From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@gmail.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/4] memcg: Annotate slow paths in consume_stock() and refill_stock().
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:44:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029194452.3189365-4-kuniyu@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029194452.3189365-1-kuniyu@google.com>
In consume_stock() and refill_stock(), each per-CPU stock slot
holds up to MEMCG_STOCK_HIGH (64) pages, so depleting a slot in
consume_stock() (!stock_pages) or trimming a slot in refill_stock()
(stock_pages > MEMCG_STOCK_HIGH) happens at most once per batch.
Similarly, requests larger than MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH, local_trylock()
failure, and insufficient cached pages (stock_pages < nr_pages)
are all slow paths.
Without unlikely() annotations (when building without FDO, or
when an FDO profile does not cover a caller), Clang 23 treats
these branches as likely and inlines css_put() in consume_stock()
and memcg_uncharge() in refill_stock() right into the middle of
the hot path.
Consequently, the fast path has to jump over the inlined slow
path and jump again to the function epilogue after local_unlock().
Let's annotate the slow paths in consume_stock() and refill_stock()
with unlikely() so that the compiler keeps css_put() and
memcg_uncharge() out-of-line at the cold tail and lets local_unlock()
and the function epilogue fall through on the fast path:
Before (refill_stock):
stock_pages = stock->nr_pages[i] + nr_pages;
7ab2: 43 0f b6 44 26 01 movzbl 0x1(%r14,%r12), %eax
7ab8: 01 c6 addl %eax, %esi
if (stock_pages > MEMCG_STOCK_HIGH) {
7aba: 83 fe 41 cmpl $0x41, %esi
7abd: 72 1d jb 0x7adc <refill_stock+0x21c>
memcg_uncharge(memcg, stock_pages - MEMCG_STOCK_LOW); # inlined
7abf: 41 89 f7 movl %esi, %r15d
7ac2: 41 83 c7 e0 addl $-0x20, %r15d
7ac6: 48 8d bb 00 01 00 00 leaq 0x100(%rbx), %rdi
7acd: 4c 89 fe movq %r15, %rsi
7ad0: e8 00 00 00 00 callq <page_counter_uncharge>
7ad5: be 20 00 00 00 movl $0x20, %esi
7ada: eb 41 jmp 0x7b1d <refill_stock+0x25d>
WRITE_ONCE(stock->nr_pages[i], stock_pages);
7adc: 43 88 74 26 01 movb %sil, 0x1(%r14,%r12)
local_unlock(&memcg_stock.lock);
7ae1: 65 48 8b 05 00 00 00 00 movq %gs:(%rip), %rax
7ae9: c6 80 00 00 00 00 00 movb $0x0, (%rax)
7af0: e9 03 fe ff ff jmp 0x78f8 <refill_stock+0x38>
After (refill_stock):
stock_pages = stock->nr_pages[i] + nr_pages;
7b76: 42 0f b6 44 33 01 movzbl 0x1(%rbx,%r14), %eax
7b7c: 01 c6 addl %eax, %esi
if (unlikely(stock_pages > MEMCG_STOCK_HIGH)) {
7b7e: 83 fe 41 cmpl $0x41, %esi
7b81: 73 20 jae 0x7ba3 <refill_stock+0x233>
WRITE_ONCE(stock->nr_pages[i], stock_pages);
7b83: 42 88 74 33 01 movb %sil, 0x1(%rbx,%r14)
local_unlock(&memcg_stock.lock);
7b88: 65 48 8b 05 00 00 00 00 movq %gs:(%rip), %rax
7b90: c6 80 00 00 00 00 00 movb $0x0, (%rax)
}
7b97: 5b popq %rbx
7b98: 41 5e popq %r14
7b9a: 41 5f popq %r15
7b9c: 5d popq %rbp
7b9d: 2e e9 00 00 00 00 jmp <__x86_return_thunk>
memcg_uncharge(memcg, stock_pages - MEMCG_STOCK_LOW);
7ba3: 83 c6 e0 addl $-0x20, %esi
7ba6: e8 15 f2 ff ff callq 0x6dc0 <memcg_uncharge>
7bab: be 20 00 00 00 movl $0x20, %esi
7bb0: eb d1 jmp 0x7b83 <refill_stock+0x213>
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
v3: Mention Clang 23 and restore asm output
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 6666acc9cee8..a04b44656b38 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2157,8 +2157,8 @@ static bool consume_stock(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
bool ret = false;
int i;
- if (nr_pages > MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH ||
- !local_trylock(&memcg_stock.lock))
+ if (unlikely(nr_pages > MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH ||
+ !local_trylock(&memcg_stock.lock)))
return ret;
stock = this_cpu_ptr(&memcg_stock);
@@ -2168,12 +2168,12 @@ static bool consume_stock(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
continue;
stock_pages = stock->nr_pages[i];
- if (stock_pages < nr_pages)
+ if (unlikely(stock_pages < nr_pages))
break;
stock_pages -= nr_pages;
WRITE_ONCE(stock->nr_pages[i], stock_pages);
- if (!stock_pages) {
+ if (unlikely(!stock_pages)) {
WRITE_ONCE(stock->cached[i], NULL);
css_put(&memcg->css);
}
@@ -2273,8 +2273,8 @@ static void refill_stock(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
- if (nr_pages > MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH ||
- !local_trylock(&memcg_stock.lock)) {
+ if (unlikely(nr_pages > MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH ||
+ !local_trylock(&memcg_stock.lock))) {
/*
* In case of larger than batch refill or unlikely failure to
* lock the percpu memcg_stock.lock, uncharge memcg directly.
@@ -2293,7 +2293,7 @@ static void refill_stock(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
continue;
stock_pages = stock->nr_pages[i] + nr_pages;
- if (stock_pages > MEMCG_STOCK_HIGH) {
+ if (unlikely(stock_pages > MEMCG_STOCK_HIGH)) {
memcg_uncharge(memcg,
stock_pages - MEMCG_STOCK_LOW);
stock_pages = MEMCG_STOCK_LOW;
--
2.56.0.317.g454f8302e1-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-29 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-29 19:44 [PATCH v3 0/4] memcg: Misc cleanup and perf improvement for TCP Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-29 19:44 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] memcg: Remove unnecessary READ_ONCE() under memcg_stock.lock Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-29 19:58 ` Shakeel Butt
2026-10-29 19:44 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] memcg: Reduce nesting in consume_stock() and refill_stock() Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-29 19:44 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima [this message]
2026-10-29 19:50 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] memcg: Annotate slow paths " Shakeel Butt
2026-10-29 19:44 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] memcg: Uncharge pages outside memcg_stock.lock in refill_stock() Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-29 19:52 ` Shakeel Butt
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