struct cgroup_rstat_cpu is percpu allocated for each new cgroup and can consume a significant portion of all allocated memory on nodes with a large number of CPUs. Common part of the cgroup creation: Allocs Alloc $1*$2 Sum Allocation number size -------------------------------------------- 16 ~ 352 5632 5632 KERNFS 1 + 4096 4096 9728 (cgroup_mkdir+0xe4) 1 584 584 10312 (radix_tree_node_alloc.constprop.0+0x89) 1 192 192 10504 (__d_alloc+0x29) 2 72 144 10648 (avc_alloc_node+0x27) 2 64 128 10776 (percpu_ref_init+0x6a) 1 64 64 10840 (memcg_list_lru_alloc+0x21a) percpu: 1 + 192 192 192 call_site=psi_cgroup_alloc+0x1e 1 + 96 96 288 call_site=cgroup_rstat_init+0x5f 2 12 24 312 call_site=percpu_ref_init+0x23 1 6 6 318 call_site=__percpu_counter_init+0x22 '+' -- to be accounted, '~' -- partially accounted Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup/rstat.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c index 24b5c2ab5598..2904b185b01b 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c @@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup *cgrp) /* the root cgrp has rstat_cpu preallocated */ if (!cgrp->rstat_cpu) { - cgrp->rstat_cpu = alloc_percpu(struct cgroup_rstat_cpu); + cgrp->rstat_cpu = alloc_percpu_gfp(struct cgroup_rstat_cpu, + GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT); if (!cgrp->rstat_cpu) return -ENOMEM; } -- 2.36.1