[Devel] [PATCH] memcg: fix kmem_account_flags check in memcg_can_account_kmem()

[Vladimir Davydov]

On 11/29/2013 01:45 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 27-11-13 19:46:01, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
>> We should start kmem accounting for a memory cgroup only after both its
>> kmem limit is set (KMEM_ACCOUNTED_ACTIVE) and related call sites are
>> patched (KMEM_ACCOUNTED_ACTIVATED).
> This should be vice-versa, no? ACTIVE is set after
> static_key_slow_inc(&memcg_kmem_enabled_key) AFAICS.
>
>> Currently memcg_can_account_kmem() allows kmem accounting even if only
>> one of the conditions is true.
>> Fix it.
> It would be nice to describe, what is the actual problem here. I assume
> this is a charge vs. enable race. Let me try
>
> So we have KMEM_ACCOUNTED_ACTIVATED (set by memcg_update_cache_sizes)
> but the static key is not enabled yet (so KMEM_ACCOUNTED_ACTIVE is not
> set yet). memcg_can_account_kmem is called from 2 contexts during charge
> 	- memcg_kmem_get_cache via __memcg_kmem_get_cache
> 	- memcg_kmem_newpage_charge via __memcg_kmem_newpage_charge
>
> both of them start by checking memcg_kmem_enabled which is our
> static key before memcg_can_account_kmem. This would suggest that
> static_key+ACTIVE check memcg_can_account_kmem is sufficient. No?

Yes, I guess you're perfectly right and we don't need the ACTIVATED bit 
at all. I'll look at this deeper and send a patch removing it if it 
doesn't break something.

Thanks.