On 01/11/2018 01:42 PM, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Wed 10-01-18 15:43:17, Andrey Ryabinin wrote: > [...] >> @@ -2506,15 +2480,13 @@ static int mem_cgroup_resize_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, >> if (!ret) >> break; >> >> - try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, 1, GFP_KERNEL, !memsw); >> - >> - curusage = page_counter_read(counter); >> - /* Usage is reduced ? */ >> - if (curusage >= oldusage) >> - retry_count--; >> - else >> - oldusage = curusage; >> - } while (retry_count); >> + usage = page_counter_read(counter); >> + if (!try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, usage - limit, >> + GFP_KERNEL, !memsw)) { > > If the usage drops below limit in the meantime then you get underflow > and reclaim the whole memcg. I do not think this is a good idea. This > can also lead to over reclaim. Why don't you simply stick with the > original SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX (aka 1 for try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages)? > Because, if new limit is gigabytes bellow the current usage, retrying to set new limit after reclaiming only 32 pages seems unreasonable. So, I made this: From: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm-memcg-try-harder-to-decrease-limit_in_bytes-fix Protect from overreclaim if usage become lower than limit. Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 4671ae8a8b1a..6120bb619547 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(memcg_limit_mutex); static int mem_cgroup_resize_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned long limit, bool memsw) { - unsigned long usage; + unsigned long nr_pages; bool enlarge = false; int ret; bool limits_invariant; @@ -2487,8 +2487,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_resize_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, if (!ret) break; - usage = page_counter_read(counter); - if (!try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, usage - limit, + nr_pages = max_t(long, 1, page_counter_read(counter) - limit); + if (!try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages, GFP_KERNEL, !memsw)) { ret = -EBUSY; break; -- 2.13.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cgroups" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html