Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/4] memcg: don't call res_counter_uncharge whenobsolete

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Wed Jan 14 2009 - 08:43:26 EST


Daisuke Nishimura さんは書きました:
> This is a new one. Please review.
>
> ===
> From: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> mem_cgroup_get ensures that the memcg that has been got can be accessed
> even after the directory has been removed, but it doesn't ensure that
> parents
> of it can be accessed: parents might have been freed already by rmdir.
>
> This causes a bug in case of use_hierarchy==1, because
> res_counter_uncharge
> climb up the tree.
>
> Check if the memcg is obsolete, and don't call res_counter_uncharge when
> obsole.
>
Hmm, did you see panic ?
To handle the problem "parent may be obsolete",

call mem_cgroup_get(parent) at create()
call mem_cgroup_put(parent) at freeing memcg.
(regardless of use_hierarchy.)

is clearer way to go, I think.

I wonder whether there is mis-accounting problem or not..

So, adding css_tryget() around problematic code can be a fix.
--
mem = swap_cgroup_record();
if (css_tryget(&mem->css)) {
res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAZE_SIZE);
css_put(&mem->css)
}
--
I like css_tryget() rather than mem_cgroup_obsolete().
To be honest, I'd like to remove memcg special stuff when I can.

Thanks,
-Kame

> Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index fb62b43..4ee95a8 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1182,7 +1182,8 @@ int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page,
> struct mm_struct *mm,
> /* avoid double counting */
> mem = swap_cgroup_record(ent, NULL);
> if (mem) {
> - res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> + if (!mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(mem))
> + res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> mem_cgroup_put(mem);
> }
> }
> @@ -1252,7 +1253,8 @@ void mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(struct page
> *page, struct mem_cgroup *ptr)
> struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> memcg = swap_cgroup_record(ent, NULL);
> if (memcg) {
> - res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> + if (!mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(memcg))
> + res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
> }
>
> @@ -1397,7 +1399,8 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t ent)
>
> memcg = swap_cgroup_record(ent, NULL);
> if (memcg) {
> - res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> + if (!mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(memcg))
> + res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
> }
> }
>
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