On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 08:55:11PM +0800, Jingbo Xu wrote:
> The cgwb cleanup routine will try to release the dying cgwb by switching
> the attached inodes. It fetches the attached inodes from wb->b_attached
> list, omitting the fact that inodes only with dirty timestamps reside in
> wb->b_dirty_time list, which is the case when lazytime is enabled. This
> causes enormous zombie memory cgroup when lazytime is enabled, as inodes
> with dirty timestamps can not be switched to a live cgwb for a long time.
>
> It is reasonable not to switch cgwb for inodes with dirty data, as
> otherwise it may break the bandwidth restrictions. However since the
> writeback of inode metadata is not accounted for, let's also switch
> inodes with dirty timestamps to avoid zombie memory and block cgroups
> when laztytime is enabled.
>
> Fixes: c22d70a162d3 ("writeback, cgroup: release dying cgwbs by switching attached inodes")
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jingbo Xu <jefflexu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
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tejun
