[Devel] Re: [PATCH v4 08/11] memcg: add dirty limits to mem_cgroup
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
kamezawa.hiroyu at jp.fujitsu.com
Fri Oct 29 00:41:31 PDT 2010
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:09:11 -0700
Greg Thelen <gthelen at google.com> wrote:
> Extend mem_cgroup to contain dirty page limits. Also add routines
> allowing the kernel to query the dirty usage of a memcg.
>
> These interfaces not used by the kernel yet. A subsequent commit
> will add kernel calls to utilize these new routines.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen at google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi at develer.com>
> ---
> Changelog since v3:
> - Previously memcontrol.c used struct vm_dirty_param and vm_dirty_param() to
> advertise dirty memory limits. Now struct dirty_info and
> mem_cgroup_dirty_info() is used to share dirty limits between memcontrol and
> the rest of the kernel.
> - __mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit() now returns false if use_hierarchy is set.
This seems Okay for our starting point. Hierarchy is always problem..
> - memcg_hierarchical_free_pages() now uses parent_mem_cgroup() and is simpler.
> - created internal routine, __mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(), to consolidate the
> logic.
>
> Changelog since v1:
> - Rename (for clarity):
> - mem_cgroup_write_page_stat_item -> mem_cgroup_page_stat_item
> - mem_cgroup_read_page_stat_item -> mem_cgroup_nr_pages_item
> - Removed unnecessary get_ prefix from get_xxx() functions.
> - Avoid lockdep warnings by using rcu_read_[un]lock() in
> mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit().
>
> include/linux/memcontrol.h | 30 ++++++
> mm/memcontrol.c | 248 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 277 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> index ef2eec7..736d318 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>
> #ifndef _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H
> #define _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H
> +#include <linux/writeback.h>
> #include <linux/cgroup.h>
> struct mem_cgroup;
> struct page_cgroup;
> @@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ enum mem_cgroup_page_stat_item {
> MEMCG_NR_FILE_UNSTABLE_NFS, /* # of NFS unstable pages */
> };
>
> +/* Cgroup memory statistics items exported to the kernel. */
> +enum mem_cgroup_nr_pages_item {
> + MEMCG_NR_DIRTYABLE_PAGES,
> + MEMCG_NR_RECLAIM_PAGES,
> + MEMCG_NR_WRITEBACK,
> + MEMCG_NR_DIRTY_WRITEBACK_PAGES,
> +};
> +
> extern unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
> struct list_head *dst,
> unsigned long *scanned, int order,
> @@ -145,6 +154,11 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(struct page *page,
> mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(page, idx, -1);
> }
>
> +bool mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(void);
> +bool mem_cgroup_dirty_info(unsigned long sys_available_mem,
> + struct dirty_info *info);
> +s64 mem_cgroup_page_stat(enum mem_cgroup_nr_pages_item item);
> +
> unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(struct zone *zone, int order,
> gfp_t gfp_mask);
> u64 mem_cgroup_get_limit(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
> @@ -326,6 +340,22 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(struct page *page,
> {
> }
>
> +static inline bool mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(void)
> +{
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool mem_cgroup_dirty_info(unsigned long sys_available_mem,
> + struct dirty_info *info)
> +{
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> +static inline s64 mem_cgroup_page_stat(enum mem_cgroup_nr_pages_item item)
> +{
> + return -ENOSYS;
> +}
> +
> static inline
> unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(struct zone *zone, int order,
> gfp_t gfp_mask)
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 7f91029..52d688d 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ struct mem_cgroup_eventfd_list {
> static void mem_cgroup_threshold(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
> static void mem_cgroup_oom_notify(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>
> +/* Dirty memory parameters */
> +struct vm_dirty_param {
> + int dirty_ratio;
> + int dirty_background_ratio;
> + unsigned long dirty_bytes;
> + unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
> +};
> +
> /*
> * The memory controller data structure. The memory controller controls both
> * page cache and RSS per cgroup. We would eventually like to provide
> @@ -233,6 +241,10 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
> atomic_t refcnt;
>
> unsigned int swappiness;
> +
> + /* control memory cgroup dirty pages */
> + struct vm_dirty_param dirty_param;
> +
> /* OOM-Killer disable */
> int oom_kill_disable;
>
> @@ -1132,6 +1144,232 @@ static unsigned int get_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> return swappiness;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Return true if the current memory cgroup has local dirty memory settings.
> + * There is an allowed race between the current task migrating in-to/out-of the
> + * root cgroup while this routine runs. So the return value may be incorrect if
> + * the current task is being simultaneously migrated.
> + */
> +static bool __mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> + if (!mem)
> + return false;
> + if (mem_cgroup_is_root(mem))
> + return false;
> + /*
> + * The current memcg implementation does not yet support hierarchical
> + * dirty limits.
> + */
> + if (mem->use_hierarchy)
> + return false;
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +bool mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(void)
> +{
> + struct mem_cgroup *mem;
> + bool ret;
> +
> + if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
> + return false;
> +
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + mem = mem_cgroup_from_task(current);
> + ret = __mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(mem);
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Returns a snapshot of the current dirty limits which is not synchronized with
> + * the routines that change the dirty limits. If this routine races with an
> + * update to the dirty bytes/ratio value, then the caller must handle the case
> + * where both dirty_[background_]_ratio and _bytes are set.
> + */
> +static void __mem_cgroup_dirty_param(struct vm_dirty_param *param,
> + struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> + if (__mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(mem)) {
> + param->dirty_ratio = mem->dirty_param.dirty_ratio;
> + param->dirty_bytes = mem->dirty_param.dirty_bytes;
> + param->dirty_background_ratio =
> + mem->dirty_param.dirty_background_ratio;
> + param->dirty_background_bytes =
> + mem->dirty_param.dirty_background_bytes;
> + } else {
> + param->dirty_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
> + param->dirty_bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
> + param->dirty_background_ratio = dirty_background_ratio;
> + param->dirty_background_bytes = dirty_background_bytes;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Return the background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds as well as
> + * dirty usage metrics.
> + *
> + * The current task may be moved to another cgroup while this routine accesses
> + * the dirty limit. But a precise check is meaningless because the task can be
> + * moved after our access and writeback tends to take long time. At least,
> + * "memcg" will not be freed while holding rcu_read_lock().
> + */
> +bool mem_cgroup_dirty_info(unsigned long sys_available_mem,
> + struct dirty_info *info)
> +{
> + s64 available_mem;
> + struct vm_dirty_param dirty_param;
> + struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> +
> + if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
> + return false;
> +
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(current);
> + if (!__mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(memcg)) {
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> + return false;
> + }
> + __mem_cgroup_dirty_param(&dirty_param, memcg);
> + rcu_read_unlock();
Hmm, don't we need to get css_get() for this "memcg" ?
> +
> + available_mem = mem_cgroup_page_stat(MEMCG_NR_DIRTYABLE_PAGES);
> + if (available_mem < 0)
> + return false;
> +
> + available_mem = min((unsigned long)available_mem, sys_available_mem);
> +
This seems nice.
> + if (dirty_param.dirty_bytes)
> + info->dirty_thresh =
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_param.dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
> + else
> + info->dirty_thresh =
> + (dirty_param.dirty_ratio * available_mem) / 100;
> +
> + if (dirty_param.dirty_background_bytes)
> + info->background_thresh =
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_param.dirty_background_bytes,
> + PAGE_SIZE);
> + else
> + info->background_thresh =
> + (dirty_param.dirty_background_ratio *
> + available_mem) / 100;
> +
Okay, then these will be finally double-checked with system's dirty-info.
Right ?
Thanks,
-Kame
> + info->nr_reclaimable =
> + mem_cgroup_page_stat(MEMCG_NR_RECLAIM_PAGES);
> + if (info->nr_reclaimable < 0)
> + return false;
> +
> + info->nr_writeback = mem_cgroup_page_stat(MEMCG_NR_WRITEBACK);
> + if (info->nr_writeback < 0)
> + return false;
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool mem_cgroup_can_swap(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +{
> + if (!do_swap_account)
> + return nr_swap_pages > 0;
> + return !memcg->memsw_is_minimum &&
> + (res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->memsw, RES_LIMIT) > 0);
> +}
> +
> +static s64 mem_cgroup_local_page_stat(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
> + enum mem_cgroup_nr_pages_item item)
> +{
> + s64 ret;
> +
> + switch (item) {
> + case MEMCG_NR_DIRTYABLE_PAGES:
> + ret = mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) +
> + mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
> + if (mem_cgroup_can_swap(mem))
> + ret += mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON) +
> + mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
> + break;
> + case MEMCG_NR_RECLAIM_PAGES:
> + ret = mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_FILE_DIRTY) +
> + mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem,
> + MEM_CGROUP_STAT_FILE_UNSTABLE_NFS);
> + break;
> + case MEMCG_NR_WRITEBACK:
> + ret = mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_FILE_WRITEBACK);
> + break;
> + case MEMCG_NR_DIRTY_WRITEBACK_PAGES:
> + ret = mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem,
> + MEM_CGROUP_STAT_FILE_WRITEBACK) +
> + mem_cgroup_read_stat(mem,
> + MEM_CGROUP_STAT_FILE_UNSTABLE_NFS);
> + break;
> + default:
> + BUG();
> + break;
> + }
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Return the number of pages that the @mem cgroup could allocate. If
> + * use_hierarchy is set, then this involves parent mem cgroups to find the
> + * cgroup with the smallest free space.
> + */
> +static unsigned long long
> +memcg_hierarchical_free_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> + unsigned long free, min_free;
> +
> + min_free = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +
> + while (mem) {
> + free = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_LIMIT) -
> + res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_USAGE);
> + min_free = min(min_free, free);
> + mem = parent_mem_cgroup(mem);
> + }
> +
> + /* Translate free memory in pages */
> + return min_free >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * mem_cgroup_page_stat() - get memory cgroup file cache statistics
> + * @item: memory statistic item exported to the kernel
> + *
> + * Return the accounted statistic value or negative value if current task is
> + * root cgroup.
> + */
> +s64 mem_cgroup_page_stat(enum mem_cgroup_nr_pages_item item)
> +{
> + struct mem_cgroup *mem;
> + struct mem_cgroup *iter;
> + s64 value;
> +
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + mem = mem_cgroup_from_task(current);
> + if (__mem_cgroup_has_dirty_limit(mem)) {
> + /*
> + * If we're looking for dirtyable pages we need to evaluate
> + * free pages depending on the limit and usage of the parents
> + * first of all.
> + */
> + if (item == MEMCG_NR_DIRTYABLE_PAGES)
> + value = memcg_hierarchical_free_pages(mem);
> + else
> + value = 0;
> + /*
> + * Recursively evaluate page statistics against all cgroup
> + * under hierarchy tree
> + */
> + for_each_mem_cgroup_tree(iter, mem)
> + value += mem_cgroup_local_page_stat(iter, item);
> + } else
> + value = -EINVAL;
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> + return value;
> +}
> +
> static void mem_cgroup_start_move(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> {
> int cpu;
> @@ -4440,8 +4678,16 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
> spin_lock_init(&mem->reclaim_param_lock);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mem->oom_notify);
>
> - if (parent)
> + if (parent) {
> mem->swappiness = get_swappiness(parent);
> + __mem_cgroup_dirty_param(&mem->dirty_param, parent);
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * The root cgroup dirty_param field is not used, instead,
> + * system-wide dirty limits are used.
> + */
> + }
> +
> atomic_set(&mem->refcnt, 1);
> mem->move_charge_at_immigrate = 0;
> mutex_init(&mem->thresholds_lock);
> --
> 1.7.3.1
>
>
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