[Ups this one somehow fall through cracks]
On Wed 13-01-16 16:51:57, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Changing page->mem_cgroup of a live page is tricky and fragile. In
> particular, the memcg writeback code relies on that mapping being
> stable and users of mem_cgroup_replace_page() not overlapping with
> dirtyable inodes.
>
> Page cache replacement doesn't have to do that, though. Instead of
> being clever and transfering the charge from the old page to the new,
> force-charge the new page and leave the old page alone. A temporary
> overcharge won't matter in practice, and the old page is going to be
> freed shortly after this anyway. And this is not performance critical.
OK, this makes sense to me.
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index d75028d..c26ffac 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -366,13 +366,6 @@ mem_cgroup_zone_zoneinfo(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct zone *zone)
> *
> * If memcg is bound to a traditional hierarchy, the css of root_mem_cgroup
> * is returned.
> - *
> - * XXX: The above description of behavior on the default hierarchy isn't
> - * strictly true yet as replace_page_cache_page() can modify the
> - * association before @page is released even on the default hierarchy;
> - * however, the current and planned usages don't mix the the two functions
> - * and replace_page_cache_page() will soon be updated to make the invariant
> - * actually true.
> */
> struct cgroup_subsys_state *mem_cgroup_css_from_page(struct page *page)
> {
> @@ -5463,7 +5456,8 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_list(struct list_head *page_list)
> void mem_cgroup_replace_page(struct page *oldpage, struct page *newpage)
> {
> struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> - int isolated;
> + unsigned int nr_pages;
> + bool compound;
>
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(oldpage), oldpage);
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(newpage), newpage);
> @@ -5483,11 +5477,21 @@ void mem_cgroup_replace_page(struct page *oldpage, struct page *newpage)
> if (!memcg)
> return;
>
> - lock_page_lru(oldpage, &isolated);
> - oldpage->mem_cgroup = NULL;
> - unlock_page_lru(oldpage, isolated);
> + /* Force-charge the new page. The old one will be freed soon */
> + compound = PageTransHuge(newpage);
> + nr_pages = compound ? hpage_nr_pages(newpage) : 1;
> +
> + page_counter_charge(&memcg->memory, nr_pages);
> + if (do_memsw_account())
> + page_counter_charge(&memcg->memsw, nr_pages);
> + css_get_many(&memcg->css, nr_pages);
>
> commit_charge(newpage, memcg, true);
> +
> + local_irq_disable();
> + mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(memcg, newpage, compound, nr_pages);
> + memcg_check_events(memcg, newpage);
> + local_irq_enable();
> }
>
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(memcg_sockets_enabled_key);
> --
> 2.7.0
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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