Re: [patch] mm, memcg: don't take task_lock in task_in_mem_cgroup

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On Fri 03-05-13 09:49:49, David Rientjes wrote:
> For processes that have detached their mm's, task_in_mem_cgroup()
> unnecessarily takes task_lock() when rcu_read_lock() is all that is
> necessary to call mem_cgroup_from_task().
> 
> While we're here, switch task_in_mem_cgroup() to return bool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

Well spotted!
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>

Thanks

> ---
>  include/linux/memcontrol.h |  9 +++++----
>  mm/memcontrol.c            | 11 ++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ extern void mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(struct page *page);
>  
>  bool __mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree(const struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg,
>  				  struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
> -int task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, const struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
> +bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
> +			const struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
>  
>  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);
> @@ -273,10 +274,10 @@ static inline bool mm_match_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	return true;
>  }
>  
> -static inline int task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
> -				     const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +static inline bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
> +				      const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  {
> -	return 1;
> +	return true;
>  }
>  
>  static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1443,11 +1443,12 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree(const struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -int task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
> +			const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  {
> -	int ret;
>  	struct mem_cgroup *curr = NULL;
>  	struct task_struct *p;
> +	bool ret;
>  
>  	p = find_lock_task_mm(task);
>  	if (p) {
> @@ -1459,14 +1460,14 @@ int task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  		 * killer still needs to detect if they have already been oom
>  		 * killed to prevent needlessly killing additional tasks.
>  		 */
> -		task_lock(task);
> +		rcu_read_lock();
>  		curr = mem_cgroup_from_task(task);
>  		if (curr)
>  			css_get(&curr->css);
> -		task_unlock(task);
> +		rcu_read_unlock();
>  	}
>  	if (!curr)
> -		return 0;
> +		return false;
>  	/*
>  	 * We should check use_hierarchy of "memcg" not "curr". Because checking
>  	 * use_hierarchy of "curr" here make this function true if hierarchy is

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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