[PATCH 7/8] memcg: get rid of mm_struct::owner

Michal Hocko
2015-07-08T12:28:34Z

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>

mm_struct::owner keeps track of the task which is in charge for the
specific mm. This is usually the thread group leader of the process but
there are exotic cases where this doesn't hold.

The most prominent one is when separate tasks (not in the same thread
group) share the address space (by using clone with CLONE_VM without
CLONE_THREAD). The first task will be the owner until it exits.
mm_update_next_owner will then try to find a new owner - a task which
points to the same mm_struct. There is no guarantee a new owner will
be a thread group leader though because the leader for that thread
group might have exited. Even though such a thread will be still around
waiting for the remaining threads from its group, it's mm will be NULL
so it cannot be chosen.

cgroup migration code, however assumes only group leaders when migrating
via cgroup.procs (which will be the only mode in the unified hierarchy
API) while mem_cgroup_can_attach considers only those tasks which are
owner of the mm. So we might end up with tasks which cannot be migrated.
mm_update_next_owner could be tweaked to try harder and use a group
leader whenever possible but this will never be 100% because all the
leaders might be dead. It seems that getting rid of the mm->owner sounds
like a better and less hacky option.

The whole concept of the mm owner is a bit artificial and too tricky to
get right. All the memcg code needs is to find struct mem_cgroup from
a given mm_struct and there are only two events when the association
is either built or changed
- a new mm is created - dup_mmm resp exec_mmap - when the memcg
is inherited from the oldmm
- task associated with the mm is moved to another memcg
So it is much more easier to bind mm_struct with the mem_cgroup directly
rather than indirectly via a task. This is exactly what this patch does.

mm_inherit_memcg and mm_drop_memcg are exported for the core kernel
to bind an old memcg during dup_mm (fork) resp. exec_mmap (exec) and
releasing that memcg in mmput after the last reference is dropped and no
task sees the mm anymore. We have to be careful and take a reference to
the memcg->css so that it doesn't vanish from under our feet.

The only remaining part is to catch task migration and change the
association. This is done in mem_cgroup_move_task before charges get
moved because mem_cgroup_can_attach is too early and other controllers
might fail and we would have to handle the rollback.

mm->memcg conforms to standard mem_cgroup locking rules. It has to be
used inside rcu_read_{un}lock() and a reference has to be taken before the
unlock if the memcg is supposed to be used outside.

Finally mem_cgroup_can_attach will allow task migration only for the
thread group leaders to conform with cgroup core requirements.

Please note that this patch introduces a USER VISIBLE CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR.
Without mm->owner _all_ tasks (group leaders to be precise) associated
with the mm_struct would initiate memcg migration while previously
only owner of the mm_struct could do that. The original behavior was
awkward though because the user task didn't have any means to find out
the current owner (esp. after mm_update_next_owner) so the migration
behavior was not well defined in general.
New cgroup API (unified hierarchy) will discontinue tasks cgroup file
which means that migrating threads will no longer be possible. In such
a case having CLONE_VM without CLONE_THREAD could emulate the thread
behavior but this patch prevents from isolating memcg controllers from
others. Nevertheless I am not convinced such a use case would really
deserve complications on the memcg code side.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
---
fs/exec.c | 2 +-
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/linux/mm_types.h | 12 +-----
kernel/exit.c | 89 ---------------------------------------
kernel/fork.c | 10 +----
mm/debug.c | 4 +-
mm/memcontrol.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
7 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 1977c2a553ac..3ed9c0abc9f5 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
up_read(&old_mm->mmap_sem);
BUG_ON(active_mm != old_mm);
setmax_mm_hiwater_rss(&tsk->signal->maxrss, old_mm);
- mm_update_next_owner(old_mm);
+ mm_inherit_memcg(mm, old_mm);
mmput(old_mm);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 78e9d4ac57a1..8e6b2444ebfe 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -274,6 +274,52 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
extern struct cgroup_subsys_state *mem_cgroup_root_css;

/**
+ * __mm_set_memcg - Set mm_struct:memcg to a given memcg.
+ * @mm: mm struct
+ * @memcg: mem_cgroup to be used
+ *
+ * Note that this function doesn't clean up the previous mm->memcg.
+ * This should be done by caller when necessary (e.g. when moving
+ * mm from one memcg to another).
+ */
+static inline
+void __mm_set_memcg(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+ if (memcg)
+ css_get(&memcg->css);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(mm->memcg, memcg);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mm_inherit_memcg - Initialize mm_struct::memcg from an existing mm_struct
+ * @newmm: new mm struct
+ * @oldmm: old mm struct to inherit from
+ *
+ * Should be called for each new mm_struct.
+ */
+static inline
+void mm_inherit_memcg(struct mm_struct *newmm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
+{
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg = oldmm->memcg;
+
+ __mm_set_memcg(newmm, memcg);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mm_drop_iter - drop mm_struct::memcg association
+ * @mm: mm struct
+ *
+ * Should be called after the mm has been removed from all tasks
+ * and before it is freed (e.g. from mmput)
+ */
+static inline void mm_drop_memcg(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ if (mm->memcg)
+ css_put(&mm->memcg->css);
+ mm->memcg = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
* mem_cgroup_events - count memory events against a cgroup
* @memcg: the memory cgroup
* @idx: the event index
@@ -305,7 +351,6 @@ struct lruvec *mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(struct page *, struct zone *);
bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, struct mem_cgroup *memcg);

struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_page(struct page *page);
-struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p);

struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
static inline
@@ -335,7 +380,7 @@ static inline bool mm_match_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,
bool match = false;

rcu_read_lock();
- task_memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
+ task_memcg = rcu_dereference(mm->memcg);
if (task_memcg)
match = mem_cgroup_is_descendant(task_memcg, memcg);
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -474,7 +519,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(struct mm_struct *mm,
return;

rcu_read_lock();
- memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
+ memcg = rcu_dereference(mm->memcg);
if (unlikely(!memcg))
goto out;

@@ -498,6 +543,13 @@ void mem_cgroup_split_huge_fixup(struct page *head);
#else /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
struct mem_cgroup;

+static inline void mm_inherit_memcg(struct mm_struct *newmm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
+{
+}
+static inline void mm_drop_memcg(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+}
+
static inline void mem_cgroup_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
enum mem_cgroup_events_index idx,
unsigned int nr)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index f6266742ce1f..93dc8cb9c636 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -426,17 +426,7 @@ struct mm_struct {
struct kioctx_table __rcu *ioctx_table;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
- /*
- * "owner" points to a task that is regarded as the canonical
- * user/owner of this mm. All of the following must be true in
- * order for it to be changed:
- *
- * current == mm->owner
- * current->mm != mm
- * new_owner->mm == mm
- * new_owner->alloc_lock is held
- */
- struct task_struct __rcu *owner;
+ struct mem_cgroup __rcu *memcg;
#endif

/* store ref to file /proc/<pid>/exe symlink points to */
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 185752a729f6..339554612677 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -292,94 +292,6 @@ kill_orphaned_pgrp(struct task_struct *tsk, struct task_struct *parent)
}
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
-/*
- * A task is exiting. If it owned this mm, find a new owner for the mm.
- */
-void mm_update_next_owner(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
- struct task_struct *c, *g, *p = current;
-
-retry:
- /*
- * If the exiting or execing task is not the owner, it's
- * someone else's problem.
- */
- if (mm->owner != p)
- return;
- /*
- * The current owner is exiting/execing and there are no other
- * candidates. Do not leave the mm pointing to a possibly
- * freed task structure.
- */
- if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1) {
- mm->owner = NULL;
- return;
- }
-
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
- /*
- * Search in the children
- */
- list_for_each_entry(c, &p->children, sibling) {
- if (c->mm == mm)
- goto assign_new_owner;
- }
-
- /*
- * Search in the siblings
- */
- list_for_each_entry(c, &p->real_parent->children, sibling) {
- if (c->mm == mm)
- goto assign_new_owner;
- }
-
- /*
- * Search through everything else, we should not get here often.
- */
- for_each_process(g) {
- if (g->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
- continue;
- for_each_thread(g, c) {
- if (c->mm == mm)
- goto assign_new_owner;
- if (c->mm)
- break;
- }
- }
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
- /*
- * We found no owner yet mm_users > 1: this implies that we are
- * most likely racing with swapoff (try_to_unuse()) or /proc or
- * ptrace or page migration (get_task_mm()). Mark owner as NULL.
- */
- mm->owner = NULL;
- return;
-
-assign_new_owner:
- BUG_ON(c == p);
- get_task_struct(c);
- /*
- * The task_lock protects c->mm from changing.
- * We always want mm->owner->mm == mm
- */
- task_lock(c);
- /*
- * Delay read_unlock() till we have the task_lock()
- * to ensure that c does not slip away underneath us
- */
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
- if (c->mm != mm) {
- task_unlock(c);
- put_task_struct(c);
- goto retry;
- }
- mm->owner = c;
- task_unlock(c);
- put_task_struct(c);
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
-
/*
* Turn us into a lazy TLB process if we
* aren't already..
@@ -433,7 +345,6 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
task_unlock(tsk);
- mm_update_next_owner(mm);
mmput(mm);
if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
exit_oom_victim();
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 16e0f872f084..d073b6249d98 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -570,13 +570,6 @@ static void mm_init_aio(struct mm_struct *mm)
#endif
}

-static void mm_init_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
- mm->owner = p;
-#endif
-}
-
static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
{
mm->mmap = NULL;
@@ -596,7 +589,6 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
spin_lock_init(&mm->page_table_lock);
mm_init_cpumask(mm);
mm_init_aio(mm);
- mm_init_owner(mm, p);
mmu_notifier_mm_init(mm);
clear_tlb_flush_pending(mm);
#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
@@ -702,6 +694,7 @@ void mmput(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
if (mm->binfmt)
module_put(mm->binfmt->module);
+ mm_drop_memcg(mm);
mmdrop(mm);
}
}
@@ -926,6 +919,7 @@ static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
if (mm->binfmt && !try_module_get(mm->binfmt->module))
goto free_pt;

+ mm_inherit_memcg(mm, oldmm);
return mm;

free_pt:
diff --git a/mm/debug.c b/mm/debug.c
index 3eb3ac2fcee7..d0347a168651 100644
--- a/mm/debug.c
+++ b/mm/debug.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void dump_mm(const struct mm_struct *mm)
"ioctx_table %p\n"
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
- "owner %p "
+ "memcg %p "
#endif
"exe_file %p\n"
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void dump_mm(const struct mm_struct *mm)
mm->ioctx_table,
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
- mm->owner,
+ mm->memcg,
#endif
mm->exe_file,
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 19ffae804076..4069ec8f52be 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -294,6 +294,18 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_id(unsigned short id)
return mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
}

+static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ if (p->mm)
+ return rcu_dereference(p->mm->memcg);
+
+ /*
+ * If the process doesn't have mm struct anymore we have to fallback
+ * to the task_css.
+ */
+ return mem_cgroup_from_css(task_css(p, memory_cgrp_id));
+}
+
/* Writing them here to avoid exposing memcg's inner layout */
#if defined(CONFIG_INET) && defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM)

@@ -783,19 +795,6 @@ static void memcg_check_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct page *page)
}
}

-struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p)
-{
- /*
- * mm_update_next_owner() may clear mm->owner to NULL
- * if it races with swapoff, page migration, etc.
- * So this can be called with p == NULL.
- */
- if (unlikely(!p))
- return NULL;
-
- return mem_cgroup_from_css(task_css(p, memory_cgrp_id));
-}
-
static struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
@@ -810,7 +809,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
if (unlikely(!mm))
memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
else {
- memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
+ memcg = rcu_dereference(mm->memcg);
if (unlikely(!memcg))
memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
}
@@ -2286,7 +2285,7 @@ void __memcg_kmem_put_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
}

/*
- * We need to verify if the allocation against current->mm->owner's memcg is
+ * We need to verify if the allocation against current->mm->memcg is
* possible for the given order. But the page is not allocated yet, so we'll
* need a further commit step to do the final arrangements.
*
@@ -4737,7 +4736,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_clear_mc(void)
static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
{
- struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
+ struct mem_cgroup *to = mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
struct mem_cgroup *from;
struct task_struct *p;
struct mm_struct *mm;
@@ -4749,37 +4748,49 @@ static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
* tunable will only affect upcoming migrations, not the current one.
* So we need to save it, and keep it going.
*/
- move_flags = READ_ONCE(memcg->move_charge_at_immigrate);
+ move_flags = READ_ONCE(to->move_charge_at_immigrate);
if (!move_flags)
return 0;

p = cgroup_taskset_first(tset);
- from = mem_cgroup_from_task(p);
-
- VM_BUG_ON(from == memcg);
+ if (!thread_group_leader(p))
+ return 0;

mm = get_task_mm(p);
if (!mm)
return 0;
- /* We move charges only when we move a owner of the mm */
- if (mm->owner == p) {
- VM_BUG_ON(mc.from);
- VM_BUG_ON(mc.to);
- VM_BUG_ON(mc.precharge);
- VM_BUG_ON(mc.moved_charge);
- VM_BUG_ON(mc.moved_swap);
-
- spin_lock(&mc.lock);
- mc.from = from;
- mc.to = memcg;
- mc.flags = move_flags;
- spin_unlock(&mc.lock);
- /* We set mc.moving_task later */
-
- ret = mem_cgroup_precharge_mc(mm);
- if (ret)
- mem_cgroup_clear_mc();
- }
+
+ /*
+ * tasks' cgroup might be different from the one p->mm is associated
+ * with because CLONE_VM is allowed without CLONE_THREAD. The task is
+ * moving so we have to migrate from the memcg associated with its
+ * address space.
+ * No need to take a reference here because the memcg is pinned by the
+ * mm_struct.
+ */
+ from = READ_ONCE(mm->memcg);
+ if (!from)
+ from = root_mem_cgroup;
+ if (from == to)
+ goto out;
+
+ VM_BUG_ON(mc.from);
+ VM_BUG_ON(mc.to);
+ VM_BUG_ON(mc.precharge);
+ VM_BUG_ON(mc.moved_charge);
+ VM_BUG_ON(mc.moved_swap);
+
+ spin_lock(&mc.lock);
+ mc.from = from;
+ mc.to = to;
+ mc.flags = move_flags;
+ spin_unlock(&mc.lock);
+ /* We set mc.moving_task later */
+
+ ret = mem_cgroup_precharge_mc(mm);
+ if (ret)
+ mem_cgroup_clear_mc();
+out:
mmput(mm);
return ret;
}
@@ -4932,14 +4943,26 @@ static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
{
struct task_struct *p = cgroup_taskset_first(tset);
struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(p);
+ struct mem_cgroup *old_memcg = NULL;

if (mm) {
+ old_memcg = READ_ONCE(mm->memcg);
+ __mm_set_memcg(mm, mem_cgroup_from_css(css));
+
if (mc.to)
mem_cgroup_move_charge(mm);
mmput(mm);
}
if (mc.to)
mem_cgroup_clear_mc();
+
+ /*
+ * Be careful and drop the reference only after we are done because
+ * p's task_css memcg might be different from p->memcg and nothing else
+ * might be pinning the old memcg.
+ */
+ if (old_memcg)
+ css_put(&old_memcg->css);
}
#else /* !CONFIG_MMU */
static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
--
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