High limit reclaim can currently overscan in proportion to how many charges are happening concurrently. Tone it down such that charges don't target the entire high-boundary excess, but instead only the pages they charged themselves when excess is detected. Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 16 +++++----------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 323a01fa1833..7adccee9fecb 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -2348,19 +2348,13 @@ done_restock: refill_stock(memcg, batch - nr_pages); /* * If the hierarchy is above the normal consumption range, - * make the charging task trim the excess. + * make the charging task trim their excess contribution. */ do { - unsigned long nr_pages = page_counter_read(&memcg->memory); - unsigned long high = ACCESS_ONCE(memcg->high); - - if (nr_pages > high) { - mem_cgroup_events(memcg, MEMCG_HIGH, 1); - - try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages - high, - gfp_mask, true); - } - + if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) <= memcg->high) + continue; + mem_cgroup_events(memcg, MEMCG_HIGH, 1); + try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages, gfp_mask, true); } while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg))); done: return ret; -- 2.2.0 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>