Re: [PATCH] memcg: effective memory.high reclaim for remote charging

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Thu May 07 2020 - 12:47:04 EST


On Thu 07-05-20 09:33:01, Shakeel Butt wrote:
[...]
> @@ -2600,8 +2596,23 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> schedule_work(&memcg->high_work);
> break;
> }
> - current->memcg_nr_pages_over_high += batch;
> - set_notify_resume(current);
> +
> + if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask))
> + reclaim_over_high(memcg, gfp_mask, batch);
> +
> + if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) <=
> + READ_ONCE(memcg->high))
> + break;

I am half way to a long weekend so bear with me. Shouldn't this be continue? The
parent memcg might be still in excess even the child got reclaimed,
right?

> + /*
> + * The above reclaim might not be able to do much. Punt
> + * the high reclaim to return to userland if the current
> + * task shares the hierarchy.
> + */
> + if (current->mm && mm_match_cgroup(current->mm, memcg)) {
> + current->memcg_nr_pages_over_high += batch;
> + set_notify_resume(current);
> + } else
> + schedule_work(&memcg->high_work);
> break;
> }
> } while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)));
> --
> 2.26.2.526.g744177e7f7-goog
>

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs