The quilt patch titled
Subject: memcg: calculate root usage from global state
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
memcg-calculate-root-usage-from-global-state.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: memcg: calculate root usage from global state
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:40:18 +0000
Currently, we approximate the root usage by adding the memcg stats for
anon, file, and conditionally swap (for memsw). To read the memcg stats
we need to invoke an rstat flush. rstat flushes can be expensive, they
scale with the number of cpus and cgroups on the system.
mem_cgroup_usage() is called by memcg_events()->mem_cgroup_threshold()
with irqs disabled, so such an expensive operation with irqs disabled can
cause problems.
Instead, approximate the root usage from global state. This is not 100%
accurate, but the root usage has always been ill-defined anyway.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230421174020.2994750-4-yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 24 +++++-------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-calculate-root-usage-from-global-state
+++ a/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3710,27 +3710,13 @@ static unsigned long mem_cgroup_usage(st
if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) {
/*
- * We can reach here from irq context through:
- * uncharge_batch()
- * |--memcg_check_events()
- * |--mem_cgroup_threshold()
- * |--__mem_cgroup_threshold()
- * |--mem_cgroup_usage
- *
- * rstat flushing is an expensive operation that should not be
- * done from irq context; use stale stats in this case.
- * Arguably, usage threshold events are not reliable on the root
- * memcg anyway since its usage is ill-defined.
- *
- * Additionally, other call paths through memcg_check_events()
- * disable irqs, so make sure we are flushing stats atomically.
+ * Approximate root's usage from global state. This isn't
+ * perfect, but the root usage was always an approximation.
*/
- if (in_task())
- mem_cgroup_flush_stats_atomic();
- val = memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_FILE_PAGES) +
- memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_ANON_MAPPED);
+ val = global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES) +
+ global_node_page_state(NR_ANON_MAPPED);
if (swap)
- val += memcg_page_state(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP);
+ val += total_swap_pages - get_nr_swap_pages();
} else {
if (!swap)
val = page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-zswap-support-exclusive-loads.patch
