[Devel] [PATCH 04/10] memcg: disable local interrupts in lock_page_cgroup()

Greg Thelen gthelen at google.com
Sun Oct 3 23:57:59 PDT 2010


If pages are being migrated from a memcg, then updates to that
memcg's page statistics are protected by grabbing a bit spin lock
using lock_page_cgroup().  In an upcoming commit memcg dirty page
accounting will be updating memcg page accounting (specifically:
num writeback pages) from softirq.  Avoid a deadlocking nested
spin lock attempt by disabling interrupts on the local processor
when grabbing the page_cgroup bit_spin_lock in lock_page_cgroup().
This avoids the following deadlock:
statistic
      CPU 0             CPU 1
                    inc_file_mapped
                    rcu_read_lock
  start move
  synchronize_rcu
                    lock_page_cgroup
                      softirq
                      test_clear_page_writeback
                      mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(NR_WRITEBACK)
                      rcu_read_lock
                      lock_page_cgroup   /* deadlock */
                      unlock_page_cgroup
                      rcu_read_unlock
                    unlock_page_cgroup
                    rcu_read_unlock

By disabling interrupts in lock_page_cgroup, nested calls
are avoided.  The softirq would be delayed until after inc_file_mapped
enables interrupts when calling unlock_page_cgroup().

The normal, fast path, of memcg page stat updates typically
does not need to call lock_page_cgroup(), so this change does
not affect the performance of the common case page accounting.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi at develer.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen at google.com>
---
 include/linux/page_cgroup.h |    8 +++++-
 mm/memcontrol.c             |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page_cgroup.h b/include/linux/page_cgroup.h
index b59c298..872f6b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_cgroup.h
@@ -117,14 +117,18 @@ static inline enum zone_type page_cgroup_zid(struct page_cgroup *pc)
 	return page_zonenum(pc->page);
 }
 
-static inline void lock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc)
+static inline void lock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc,
+				    unsigned long *flags)
 {
+	local_irq_save(*flags);
 	bit_spin_lock(PCG_LOCK, &pc->flags);
 }
 
-static inline void unlock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc)
+static inline void unlock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc,
+				      unsigned long flags)
 {
 	bit_spin_unlock(PCG_LOCK, &pc->flags);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR */
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f4259f4..267d774 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1599,6 +1599,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
 	struct page_cgroup *pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
 	bool need_unlock = false;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (unlikely(!pc))
 		return;
@@ -1610,7 +1611,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
 	/* pc->mem_cgroup is unstable ? */
 	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_stealed(mem))) {
 		/* take a lock against to access pc->mem_cgroup */
-		lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+		lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 		need_unlock = true;
 		mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
 		if (!mem || !PageCgroupUsed(pc))
@@ -1633,7 +1634,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
 
 out:
 	if (unlikely(need_unlock))
-		unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+		unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return;
 }
@@ -2053,11 +2054,12 @@ struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_page(struct page *page)
 	struct page_cgroup *pc;
 	unsigned short id;
 	swp_entry_t ent;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
 	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
-	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 	if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
 		mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
 		if (mem && !css_tryget(&mem->css))
@@ -2071,7 +2073,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_page(struct page *page)
 			mem = NULL;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
-	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	return mem;
 }
 
@@ -2084,13 +2086,15 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 				     struct page_cgroup *pc,
 				     enum charge_type ctype)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	/* try_charge() can return NULL to *memcg, taking care of it. */
 	if (!mem)
 		return;
 
-	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 	if (unlikely(PageCgroupUsed(pc))) {
-		unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+		unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 		mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(mem);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2120,7 +2124,7 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 
 	mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(mem, pc, true);
 
-	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	/*
 	 * "charge_statistics" updated event counter. Then, check it.
 	 * Insert ancestor (and ancestor's ancestors), to softlimit RB-tree.
@@ -2187,12 +2191,13 @@ static int mem_cgroup_move_account(struct page_cgroup *pc,
 		struct mem_cgroup *from, struct mem_cgroup *to, bool uncharge)
 {
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
-	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unsigned long flags;
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 	if (PageCgroupUsed(pc) && pc->mem_cgroup == from) {
 		__mem_cgroup_move_account(pc, from, to, uncharge);
 		ret = 0;
 	}
-	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	/*
 	 * check events
 	 */
@@ -2298,6 +2303,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 				gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int ret;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		return 0;
@@ -2320,12 +2326,12 @@ int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
 		if (!pc)
 			return 0;
-		lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+		lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 		if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
-			unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+			unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 			return 0;
 		}
-		unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+		unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!mm))
@@ -2511,6 +2517,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
 {
 	struct page_cgroup *pc;
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		return NULL;
@@ -2525,7 +2532,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
 	if (unlikely(!pc || !PageCgroupUsed(pc)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 
 	mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
 
@@ -2560,7 +2567,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
 	 * special functions.
 	 */
 
-	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	/*
 	 * even after unlock, we have mem->res.usage here and this memcg
 	 * will never be freed.
@@ -2576,7 +2583,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
 	return mem;
 
 unlock_out:
-	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2765,12 +2772,13 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page,
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem = NULL;
 	enum charge_type ctype;
 	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		return 0;
 
 	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
-	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 	if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
 		mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
 		css_get(&mem->css);
@@ -2806,7 +2814,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page,
 		if (PageAnon(page))
 			SetPageCgroupMigration(pc);
 	}
-	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 	/*
 	 * If the page is not charged at this point,
 	 * we return here.
@@ -2819,9 +2827,9 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page,
 	css_put(&mem->css);/* drop extra refcnt */
 	if (ret || *ptr == NULL) {
 		if (PageAnon(page)) {
-			lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+			lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 			ClearPageCgroupMigration(pc);
-			unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+			unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 			/*
 			 * The old page may be fully unmapped while we kept it.
 			 */
@@ -2852,6 +2860,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 {
 	struct page *used, *unused;
 	struct page_cgroup *pc;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!mem)
 		return;
@@ -2871,9 +2880,9 @@ void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 	 * Clear the flag and check the page should be charged.
 	 */
 	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(oldpage);
-	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
 	ClearPageCgroupMigration(pc);
-	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
 
 	__mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(unused, MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_FORCE);
 
-- 
1.7.1

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