[Devel] Re: [RFC 2/4] memcg: high-low watermark
Balbir Singh
balbir at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue May 27 09:26:17 PDT 2008
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> Add high/low watermarks to res_counter.
> *This patch itself has no behavior changes to memory resource controller.
>
> Changelog: very old one -> this one (v1)
> - watarmark_state is removed and all state check is done under lock.
> - changed res_counter_charge() interface. The only user is memory
> resource controller. Anyway, returning -ENOMEM here is a bit starnge.
> - Added watermark enable/disable flag for someone don't want watermarks.
> - Restarted against 2.6.25-mm1.
> - some subsystem which doesn't want high-low watermark can work withou it.
>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu at jp.fujitsu.com>
> From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto at valinux.co.jp>
>
The From: line should be the first line IIRC.
> ---
> include/linux/res_counter.h | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> kernel/res_counter.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> mm/memcontrol.c | 2 -
> 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> Index: mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/include/linux/res_counter.h
> ===================================================================
> --- mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/include/linux/res_counter.h
> +++ mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/include/linux/res_counter.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
> #include <linux/cgroup.h>
>
> /*
> + * status of resource coutner's usage.
> + */
> +enum res_state {
> + RES_BELOW_LOW, /* usage < lwmark */
> + RES_BELOW_HIGH, /* lwmark < usage < hwmark */
> + RES_BELOW_LIMIT, /* hwmark < usage < limit. */
> + RES_OVER_LIMIT, /* only used at chage. */
> +};
> +
> +/*
> * The core object. the cgroup that wishes to account for some
> * resource may include this counter into its structures and use
> * the helpers described beyond
> @@ -39,6 +49,12 @@ struct res_counter {
> */
> unsigned long long failcnt;
> /*
> + * watermarks. needs to keep lwmark <= hwmark <= limit.
> + */
> + unsigned long long hwmark;
> + unsigned long long lwmark;
> + int use_watermark;
Is it routine to comment this way? I prefer not to have spaces in the type and
the member, makes it easier for my eyes.
> + /*
> * the lock to protect all of the above.
> * the routines below consider this to be IRQ-safe
> */
> @@ -76,13 +92,18 @@ enum {
> RES_MAX_USAGE,
> RES_LIMIT,
> RES_FAILCNT,
> + RES_HWMARK,
> + RES_LWMARK,
> };
>
> /*
> * helpers for accounting
> + * res_counter_init() ... initialize counter and disable watermarks.
> + * res_counter_init_wmark() ... initialize counter and enable watermarks.
> */
>
> void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *counter);
> +void res_counter_init_wmark(struct res_counter *counter);
>
> /*
> * charge - try to consume more resource.
> @@ -93,11 +114,21 @@ void res_counter_init(struct res_counter
> *
> * returns 0 on success and <0 if the counter->usage will exceed the
> * counter->limit _locked call expects the counter->lock to be taken
> + * return values:
> + * If watermark is disabled,
> + * RES_BELOW_LIMIT -- usage is smaller than limt, success.
^^^^ typo
> + * RES_OVER_LIMIT -- usage is bigger than limit, failed.
> + *
> + * If watermark is enabled,
> + * RES_BELOW_LOW -- usage is smaller than low watermark, success
> + * RES_BELOW_HIGH -- usage is smaller than high watermark, success.
> + * RES_BELOW_LIMIT -- usage is smaller than limt, success.
> + * RES_OVER_LIMIT -- usage is bigger than limit, failed.
> */
>
> -int __must_check res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter,
> - unsigned long val);
> -int __must_check res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *counter,
> +enum res_state __must_check
> +res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val);
> +enum res_state __must_check res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *counter,
> unsigned long val);
>
> /*
> @@ -164,4 +195,7 @@ static inline int res_counter_empty(stru
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
> return ret;
> }
> +
> +enum res_state res_counter_state(struct res_counter *counter);
> +
> #endif
> Index: mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/kernel/res_counter.c
> ===================================================================
> --- mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/kernel/res_counter.c
> +++ mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/kernel/res_counter.c
> @@ -18,22 +18,40 @@ void res_counter_init(struct res_counter
> {
> spin_lock_init(&counter->lock);
> counter->limit = (unsigned long long)LLONG_MAX;
> + counter->use_watermark = 0;
> }
>
> -int res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
> +void res_counter_init_wmark(struct res_counter *counter)
> +{
> + spin_lock_init(&counter->lock);
> + counter->limit = (unsigned long long)LLONG_MAX;
> + counter->hwmark = (unsigned long long)LLONG_MAX;
> + counter->lwmark = (unsigned long long)LLONG_MAX;
> + counter->use_watermark = 1;
> +}
> +
> +enum res_state
> +res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
> {
> if (counter->usage + val > counter->limit) {
> counter->failcnt++;
> - return -ENOMEM;
> + return RES_OVER_LIMIT;
> }
>
> counter->usage += val;
> if (counter->usage > counter->max_usage)
> counter->max_usage = counter->usage;
> - return 0;
> + if (counter->use_watermark) {
> + if (counter->usage <= counter->lwmark)
> + return RES_BELOW_LOW;
> + if (counter->usage <= counter->hwmark)
> + return RES_BELOW_HIGH;
> + }
> + return RES_BELOW_LIMIT;
> }
>
> -int res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
> +enum res_state
> +res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
> {
> int ret;
> unsigned long flags;
> @@ -44,6 +62,23 @@ int res_counter_charge(struct res_counte
> return ret;
> }
>
> +enum res_state res_counter_state(struct res_counter *counter)
> +{
> + unsigned long flags;
> + enum res_state ret = RES_BELOW_LIMIT;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
> + if (counter->use_watermark) {
> + if (counter->usage <= counter->lwmark)
> + ret = RES_BELOW_LOW;
> + else if (counter->usage <= counter->hwmark)
> + ret = RES_BELOW_HIGH;
> + }
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
When do we return RES_OVER_LIMIT? Are we missing that here?
> +
> void res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
> {
> if (WARN_ON(counter->usage < val))
> @@ -74,6 +109,10 @@ res_counter_member(struct res_counter *c
> return &counter->limit;
> case RES_FAILCNT:
> return &counter->failcnt;
> + case RES_HWMARK:
> + return &counter->hwmark;
> + case RES_LWMARK:
> + return &counter->lwmark;
> };
>
> BUG();
> @@ -134,10 +173,27 @@ ssize_t res_counter_write(struct res_cou
> goto out_free;
> }
> spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
> + switch (member) {
> + case RES_LIMIT:
> + if (counter->use_watermark && counter->hwmark > tmp)
> + goto unlock_free;
We need to document such API changes in the Documentation/controllers/memory.txt
file.
> + break;
> + case RES_HWMARK:
> + if (tmp < counter->lwmark || tmp > counter->limit)
> + goto unlock_free;
> + break;
> + case RES_LWMARK:
> + if (tmp > counter->hwmark)
> + goto unlock_free;
> + break;
> + default:
> + break;
> + }
> val = res_counter_member(counter, member);
> *val = tmp;
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
> ret = nbytes;
> +unlock_free:
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
> out_free:
> kfree(buf);
> out:
> Index: mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/memcontrol.c
> ===================================================================
> --- mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ mm-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_charge_common(stru
> css_get(&memcg->css);
> }
>
> - while (res_counter_charge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE)) {
> + while (res_counter_charge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE) == RES_OVER_LIMIT) {
> if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
> goto out;
>
Otherwise looks good so far. Need to look at the background reclaim code.
--
Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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