[Devel] [patch05/05]: Cotnainers(V2)- Over the limit memory handler

Rohit Seth rohitseth at google.com
Tue Sep 19 19:23:31 PDT 2006


This patch implements the handler for cases when container(s) go over
their limit. 

Signed-off-by: Rohit Seth <rohitseth at google.com>

mm/container_mm.c |  512 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 512 insertions(+)


--- linux-2.6.18-rc6-mm2.org/mm/container_mm.c	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc6-mm2.ctn/mm/container_mm.c	2006-09-19 18:23:11.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,512 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 Rohit Seth <rohitseth at google.com>
+ *
+ * Basic mm reclaimer for containers.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/container.h>
+#include <linux/rmap.h>
+#include <linux/mm_inline.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/pagevec.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+
+#if 0 
+#define Cprintk(x...) do { printk(x); } while (0)
+#else
+#define Cprintk(x...) 
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Count of task's vmas scanned for active page in one shot.
+ */
+#define MAX_VMA_COUNT 5
+
+/*
+ * Max number of active pages that get deactivated in each iteration
+ * of page_limit hit.
+ */
+#define DEACTIVATE_COUNT 1000
+
+/*
+ * File size smaller than this number of pages is skipped in the 
+ * first scan for inactivating pages.  This is also used for scanning
+ * tasks with anon page count greater than this.
+ */
+#define PAGE_THRESHOLD_LIMIT 50
+
+/*
+ * Check if container is under its threshold for memory.  This threshold is
+ * currently set at about 12% below the limit.  Used to find out if we need to
+ * deactivate more pages.
+ */
+
+static int container_under_threshold(struct container_struct *ctn, long nr)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	long count = ctn->page_limit - (ctn->page_limit >> 3);
+
+	if ((atomic_long_read(&ctn->num_file_pages) +
+			atomic_long_read(&ctn->num_anon_pages) - nr) < count)
+		ret = 1;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Internal function that builds a list of vmas belonging to mm whose pages
+ * are going to be scanned to be deactivated. We only look for anonymous vmas
+ * It returns the number of vmas populated in vmas array.
+ */
+static int get_task_vmas(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
+		struct vm_area_struct *start_vma)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *tmp;
+	int i = 0;
+
+
+	if (start_vma == NULL)
+		tmp = mm->mmap;
+	else 
+		tmp = start_vma->vm_next;
+
+	while ((i < MAX_VMA_COUNT) && (tmp != NULL)) {
+		vmas[i] = tmp;
+		if (!(tmp->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_RESERVED))) {
+			if (tmp->anon_vma != NULL)
+				i++;
+		}
+		tmp = tmp->vm_next;
+	}
+	return i;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function iterates over vma's pages.  It reinitializes the container
+ * pointer for a page if it belongs to ctn.  It decrements the anon_page and
+ * active_page count for the container ctn.
+ * We only check for anonymous pages as the file pages get their container
+ * inheritance from mapping.
+ */
+static long anonpages_init(struct container_struct *ctn,
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	struct zone *z;
+	unsigned long addr, end;
+	long ret = 0, active = 0;
+
+	addr = vma->vm_start;
+	end = vma->vm_end;
+
+	while (addr < end) {
+		page = follow_page(vma, addr, 0);
+		if ((page) && (page->ctn == ctn)) {
+			z = page_zone(page);
+			spin_lock_irq(&z->lru_lock);
+			if (page->ctn == ctn) {
+				if (PageAnon(page)) {
+					page->ctn = NULL;
+					atomic_long_dec(&ctn->num_anon_pages);
+					ret++;
+					if (PageActive(page) && PageLRU(page))
+						active++;
+				}
+			}
+			spin_unlock_irq(&z->lru_lock);
+		}
+		addr += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+	atomic_long_sub(active, &ctn->num_active_pages);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function is called when a task is explicitly requested to be moved out
+ * of its container through /configfs/containers/<container>/rmtask interface.
+ * We iterate over task's vmas and reinitialize the container pointer in 
+ * every anon page mapping of this task.
+ */
+long anonpages_sub(struct task_struct *task, struct container_struct *ctn)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vmas[MAX_VMA_COUNT];
+	struct vm_area_struct *start_vma = NULL;
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	long ret = 0;
+	int count, i;
+
+	mm = get_task_mm(task);
+	if (!mm)
+		return -1;
+	Cprintk("anonpages_sub scanning for task %d...  ", task->pid);
+	/*
+	 * No more new page faults beyond this point till the time
+	 * we finish scanning.
+	 */
+	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	/*
+	 * Iterate over the vmas to deactivate pages.
+	 */
+	while ((count = get_task_vmas(mm, vmas, start_vma)) > 0) {
+		i = 0; 
+		while (i < count) 
+			ret += anonpages_init(ctn, vmas[i++]);
+
+		if (count == MAX_VMA_COUNT) 
+			/*
+			 * Make get_task_vmas start from after the last
+			 * scanned vma.
+			 */
+			start_vma = vmas[MAX_VMA_COUNT-1];
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	mmput(mm);
+	Cprintk("returning %ld \n", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Write back some of the pages belonging to this container.  container
+ * mutex is already held.
+ */
+void writeback_container_file_pages(struct container_struct *ctn)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+	long flushed = 0;
+	long limit = (ctn->page_limit >> 1);
+	long invalidated = 0;
+	long temp;
+	int ret;
+	struct writeback_control wbc = {
+		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+		.range_start = 0,
+		.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
+	};
+
+	list_for_each_entry(mapping, &ctn->mappings, ctn_mapping_list) {
+		if (mapping->nrpages > limit)
+			temp = limit;
+		else
+			temp = mapping->nrpages;
+		wbc.nr_to_write = temp;
+		ret = do_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
+		flushed += (temp - wbc.nr_to_write);
+		invalidated += invalidate_inode_pages(mapping);
+		if (flushed >  DEACTIVATE_COUNT) 
+			break;
+	}
+	Cprintk("Writeback %ld %ld\n", flushed, invalidated);
+}
+
+/*
+ * If the page is active then this function marks it inactive, clears the 
+ * reference bit (so as to make it a better target for reclaim)  and also
+ * puts it on inactive list.  This function also decrements the zone's
+ * active number of pages.
+ */
+static int deactivate_container_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct zone *z;
+	int ret = 0, tmp;
+
+	if (!PageActive(page))
+		goto out;
+	if (!PageLRU(page))
+		goto out;
+
+	z = page_zone(page);
+	spin_lock_irq(&z->lru_lock);
+	if (PageActive(page) && PageLRU(page)) {
+		/*
+		 * Not calling del_page_from_active_list so as to reduce
+		 * the number of atomic dec.  We do one atomic_long_sub
+		 * after required number of pages have been deactivated.
+		 */
+		list_del(&page->lru);
+		ClearPageActive(page);
+		z->nr_active--;
+		ret++;
+		add_page_to_inactive_list(z, page);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&z->lru_lock);
+out:
+	tmp = page_referenced(page, 0);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
+/*
+ * This function tries to inactive any (anonymous) active pages belonging to the vma.
+ */
+static int deactivate_pages(struct container_struct *ctn, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	unsigned long addr, end;
+	int deactivated = 0;
+
+	addr = vma->vm_start;
+	end = vma->vm_end;
+
+	while (addr < end) {
+		page = follow_page(vma, addr, 0);
+		if (page && (page->ctn == ctn) && PageAnon(page)) {
+			deactivated += deactivate_container_page(page);
+			if (deactivated >= DEACTIVATE_COUNT)
+				break; /* We have deactivated enough pages. */
+		}
+		addr += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+	atomic_long_sub(deactivated, &ctn->num_active_pages);
+	return deactivated;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the core of container anonymous page reclaimer. It gets called
+ * whenever page_limit of a container is hit and we are not able to 
+ * deactivate enough file backed pages belonging to this container.
+ * This function traverses over the task list belonging to this container
+ * and collects vma for each task till the time it can deactivate at least
+ * DEACTIVATE_COUNT pages.
+ * We use the get_task_mm and mmput to avoid handling of freed up mm.
+ */
+static int sync_container_anon_pages(struct container_struct *ctn)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vmas[MAX_VMA_COUNT];
+	struct vm_area_struct *start_vma;
+	struct task_struct *tsk;
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	int i, nr = 0, count;
+	int vma_scanned = 0;
+	int small_task = 0;
+
+again:
+	list_for_each_entry(tsk, &ctn->tasks, ctn_task_list) {
+		start_vma = NULL;
+
+		if (tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)
+			continue;
+
+		mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
+		if (!mm)
+			continue;
+		if (!small_task)
+			if (get_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss) < PAGE_THRESHOLD_LIMIT)
+				goto next_task;
+		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		/*
+		 * Iterate over the anonymous vmas to deactivate
+		 * pages.
+		 */
+		while ((count = get_task_vmas(mm, vmas, start_vma)) > 0) {
+			i = 0; 
+
+			vma_scanned += count;
+			while ((i < count) && (nr < DEACTIVATE_COUNT))
+				nr += deactivate_pages(ctn, vmas[i++]);
+
+			if (nr >= DEACTIVATE_COUNT)
+				break;
+
+			if (count == MAX_VMA_COUNT) 
+			/*
+			 * Make get_task_vmas start from after the last
+			 * scanned vma.
+			 */
+				start_vma = vmas[MAX_VMA_COUNT-1];
+			else
+				break;
+		}
+		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+next_task:
+		mmput(mm);
+
+		/*
+		 * Break out of the loop if we have deactivated enough pages.
+		 * This should get the currently used pages to some what below
+		 * the limit (currently set at about 12%).
+		 */
+		if (container_under_threshold(ctn, nr))
+			goto out;
+	}
+	if (!small_task) {
+		small_task = 1;
+		goto again;
+	}
+out:
+	Cprintk("vma scanned %d   Anon returning: %d\n", vma_scanned, nr);
+	return nr;
+
+}
+
+#endif /*CONFIG_SWAP */
+
+/*
+ * This function deactivates any of the active pages present in page
+ * array pl.  count is the number of pages contained in the array.
+ */
+int deactivate_page_array(struct page **page_array, int count)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct page *page;
+
+	while (i < count) {
+		page = page_array[i++];
+		ret += deactivate_container_page(page);
+		put_page(page);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find all the pages belonging to mapping and reinitialize
+ * its container pointer to point to ctn.
+ */
+long filepages_to_new_container(struct address_space *mapping, 
+		struct container_struct *ctn)
+{
+	struct pagevec pvec;
+	long ret = 0;
+	int i;
+	pgoff_t next = 0;
+
+again:
+	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+	while (pagevec_lookup(&pvec, mapping, next, PAGEVEC_SIZE)) {
+		ret += pagevec_count(&pvec);
+		for (i=0; i< pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
+			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
+			pgoff_t page_index = page->index;
+				
+			BUG_ON(page->ctn != ctn);
+			page->ctn = ctn;
+			if (page_index > next)
+				next = page_index;
+			next++;
+		}
+	}
+	if (ret < mapping->nrpages)
+		goto again;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the core of container file page reclaimer. It gets called
+ * whenever page_limit of a container is hit.
+ * This function traverses over the list of files belonging to this container
+ * and collects pages for each file till the time it can deactivate at least
+ * DEACTIVATE_COUNT pages.
+ * It is a two pass algorithm.  First it looks for files that have larger than
+ * PAGE_THRESHOLD_LIMIT pages mapped.  If we are not able to deactivate
+ * DEACTIVATE_COUNT number of pages then we do a second pass.  This second
+ * pass scans smaller files only.
+ */
+static int sync_container_file_pages(struct container_struct *ctn)
+{
+	struct address_space *map;
+	struct pagevec pvec;
+	pgoff_t next = 0;
+	int small_files = 0;
+	int i;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int files_scanned = 0;
+	unsigned long invalidated = 0;
+
+again:
+	list_for_each_entry(map, &ctn->mappings, ctn_mapping_list) {
+		if (map->nrpages == 0)
+			continue;
+		if (!small_files) { /* Look for big files */
+			if (map->nrpages < PAGE_THRESHOLD_LIMIT)
+				continue;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * If the number of page cache pages itself is close to the
+		 * limit then invalidate some of these pages here.
+		 */
+		if (atomic_long_read(&ctn->num_file_pages) > (ctn->page_limit >> 1))
+			invalidated += invalidate_inode_pages(map);
+
+		pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+		/*
+		 * In the second iteration, deactivate more pages from each
+		 * file.
+		 */
+		while ((ret < (DEACTIVATE_COUNT * (small_files +1))) && 
+			pagevec_lookup(&pvec, map, next, PAGEVEC_SIZE)) {
+			for (i=0; i< pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
+				struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
+				pgoff_t page_index = page->index;
+				
+				if (page_index > next)
+					next = page_index;
+				next++;
+			}
+			ret += deactivate_page_array(pvec.pages, pagevec_count(&pvec));
+		}
+		files_scanned++;
+		/*
+		 * Break out of the loop if we have deactivated enough pages.
+		 */
+		if (container_under_threshold(ctn, ret))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!small_files) {
+		/* Iterate over smaller files also as we are not
+		 * able to deactivate enough pages.
+		 */
+		small_files = 1;
+		/*
+		 * It will block all resource management part for this container.  That is
+		 * okay as we are not finding anything that we can easily deactivate.
+		 */
+		goto again;
+	}
+out:
+	atomic_long_sub(ret, &ctn->num_active_pages);
+	Cprintk("File returning: %d, invalidated %ld\n", ret, invalidated);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function is called when container's page limit is hit.  In this case
+ * we move the pages (charged against this container) from active list
+ * to head of inactive list.  So that if there is any memory pressure
+ * then these are the prime candidates for freeing.  It first tries to inactivate
+ * file pages and then goes into inactivating anonymous pages.
+ * XXX: More smarts should be put here to get to the right pages
+ * faster and not start iterating over the same range again.
+ * Container's mutex is already held.  This is in context of kcontainerd.
+ */
+void  container_over_pagelimit(struct container_struct *ctn)
+{
+	int ret =0;
+	long anon_pages, file_pages;
+	long tmp;
+	/*
+	 * We have the mutex so container can not be freed and no new
+	 * resource can be added while over the limit handler is working
+	 * its way through.
+	 */
+	file_pages = atomic_long_read(&ctn->num_file_pages);
+	anon_pages = atomic_long_read(&ctn->num_anon_pages);
+	tmp = file_pages + anon_pages;
+	if (tmp > ctn->page_limit)  {
+		if (file_pages > (ctn->page_limit >> 1))
+			ret += sync_container_file_pages(ctn);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
+		anon_pages = atomic_long_read(&ctn->num_anon_pages);
+		if ((total_swap_pages > 0) &&
+				(anon_pages > (ctn->page_limit >> 6)))
+			ret += sync_container_anon_pages(ctn);
+#endif
+	}
+}





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