Re: [PATCH V3 2/7] Add per memcg reclaim watermarks

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:25 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:03:02 -0700
Ying Han <yinghan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are two watermarks added per-memcg including "high_wmark" and "low_wmark".
> The per-memcg kswapd is invoked when the memcg's memory usage(usage_in_bytes)
> is higher than the low_wmark. Then the kswapd thread starts to reclaim pages
> until the usage is lower than the high_wmark.
>
> Each watermark is calculated based on the hard_limit(limit_in_bytes) for each
> memcg. Each time the hard_limit is changed, the corresponding wmarks are
> re-calculated. Since memory controller charges only user pages, there is
> no need for a "min_wmark". The current calculation of wmarks is a function of
> "wmark_ratio" which is set to 0 by default. When the value is 0, the watermarks
> are equal to the hard_limit.
>
> changelog v3..v2:
> 1. Add VM_BUG_ON() on couple of places.
> 2. Remove the spinlock on the min_free_kbytes since the consequence of reading
> stale data.
> 3. Remove the "min_free_kbytes" API and replace it with wmark_ratio based on
> hard_limit.
>
> changelog v2..v1:
> 1. Remove the res_counter_charge on wmark due to performance concern.
> 2. Move the new APIs min_free_kbytes, reclaim_wmarks into seperate commit.
> 3. Calculate the min_free_kbytes automatically based on the limit_in_bytes.
> 4. make the wmark to be consistant with core VM which checks the free pages
> instead of usage.
> 5. changed wmark to be boolean
>
> Signed-off-by: Ying Han <yinghan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/memcontrol.h  |    1 +
>  include/linux/res_counter.h |   80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/res_counter.c        |    6 +++
>  mm/memcontrol.c             |   52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> index 5a5ce70..3ece36d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ int task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, const struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>
>  extern struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_page(struct page *page);
>  extern struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p);
> +extern int mem_cgroup_watermark_ok(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int charge_flags);
>
>  static inline
>  int mm_match_cgroup(const struct mm_struct *mm, const struct mem_cgroup *cgroup)
> diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
> index c9d625c..fa4181b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
> +++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
> @@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ struct res_counter {
>        */
>       unsigned long long soft_limit;
>       /*
> +      * the limit that reclaim triggers. TODO: res_counter in mem
> +      * or wmark_limit.
> +      */
> +     unsigned long long low_wmark_limit;
> +     /*
> +      * the limit that reclaim stops. TODO: res_counter in mem or
> +      * wmark_limit.
> +      */

What does this TODO mean ?

Legacy comment. I will remove it.


> +     unsigned long long high_wmark_limit;
> +     /*
>        * the number of unsuccessful attempts to consume the resource
>        */
>       unsigned long long failcnt;
> @@ -55,6 +65,9 @@ struct res_counter {
>
>  #define RESOURCE_MAX (unsigned long long)LLONG_MAX
>
> +#define CHARGE_WMARK_LOW     0x01
> +#define CHARGE_WMARK_HIGH    0x02
> +
>  /**
>   * Helpers to interact with userspace
>   * res_counter_read_u64() - returns the value of the specified member.
> @@ -92,6 +105,8 @@ enum {
>       RES_LIMIT,
>       RES_FAILCNT,
>       RES_SOFT_LIMIT,
> +     RES_LOW_WMARK_LIMIT,
> +     RES_HIGH_WMARK_LIMIT
>  };
>
>  /*
> @@ -147,6 +162,24 @@ static inline unsigned long long res_counter_margin(struct res_counter *cnt)
>       return margin;
>  }
>
> +static inline bool
> +res_counter_high_wmark_limit_check_locked(struct res_counter *cnt)
> +{
> +     if (cnt->usage < cnt->high_wmark_limit)
> +             return true;
> +
> +     return false;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool
> +res_counter_low_wmark_limit_check_locked(struct res_counter *cnt)
> +{
> +     if (cnt->usage < cnt->low_wmark_limit)
> +             return true;
> +
> +     return false;
> +}
> +


>  /**
>   * Get the difference between the usage and the soft limit
>   * @cnt: The counter
> @@ -169,6 +202,30 @@ res_counter_soft_limit_excess(struct res_counter *cnt)
>       return excess;
>  }
>
> +static inline bool
> +res_counter_check_under_low_wmark_limit(struct res_counter *cnt)
> +{
> +     bool ret;
> +     unsigned long flags;
> +
> +     spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     ret = res_counter_low_wmark_limit_check_locked(cnt);
> +     spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool
> +res_counter_check_under_high_wmark_limit(struct res_counter *cnt)
> +{
> +     bool ret;
> +     unsigned long flags;
> +
> +     spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     ret = res_counter_high_wmark_limit_check_locked(cnt);
> +     spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     return ret;
> +}
> +

Why internal functions are named as _check_ ? I like _under_.

Changed and will be on next post. 


>  static inline void res_counter_reset_max(struct res_counter *cnt)
>  {
>       unsigned long flags;
> @@ -214,4 +271,27 @@ res_counter_set_soft_limit(struct res_counter *cnt,
>       return 0;
>  }
>
> +static inline int
> +res_counter_set_high_wmark_limit(struct res_counter *cnt,
> +                             unsigned long long wmark_limit)
> +{
> +     unsigned long flags;
> +
> +     spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     cnt->high_wmark_limit = wmark_limit;
> +     spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int
> +res_counter_set_low_wmark_limit(struct res_counter *cnt,
> +                             unsigned long long wmark_limit)
> +{
> +     unsigned long flags;
> +
> +     spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     cnt->low_wmark_limit = wmark_limit;
> +     spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
> +     return 0;
> +}
>  #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
> index 34683ef..206a724 100644
> --- a/kernel/res_counter.c
> +++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *counter, struct res_counter *parent)
>       spin_lock_init(&counter->lock);
>       counter->limit = RESOURCE_MAX;
>       counter->soft_limit = RESOURCE_MAX;
> +     counter->low_wmark_limit = RESOURCE_MAX;
> +     counter->high_wmark_limit = RESOURCE_MAX;
>       counter->parent = parent;
>  }
>
> @@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ res_counter_member(struct res_counter *counter, int member)
>               return &counter->failcnt;
>       case RES_SOFT_LIMIT:
>               return &counter->soft_limit;
> +     case RES_LOW_WMARK_LIMIT:
> +             return &counter->low_wmark_limit;
> +     case RES_HIGH_WMARK_LIMIT:
> +             return &counter->high_wmark_limit;
>       };
>
>       BUG();
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 4407dd0..664cdc5 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
>        */
>       struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu nocpu_base;
>       spinlock_t pcp_counter_lock;
> +
> +     int wmark_ratio;
>  };
>
>  /* Stuffs for move charges at task migration. */
> @@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_get(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>  static void mem_cgroup_put(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>  static struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>  static void drain_all_stock_async(void);
> +static unsigned long get_wmark_ratio(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>
>  static struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *
>  mem_cgroup_zoneinfo(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int nid, int zid)
> @@ -813,6 +816,27 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>       return (mem == root_mem_cgroup);
>  }
>
> +static void setup_per_memcg_wmarks(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> +     u64 limit;
> +     unsigned long wmark_ratio;
> +
> +     wmark_ratio = get_wmark_ratio(mem);
> +     limit = mem_cgroup_get_limit(mem);
> +     if (wmark_ratio == 0) {
> +             res_counter_set_low_wmark_limit(&mem->res, limit);
> +             res_counter_set_high_wmark_limit(&mem->res, limit);
> +     } else {
> +             unsigned long low_wmark, high_wmark;
> +             unsigned long long tmp = (wmark_ratio * limit) / 100;

could you make this ratio as /1000 ? percent is too big.
And, considering misc. cases, I don't think having per-memcg "ratio" is good.

How about following ?

 - provides an automatic wmark without knob. 0 wmark is okay, for me.
 - provides 2 intrerfaces as
       memory.low_wmark_distance_in_bytes,  # == hard_limit - low_wmark.
       memory.high_wmark_in_bytes,          # == hard_limit - high_wmark.
  (need to add sanity check into set_limit.)

Hmm. Making the wmarks tunable individually make sense to me. One problem I do notice is that making the hard_limit as the bar might not working well on over-committing system. Which means the per-cgroup background reclaim might not be triggered before global memory pressure. Ideally, we would like to do more per-cgroup reclaim before triggering global memory pressure.

How about adding the two APIs but make the calculation based on:

-- by default, the wmarks are equal to hard_limit. ( no background reclaim)
-- provides 2 intrerfaces as
       memory.low_wmark_distance_in_bytes,  # == min(hard_limit, soft_limit) - low_wmark.
       memory.high_wmark_in_bytes,          # == min(hard_limit, soft_limit) - high_wmark.


> +
> +             low_wmark = tmp;
> +             high_wmark = tmp - (tmp >> 8);
> +             res_counter_set_low_wmark_limit(&mem->res, low_wmark);
> +             res_counter_set_high_wmark_limit(&mem->res, high_wmark);
> +     }
> +}

Could you explan what low_wmark/high_wmark means somewhere ?
 
Will add comments.

In this patch, kswapd runs while

       high_wmark < usage < low_wmark
?

Hmm, I like
       low_wmark < usage < high_wmark.

;) because it's kswapd.

I adopt the same concept of global kswapd where low_wmark triggers the kswpd and hight_wmark stop it. And here, we have

(limit - high_wmark) < free < (limit - low_wmark)

--Ying

> +
>  /*
>   * Following LRU functions are allowed to be used without PCG_LOCK.
>   * Operations are called by routine of global LRU independently from memcg.
> @@ -1195,6 +1219,16 @@ static unsigned int get_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>       return memcg->swappiness;
>  }
>
> +static unsigned long get_wmark_ratio(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +{
> +     struct cgroup *cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
> +
> +     VM_BUG_ON(!cgrp);
> +     VM_BUG_ON(!cgrp->parent);
> +

Does this happen ?

> +     return memcg->wmark_ratio;
> +}
> +
>  static void mem_cgroup_start_move(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  {
>       int cpu;
> @@ -3205,6 +3239,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_resize_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>                       else
>                               memcg->memsw_is_minimum = false;
>               }
> +             setup_per_memcg_wmarks(memcg);
>               mutex_unlock(&set_limit_mutex);
>
>               if (!ret)
> @@ -3264,6 +3299,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_resize_memsw_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>                       else
>                               memcg->memsw_is_minimum = false;
>               }
> +             setup_per_memcg_wmarks(memcg);
>               mutex_unlock(&set_limit_mutex);
>
>               if (!ret)
> @@ -4521,6 +4557,22 @@ static void __init enable_swap_cgroup(void)
>  }
>  #endif
>
> +int mem_cgroup_watermark_ok(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
> +                             int charge_flags)
> +{
> +     long ret = 0;
> +     int flags = CHARGE_WMARK_LOW | CHARGE_WMARK_HIGH;
> +
> +     VM_BUG_ON((charge_flags & flags) == flags);
> +
> +     if (charge_flags & CHARGE_WMARK_LOW)
> +             ret = res_counter_check_under_low_wmark_limit(&mem->res);
> +     if (charge_flags & CHARGE_WMARK_HIGH)
> +             ret = res_counter_check_under_high_wmark_limit(&mem->res);
> +
> +     return ret;
> +}

Hmm, do we need this unified function ?

Thanks,
-Kame



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