Export memory.low_limit_in_bytes knob with the same rules as the hard
limit represented by limit_in_bytes knob (e.g. no limit to be set for
the root cgroup). There is no memsw alternative for low_limit_in_bytes
because the primary motivation behind this limit is to protect the
working set of the group and so considering swap doesn't make much
sense. There is also no kmem variant exported because we do not have any
easy way to protect kernel allocations now.
Please note that the low limit might exceed the hard limit which
basically means that the group is not reclaimable if there is other
reclaim target in the hierarchy under pressure.
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/res_counter.h | 13 +++++++++++++
kernel/res_counter.c | 2 ++
mm/memcontrol.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
index 408724eeec71..b810855024f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ enum {
RES_LIMIT,
RES_FAILCNT,
RES_SOFT_LIMIT,
+ RES_LOW_LIMIT,
};
/*
@@ -247,4 +248,16 @@ res_counter_set_soft_limit(struct res_counter *cnt,
return 0;
}
+static inline int
+res_counter_set_low_limit(struct res_counter *cnt,
+ unsigned long long low_limit)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
+ cnt->low_limit = low_limit;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
+ return 0;
+}
+
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
index 51dbac6a3633..e851a9ad50bf 100644
--- a/kernel/res_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ res_counter_member(struct res_counter *counter, int member)
return &counter->failcnt;
case RES_SOFT_LIMIT:
return &counter->soft_limit;
+ case RES_LOW_LIMIT:
+ return &counter->low_limit;
};
BUG();
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 40e517630138..53193fec8c50 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1695,8 +1695,9 @@ void mem_cgroup_print_oom_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct task_struct *p)
rcu_read_unlock();
- pr_info("memory: usage %llukB, limit %llukB, failcnt %llu\n",
+ pr_info("memory: usage %llukB, low_limit %llukB limit %llukB, failcnt %llu\n",
res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_USAGE) >> 10,
+ res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_LOW_LIMIT) >> 10,
res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_LIMIT) >> 10,
res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_FAILCNT));
pr_info("memory+swap: usage %llukB, limit %llukB, failcnt %llu\n",
@@ -5134,6 +5135,24 @@ static int mem_cgroup_write(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft,
else
return -EINVAL;
break;
+ case RES_LOW_LIMIT:
+ if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) { /* Can't set limit on root */
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
+ ret = res_counter_memparse_write_strategy(buffer, &val);
+ if (ret)
+ break;
+ if (type == _MEM) {
+ ret = res_counter_set_low_limit(&memcg->res, val);
+ break;
+ }
+ /*
+ * memsw low limit doesn't make any sense and kmem is not
+ * implemented yet - if ever
+ */
+ return -EINVAL;
+
case RES_SOFT_LIMIT:
ret = res_counter_memparse_write_strategy(buffer, &val);
if (ret)
@@ -6056,6 +6075,12 @@ static struct cftype mem_cgroup_files[] = {
.read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read_u64,
},
{
+ .name = "low_limit_in_bytes",
+ .private = MEMFILE_PRIVATE(_MEM, RES_LOW_LIMIT),
+ .write_string = mem_cgroup_write,
+ .read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read_u64,
+ },
+ {
.name = "soft_limit_in_bytes",
.private = MEMFILE_PRIVATE(_MEM, RES_SOFT_LIMIT),
.write_string = mem_cgroup_write,
--
2.0.0.rc0
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