Re: [RFC 1/4] memcg: provide root figures from system totals

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On Tue 25-09-12 12:52:50, Glauber Costa wrote:
> For the root memcg, there is no need to rely on the res_counters.

This is true only if there are no children groups but once there is at
least one we have to move global statistics into root res_counter and
start using it since then. This is a tricky part because it has to be
done atomically so that we do not miss anything.

> The sum of all mem cgroups plus the tasks in root itself, is necessarily
> the amount of memory used for the whole system. Since those figures are
> already kept somewhere anyway, we can just return them here, without too
> much hassle.
> 
> The limit can't be set for the root cgroup, so it is left at 0. 

You meant RESOURCE_MAX, didn't you?

> Same is
> true for failcnt, because its actual meaning is how many times we failed
> allocations due to the limit being hit. We will fail allocations in the
> root cgroup, but the limit will never the reason.
> 
> TODO includes figuring out what to do with the soft limit and max_usage.
> Comments and suggestions appreciated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 82c5b8f..bac398b 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -4506,6 +4506,45 @@ static inline u64 mem_cgroup_usage(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool swap)
>  	return val << PAGE_SHIFT;
>  }
>  
> +static u64 mem_cgroup_read_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, enum res_type type, int name)
> +{
> +	struct sysinfo i;
> +        unsigned long pages[NR_LRU_LISTS];
> +        int lru;
> +
> +	si_meminfo(&i);
> +	si_swapinfo(&i);
> +
> +	if (name == RES_LIMIT)
> +		return RESOURCE_MAX;
> +	if (name == RES_SOFT_LIMIT)
> +		return 0;
> +	if (name == RES_FAILCNT)
> +		return 0;
> +	if (name == RES_MAX_USAGE)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(name != RES_USAGE))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	for (lru = LRU_BASE; lru < NR_LRU_LISTS; lru++)
> +		pages[lru] = global_page_state(NR_LRU_BASE + lru);
> +
> +	switch (type) {
> +	case _MEM:
> +                return pages[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]   + pages[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] +
> +			pages[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] + pages[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
> +	case _MEMSWAP:
> +                return pages[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]   + pages[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] +
> +			pages[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] + pages[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE] +
> +			i.totalswap - i.freeswap;
> +	case _KMEM:
> +		return 0;
> +	default:
> +		BUG();
> +	};
> +}
> +
>  static ssize_t mem_cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
>  			       struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>  			       size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
> @@ -4522,6 +4561,11 @@ static ssize_t mem_cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
>  	if (!do_swap_account && type == _MEMSWAP)
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  
> +	if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) {
> +		val = mem_cgroup_read_root(memcg, type, name);
> +		goto root_bypass;
> +	}
> +
>  	switch (type) {
>  	case _MEM:
>  		if (name == RES_USAGE)
> @@ -4542,6 +4586,7 @@ static ssize_t mem_cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
>  		BUG();
>  	}
>  
> +root_bypass:
>  	len = scnprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)val);
>  	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos, str, len);
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.11.4
> 
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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