
>> stock->nr_pages += nr_pages
>
>__mem_cgroup_try_charge() {
> unsigned int batch = max(CHARGE_BATCH, nr_pages);
> [...]
> mem_cgroup_do_charge(memcg, gfp_mask, batch, oom_check);
> [...]
> if(batch > nr_pages)
> refill_stock(memcg, batch - nr_pages);
>}
>
>Consider this scenario, If one task wants to charge nr_pages = 1,
>then batch = max(32,1) = 32, this time 31 excess charges
Sorry, the scenario is charge nr_pages = 2, batch = max(32, 2) = 32,
this time 30 excess charges will be charged.
>will be charged in mem_cgroup_do_charge and then add to stock by
>refill_stock. Generally there are many tasks in one memory cgroup and
>maybe charges frequency. In this situation, limit will reach soon,
>and cause mem_cgroup_reclaim to call try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages.
>
>Regards,
>Wanpeng Li
>>
>>It's very unlikely and a single call into target reclaim will drain
>>all stock of the memcg, so this will self-correct quickly.
>>
>>And your patch won't change any of that.
>>
>>What you /could/ do is stick that check into refill_stock() and invoke
>>res_counter_uncharge() if it gets excessive. But I really don't see a
>>practical problem here...