From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
hughd@google.com, usama.arif@linux.dev, brauner@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] mm: shmem: make unused huge shrinker memcg aware
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:35:26 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e638aa5f-a557-4990-82d7-e0fa1e246658@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d23cc0d06527e8085bdef645bdce489d9aa15bfc.1785746588.git.zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
On 8/3/26 4:46 PM, Qi Zheng wrote:
> From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
>
> The shmem unused huge shrinker keeps a per-superblock list of inodes whose
> tail huge folio extends beyond i_size. Since that list is not memcg aware,
> reclaim triggered by one memcg can scan inodes from the whole superblock
> and split shmem huge folios charged to unrelated memcgs.
>
> Convert the shrink list to a memcg-aware list_lru. Queue each inode on the
> list_lru sublist matching the memcg and node of the current tail huge
> folio, so non-root memcg reclaim only walks candidates charged to the
> reclaiming memcg. Global reclaim, root memcg reclaim and shmem quota
> reclaim keep global semantics.
>
> The list_lru still tracks inodes while the actual split target is the
> current tail huge folio, so validate the folio memcg/node during scan. If
> the folio no longer matches the reclaim context or splitting cannot
> proceed, requeue the inode according to the current tail folio; if the
> inode is no longer shrinkable, drop the scan entry.
>
> This can be tested with the shrinker debugfs interface by allocating 32
> tmpfs tail THPs in each of two memcgs, then scanning the sb-tmpfs shrinker
> with memcg A's cgroup id:
>
> before A scan after A scan
> base A=64M, B=64M A=64M, B=64M (per-memcg count is skipped)
> patched A=64M, B=64M A=0, B=64M
>
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
> ---
Apart from the two issues Sashiko pointed out (which you've already
replied to), nothing else jumped out at me. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 5:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 8:46 [PATCH v3 0/3] make unused huge shrinker memcg aware Qi Zheng
2026-08-03 8:46 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] fs: fix missed removal of super_fs_objects_eligible() Qi Zheng
2026-08-03 21:20 ` Andrew Morton
2026-08-04 6:18 ` Qi Zheng
2026-08-03 8:46 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] mm: shmem: move unused huge shrinklist queuing past the truncation check Qi Zheng
2026-08-04 7:03 ` Qi Zheng
2026-08-03 8:46 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] mm: shmem: make unused huge shrinker memcg aware Qi Zheng
2026-08-06 5:35 ` Baolin Wang [this message]
2026-08-06 6:10 ` Qi Zheng
2026-08-03 12:21 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] " David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-04 3:51 ` Qi Zheng
2026-08-03 21:24 ` Andrew Morton
2026-08-04 6:36 ` Qi Zheng
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