[Devel] Re: [PATCH v3 10/13] memcg: use static branches when code not in use

[Glauber Costa]

On 10/01/2012 04:25 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 18-09-12 18:04:07, Glauber Costa wrote:
> [...]
>>  include/linux/memcontrol.h |  4 +++-
>>  mm/memcontrol.c            | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
>> index 82ede9a..4ec9fd5 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
>> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/cgroup.h>
>>  #include <linux/vm_event_item.h>
>>  #include <linux/hardirq.h>
>> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
>>  
>>  struct mem_cgroup;
>>  struct page_cgroup;
>> @@ -401,9 +402,10 @@ struct sock;
>>  void sock_update_memcg(struct sock *sk);
>>  void sock_release_memcg(struct sock *sk);
>>  
>> +extern struct static_key memcg_kmem_enabled_key;
>>  static inline bool memcg_kmem_enabled(void)
>>  {
>> -	return true;
>> +	return static_key_false(&memcg_kmem_enabled_key);
>>  }
>>  
>>  extern bool __memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg,
>> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
>> index 720e4bb..aada601 100644
>> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
>> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
>> @@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *s)
>>  #include <net/sock.h>
>>  #include <net/ip.h>
>>  
>> +struct static_key memcg_kmem_enabled_key;
>> +
>>  static bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
>>  static int memcg_charge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp, u64 size);
>>  static void memcg_uncharge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, u64 size);
>> @@ -624,6 +626,16 @@ void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order)
>>  	WARN_ON(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
>>  	memcg_uncharge_kmem(memcg, PAGE_SIZE << order);
>>  }
>> +
>> +static void disarm_kmem_keys(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>> +{
>> +	if (memcg_kmem_is_accounted(memcg))
>> +		static_key_slow_dec(&memcg_kmem_enabled_key);
>> +}
>> +#else
>> +static void disarm_kmem_keys(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>> +{
>> +}
>>  #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
>>  
>>  #if defined(CONFIG_INET) && defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM)
>> @@ -639,6 +651,12 @@ static void disarm_sock_keys(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>>  }
>>  #endif
>>  
>> +static void disarm_static_keys(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>> +{
>> +	disarm_sock_keys(memcg);
>> +	disarm_kmem_keys(memcg);
>> +}
>> +
>>  static void drain_all_stock_async(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
>>  
>>  static struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *
>> @@ -4131,7 +4149,11 @@ static void memcg_update_kmem_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, u64 val)
>>  	 */
>>  	mutex_lock(&set_limit_mutex);
>>  	if ((val != RESOURCE_MAX) && memcg_kmem_set_active(memcg)) {
>> -
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Once the static branch is enabled it will only be
>> +		 * disabled when the last reference to memcg is gone.
>> +		 */
>> +		static_key_slow_inc(&memcg_kmem_enabled_key);
> 
> I guess the reason why we do not need to inc also for children is that
> we do not inherit kmem_accounted, right?
> 

Yes, but I of course changed that in the upcoming version of the patch.
We now inherit the value everytime, and the static branches are updated
accordingly.