From: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v5 18/21] memcg: swap: only charge physical swap slots
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:27:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320192735.748051-19-nphamcs@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260320192735.748051-1-nphamcs@gmail.com>
Now that zswap and the zero-filled swap page optimization no longer
takes up any physical swap space, we should not charge towards the swap
usage and limits of the memcg in these case. We will only record the
memcg id on virtual swap slot allocation, and defer physical swap
charging (i.e towards memory.swap.current) until the virtual swap slot
is backed by an actual physical swap slot (on zswap store failure
fallback or zswap writeback).
Signed-off-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 26 ++++++++++++++
mm/memcontrol-v1.c | 6 ++++
mm/memcontrol.c | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
mm/vswap.c | 39 +++++++++------------
4 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index cc1ca4ac2946d..21e528d8d3480 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -676,6 +676,22 @@ static inline void folio_throttle_swaprate(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp)
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_MEMCG) && defined(CONFIG_SWAP)
+void __mem_cgroup_record_swap(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry);
+static inline void mem_cgroup_record_swap(struct folio *folio,
+ swp_entry_t entry)
+{
+ if (!mem_cgroup_disabled())
+ __mem_cgroup_record_swap(folio, entry);
+}
+
+void __mem_cgroup_clear_swap(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_pages);
+static inline void mem_cgroup_clear_swap(swp_entry_t entry,
+ unsigned int nr_pages)
+{
+ if (!mem_cgroup_disabled())
+ __mem_cgroup_clear_swap(entry, nr_pages);
+}
+
int __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry);
static inline int mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct folio *folio,
swp_entry_t entry)
@@ -696,6 +712,16 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_p
extern long mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
extern bool mem_cgroup_swap_full(struct folio *folio);
#else
+static inline void mem_cgroup_record_swap(struct folio *folio,
+ swp_entry_t entry)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void mem_cgroup_clear_swap(swp_entry_t entry,
+ unsigned int nr_pages)
+{
+}
+
static inline int mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct folio *folio,
swp_entry_t entry)
{
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
index 7b010e165e1ba..12bc5c680b03a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
@@ -680,6 +680,12 @@ void memcg1_swapin(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_pages)
* memory+swap charge, drop the swap entry duplicate.
*/
mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(entry, nr_pages);
+
+ /*
+ * Clear the cgroup association now to prevent double memsw
+ * uncharging when the backends are released later.
+ */
+ mem_cgroup_clear_swap(entry, nr_pages);
}
}
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 2ba5811e7edba..4525c21754e7f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5172,6 +5172,49 @@ int __init mem_cgroup_init(void)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
+/**
+ * __mem_cgroup_record_swap - record the folio's cgroup for the swap entries.
+ * @folio: folio being swapped out.
+ * @entry: the first swap entry in the range.
+ */
+void __mem_cgroup_record_swap(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry)
+{
+ unsigned int nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+
+ /* Recording will be done by memcg1_swapout(). */
+ if (do_memsw_account())
+ return;
+
+ memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
+
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!memcg, folio);
+ if (!memcg)
+ return;
+
+ memcg = mem_cgroup_id_get_online(memcg);
+ if (nr_pages > 1)
+ mem_cgroup_id_get_many(memcg, nr_pages - 1);
+ swap_cgroup_record(folio, mem_cgroup_id(memcg), entry);
+}
+
+/**
+ * __mem_cgroup_clear_swap - clear cgroup information of the swap entries.
+ * @entry: the first swap entry in the range.
+ * @nr_pages: the number of pages in the range.
+ */
+void __mem_cgroup_clear_swap(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_pages)
+{
+ unsigned short id = swap_cgroup_clear(entry, nr_pages);
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(id);
+ if (memcg)
+ mem_cgroup_id_put_many(memcg, nr_pages);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
/**
* __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap - try charging swap space for a folio
* @folio: folio being added to swap
@@ -5190,34 +5233,24 @@ int __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry)
if (do_memsw_account())
return 0;
- memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
-
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!memcg, folio);
- if (!memcg)
- return 0;
-
- if (!entry.val) {
- memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP_FAIL);
- return 0;
- }
-
- memcg = mem_cgroup_id_get_online(memcg);
+ /*
+ * We already record the cgroup on virtual swap allocation.
+ * Note that the virtual swap slot holds a reference to memcg,
+ * so this lookup should be safe.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(lookup_swap_cgroup_id(entry));
+ rcu_read_unlock();
if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) &&
!page_counter_try_charge(&memcg->swap, nr_pages, &counter)) {
memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP_MAX);
memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP_FAIL);
- mem_cgroup_id_put(memcg);
return -ENOMEM;
}
- /* Get references for the tail pages, too */
- if (nr_pages > 1)
- mem_cgroup_id_get_many(memcg, nr_pages - 1);
mod_memcg_state(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, nr_pages);
- swap_cgroup_record(folio, mem_cgroup_id(memcg), entry);
-
return 0;
}
@@ -5231,7 +5264,8 @@ void __mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_pages)
struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
unsigned short id;
- id = swap_cgroup_clear(entry, nr_pages);
+ id = lookup_swap_cgroup_id(entry);
+
rcu_read_lock();
memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(id);
if (memcg) {
@@ -5242,7 +5276,6 @@ void __mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_pages)
page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->swap, nr_pages);
}
mod_memcg_state(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, -nr_pages);
- mem_cgroup_id_put_many(memcg, nr_pages);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
}
@@ -5251,14 +5284,18 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_may_zswap(struct mem_cgroup *original_memcg);
long mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
- long nr_swap_pages, nr_zswap_pages = 0;
+ long nr_swap_pages;
if (zswap_is_enabled() && (mem_cgroup_disabled() || do_memsw_account() ||
mem_cgroup_may_zswap(memcg))) {
- nr_zswap_pages = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
+ /*
+ * No need to check swap cgroup limits, since zswap is not charged
+ * towards swap consumption.
+ */
+ return PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
}
- nr_swap_pages = max_t(long, nr_zswap_pages, get_nr_swap_pages());
+ nr_swap_pages = get_nr_swap_pages();
if (mem_cgroup_disabled() || do_memsw_account())
return nr_swap_pages;
for (; !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg); memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg))
diff --git a/mm/vswap.c b/mm/vswap.c
index 1040bb8a9f320..fa37165cb10d0 100644
--- a/mm/vswap.c
+++ b/mm/vswap.c
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ static void release_backing(swp_entry_t entry, int nr)
struct vswap_cluster *cluster = NULL;
struct swp_desc *desc;
unsigned long flush_nr, phys_swap_start = 0, phys_swap_end = 0;
+ unsigned long phys_swap_released = 0;
unsigned int phys_swap_type = 0;
bool need_flushing_phys_swap = false;
swp_slot_t flush_slot;
@@ -573,6 +574,7 @@ static void release_backing(swp_entry_t entry, int nr)
if (desc->type == VSWAP_ZSWAP && desc->zswap_entry) {
zswap_entry_free(desc->zswap_entry);
} else if (desc->type == VSWAP_SWAPFILE) {
+ phys_swap_released++;
if (!phys_swap_start) {
/* start a new contiguous range of phys swap */
phys_swap_start = swp_slot_offset(desc->slot);
@@ -603,6 +605,9 @@ static void release_backing(swp_entry_t entry, int nr)
flush_nr = phys_swap_end - phys_swap_start;
swap_slot_free_nr(flush_slot, flush_nr);
}
+
+ if (phys_swap_released)
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(entry, phys_swap_released);
}
/*
@@ -630,7 +635,7 @@ static void vswap_free(struct vswap_cluster *cluster, struct swp_desc *desc,
spin_unlock(&cluster->lock);
release_backing(entry, 1);
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(entry, 1);
+ mem_cgroup_clear_swap(entry, 1);
/* erase forward mapping and release the virtual slot for reallocation */
spin_lock(&cluster->lock);
@@ -645,9 +650,6 @@ static void vswap_free(struct vswap_cluster *cluster, struct swp_desc *desc,
*/
int folio_alloc_swap(struct folio *folio)
{
- struct vswap_cluster *cluster = NULL;
- int i, nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
- struct swp_desc *desc;
swp_entry_t entry;
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(folio), folio);
@@ -657,25 +659,7 @@ int folio_alloc_swap(struct folio *folio)
if (!entry.val)
return -ENOMEM;
- /*
- * XXX: for now, we charge towards the memory cgroup's swap limit on virtual
- * swap slots allocation. This will be changed soon - we will only charge on
- * physical swap slots allocation.
- */
- if (mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(folio, entry)) {
- rcu_read_lock();
- for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
- desc = vswap_iter(&cluster, entry.val + i);
- VM_WARN_ON(!desc);
- vswap_free(cluster, desc, (swp_entry_t){ entry.val + i });
- }
- spin_unlock(&cluster->lock);
- rcu_read_unlock();
- atomic_add(nr, &vswap_alloc_reject);
- entry.val = 0;
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
+ mem_cgroup_record_swap(folio, entry);
swap_cache_add_folio(folio, entry, NULL);
return 0;
@@ -717,6 +701,15 @@ bool vswap_alloc_swap_slot(struct folio *folio)
if (!slot.val)
return false;
+ if (mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(folio, entry)) {
+ /*
+ * We have not updated the backing type of the virtual swap slot.
+ * Simply free up the physical swap slots here!
+ */
+ swap_slot_free_nr(slot, nr);
+ return false;
+ }
+
/* establish the vrtual <-> physical swap slots linkages. */
si = __swap_slot_to_info(slot);
ci = swap_cluster_lock(si, swp_slot_offset(slot));
--
2.52.0
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 19:27 [PATCH v5 00/21] Virtual Swap Space Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/21] mm/swap: decouple swap cache from physical swap infrastructure Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 02/21] swap: rearrange the swap header file Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/21] mm: swap: add an abstract API for locking out swapoff Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 04/21] zswap: add new helpers for zswap entry operations Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 05/21] mm/swap: add a new function to check if a swap entry is in swap cached Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 06/21] mm: swap: add a separate type for physical swap slots Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 07/21] mm: create scaffolds for the new virtual swap implementation Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 08/21] zswap: prepare zswap for swap virtualization Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 09/21] mm: swap: allocate a virtual swap slot for each swapped out page Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 10/21] swap: move swap cache to virtual swap descriptor Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 11/21] zswap: move zswap entry management to the " Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 12/21] swap: implement the swap_cgroup API using virtual swap Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 13/21] swap: manage swap entry lifecycle at the virtual swap layer Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 14/21] mm: swap: decouple virtual swap slot from backing store Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 15/21] zswap: do not start zswap shrinker if there is no physical swap slots Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 16/21] swap: do not unnecesarily pin readahead swap entries Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 17/21] swapfile: remove zeromap bitmap Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` Nhat Pham [this message]
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 19/21] swap: simplify swapoff using virtual swap Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 20/21] swapfile: replace the swap map with bitmaps Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 21/21] vswap: batch contiguous vswap free calls Nhat Pham
2026-03-21 18:22 ` [PATCH v5 00/21] Virtual Swap Space Andrew Morton
2026-03-22 2:18 ` Roman Gushchin
[not found] ` <CAMgjq7AiUr_Ntj51qoqvV+=XbEATjr7S4MH+rgD32T5pHfF7mg@mail.gmail.com>
2026-03-23 15:32 ` Nhat Pham
2026-03-23 16:40 ` Kairui Song
2026-03-23 20:05 ` Nhat Pham
2026-03-25 18:53 ` YoungJun Park
2026-03-24 13:19 ` Askar Safin
2026-03-24 17:23 ` Nhat Pham
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