[PATCH v4 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure

Glauber Costa
2012-10-08T10:08:24Z

This patch introduces infrastructure for tracking kernel memory pages to
a given memcg. This will happen whenever the caller includes the flag
__GFP_KMEMCG flag, and the task belong to a memcg other than the root.

In memcontrol.h those functions are wrapped in inline acessors. The
idea is to later on, patch those with static branches, so we don't incur
any overhead when no mem cgroups with limited kmem are being used.

Users of this functionality shall interact with the memcg core code
through the following functions:

memcg_kmem_newpage_charge: will return true if the group can handle the
allocation. At this point, struct page is not
yet allocated.

memcg_kmem_commit_charge: will either revert the charge, if struct page
allocation failed, or embed memcg information
into page_cgroup.

memcg_kmem_uncharge_page: called at free time, will revert the charge.

[ v2: improved comments and standardized function names ]
[ v3: handle no longer opaque, functions not exported,
even more comments ]
[ v4: reworked Used bit handling and surroundings for more clarity ]
[ v5: simplified code for kmemcg compiled out and core functions in
memcontrol.c, moved kmem code to the middle to avoid forward decls ]

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
CC: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
CC: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
CC: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
CC: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
CC: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/memcontrol.c | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 8d9489f..783cd78 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#define _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H
#include <linux/cgroup.h>
#include <linux/vm_event_item.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>

struct mem_cgroup;
struct page_cgroup;
@@ -399,6 +400,85 @@ struct sock;
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
void sock_update_memcg(struct sock *sk);
void sock_release_memcg(struct sock *sk);
+
+static inline bool memcg_kmem_enabled(void)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
+extern bool __memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg,
+ int order);
+extern void __memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page,
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int order);
+extern void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order);
+
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_newpage_charge: verify if a new kmem allocation is allowed.
+ * @gfp: the gfp allocation flags.
+ * @memcg: a pointer to the memcg this was charged against.
+ * @order: allocation order.
+ *
+ * returns true if the memcg where the current task belongs can hold this
+ * allocation.
+ *
+ * We return true automatically if this allocation is not to be accounted to
+ * any memcg.
+ */
+static __always_inline bool
+memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg, int order)
+{
+ if (!memcg_kmem_enabled())
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * __GFP_NOFAIL allocations will move on even if charging is not
+ * possible. Therefore we don't even try, and have this allocation
+ * unaccounted. We could in theory charge it with
+ * res_counter_charge_nofail, but we hope those allocations are rare,
+ * and won't be worth the trouble.
+ */
+ if (!(gfp & __GFP_KMEMCG) || (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL))
+ return true;
+ if (in_interrupt() || (!current->mm) || (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+ return true;
+ /* mem_cgroup_try_charge will test this too, but better exit quickly */
+ if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
+ return true;
+ return __memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp, memcg, order);
+}
+
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_uncharge_page: uncharge pages from memcg
+ * @page: pointer to struct page being freed
+ * @order: allocation order.
+ *
+ * there is no need to specify memcg here, since it is embedded in page_cgroup
+ */
+static __always_inline void
+memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order)
+{
+ if (memcg_kmem_enabled())
+ __memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(page, order);
+}
+
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_commit_charge: embeds correct memcg in a page
+ * @page: pointer to struct page recently allocated
+ * @memcg: the memcg structure we charged against
+ * @order: allocation order.
+ *
+ * Needs to be called after memcg_kmem_newpage_charge, regardless of success or
+ * failure of the allocation. if @page is NULL, this function will revert the
+ * charges. Otherwise, it will commit the memcg given by @memcg to the
+ * corresponding page_cgroup.
+ */
+static __always_inline void
+memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int order)
+{
+ if (memcg_kmem_enabled() && memcg)
+ __memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
+}
+
#else
static inline void sock_update_memcg(struct sock *sk)
{
@@ -406,6 +486,21 @@ static inline void sock_update_memcg(struct sock *sk)
static inline void sock_release_memcg(struct sock *sk)
{
}
+
+static inline bool
+memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg, int order)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
+static inline void memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void
+memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int order)
+{
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
#endif /* _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H */

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index ba855cc..dda54f0 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
* Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation
* Author: Kirill A. Shutemov
*
+ * Kernel Memory Controller
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Parallels Inc. and Google Inc.
+ * Authors: Glauber Costa and Suleiman Souhlal
+ *
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
@@ -350,11 +354,6 @@ static void memcg_kmem_set_active(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
set_bit(KMEM_ACCOUNTED_ACTIVE, &memcg->kmem_accounted);
}
-
-static bool memcg_kmem_is_accounted(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
-{
- return test_bit(KMEM_ACCOUNTED_ACTIVE, &memcg->kmem_accounted);
-}
#endif

/* Stuffs for move charges at task migration. */
@@ -2636,6 +2635,170 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
memcg_check_events(memcg, page);
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+static inline bool memcg_can_account_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+ return !mem_cgroup_disabled() && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) &&
+ (memcg->kmem_accounted & KMEM_ACCOUNTED_MASK);
+}
+
+static int memcg_charge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp, u64 size)
+{
+ struct res_counter *fail_res;
+ struct mem_cgroup *_memcg;
+ int ret = 0;
+ bool may_oom;
+
+ /*
+ * Conditions under which we can wait for the oom_killer.
+ * __GFP_NORETRY should be masked by __mem_cgroup_try_charge,
+ * but there is no harm in being explicit here
+ */
+ may_oom = (gfp & __GFP_WAIT) && !(gfp & __GFP_NORETRY);
+
+ _memcg = memcg;
+ ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, gfp, size >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+ &_memcg, may_oom);
+
+ if (!ret) {
+ ret = res_counter_charge(&memcg->kmem, size, &fail_res);
+ if (ret) {
+ res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->res, size);
+ if (do_swap_account)
+ res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, size);
+ }
+ } else if (ret == -EINTR) {
+ /*
+ * __mem_cgroup_try_charge() chosed to bypass to root due to
+ * OOM kill or fatal signal. Since our only options are to
+ * either fail the allocation or charge it to this cgroup, do
+ * it as a temporary condition. But we can't fail. From a
+ * kmem/slab perspective, the cache has already been selected,
+ * by mem_cgroup_get_kmem_cache(), so it is too late to change
+ * our minds
+ */
+ res_counter_charge_nofail(&memcg->res, size, &fail_res);
+ if (do_swap_account)
+ res_counter_charge_nofail(&memcg->memsw, size,
+ &fail_res);
+ res_counter_charge_nofail(&memcg->kmem, size, &fail_res);
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void memcg_uncharge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, u64 size)
+{
+ res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->kmem, size);
+ res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->res, size);
+ if (do_swap_account)
+ res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We need to verify if the allocation against current->mm->owner's 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.
+ *
+ * It is possible for the task to switch cgroups in this mean time, so at
+ * commit time, we can't rely on task conversion any longer. We'll then use
+ * the handle argument to return to the caller which cgroup we should commit
+ * against. We could also return the memcg directly and avoid the pointer
+ * passing, but a boolean return value gives better semantics considering
+ * the compiled-out case as well.
+ *
+ * Returning true means the allocation is possible.
+ */
+bool
+__memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **_memcg, int order)
+{
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+ int ret;
+
+ *_memcg = NULL;
+ memcg = try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
+
+ /*
+ * very rare case described in mem_cgroup_from_task. Unfortunately there
+ * isn't much we can do without complicating this too much, and it would
+ * be gfp-dependent anyway. Just let it go
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!memcg))
+ return true;
+
+ if (!memcg_can_account_kmem(memcg)) {
+ css_put(&memcg->css);
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ mem_cgroup_get(memcg);
+
+ ret = memcg_charge_kmem(memcg, gfp, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+ if (!ret)
+ *_memcg = memcg;
+ else
+ mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
+
+ css_put(&memcg->css);
+ return (ret == 0);
+}
+
+void __memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ int order)
+{
+ struct page_cgroup *pc;
+
+ VM_BUG_ON(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
+
+ /* The page allocation failed. Revert */
+ if (!page) {
+ memcg_uncharge_kmem(memcg, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+ mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
+ lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+ pc->mem_cgroup = memcg;
+ SetPageCgroupUsed(pc);
+ unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+}
+
+void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order)
+{
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
+ struct page_cgroup *pc;
+
+
+ pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
+ /*
+ * Fast unlocked return. Theoretically might have changed, have to
+ * check again after locking.
+ */
+ if (!PageCgroupUsed(pc))
+ return;
+
+ lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+ if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
+ memcg = pc->mem_cgroup;
+ ClearPageCgroupUsed(pc);
+ }
+ unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+
+ /*
+ * We trust that only if there is a memcg associated with the page, it
+ * is a valid allocation
+ */
+ if (!memcg)
+ return;
+
+ VM_BUG_ON(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
+ memcg_uncharge_kmem(memcg, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+ mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE

#define PCGF_NOCOPY_AT_SPLIT (1 << PCG_LOCK | 1 << PCG_MIGRATION)
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