Re: [PATCH 3/4] memcg: initiate deprecation of oom_control

Shakeel Butt
2024-08-14T21:49:10Z

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 02:41:13PM GMT, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 02:00:03PM GMT, T.J. Mercier wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 1:29 PM Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> wrote:
> > >
> > > The oom_control provides functionality to disable memcg oom-killer,
> > > notifications on oom-kill and reading the stats regarding oom-kills.
> > > This interface was mainly introduced to provide functionality for
> > > userspace oom-killers. However it is not robust enough and only supports
> > > OOM handling in the page fault path.
> > >
> > > For v2, the users can use the combination of memory.events notifications
> > > and memory.high interface to provide userspace OOM-killing functionality.
> > > Let's start the deprecation process for v1 and gather the info on how
> > > the current users are using this interface and work on providing a more
> > > robust functionality in v2.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst | 8 ++++++--
> > > mm/memcontrol-v1.c | 7 +++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
> > > index afe5e95e9f7b..74cea6712d06 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
> > > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
> > > @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Brief summary of control files.
> > > This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be
> > > used.
> > > memory.oom_control set/show oom controls.
> > > + This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be
> > > + used.
> > > memory.numa_stat show the number of memory usage per numa
> > > node
> > > memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes Deprecated knob to set and read the kernel
> > > @@ -846,8 +848,10 @@ It's applicable for root and non-root cgroup.
> > >
> > > .. _cgroup-v1-memory-oom-control:
> > >
> > > -10. OOM Control
> > > -===============
> > > +10. OOM Control (DEPRECATED)
> > > +============================
> > > +
> > > +THIS IS DEPRECATED!
> > >
> > > memory.oom_control file is for OOM notification and other controls.
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> > > index e0bb54e42011..07343e338e4e 100644
> > > --- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> > > +++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> > > @@ -1907,6 +1907,9 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
> > > event->register_event = mem_cgroup_usage_register_event;
> > > event->unregister_event = mem_cgroup_usage_unregister_event;
> > > } else if (!strcmp(name, "memory.oom_control")) {
> > > + pr_warn_once("oom_control is deprecated and will be removed. "
> > > + "Please report your usecase to linux-mm-@kvack.org"
> > > + " if you depend on this functionality. \n";
> >
> > Missing close paren?
>
> Ah, thanks for catching that. I compile tested the old version before
> moving text around. Anyways, will resend.
>

Oh I was building without CONFIG_MEMCG_V1.