[Devel] [PATCH rh7] mm/memcontrol: don't reparent forever if counter leaked.

[Andrey Ryabinin]

In case of leaked memcg->memory counter mem_cgroup_reparent_charges()
may stuck forever under global cgroup_mutex making the whole
system unusable. I don't see reson for 'while ((memory - kmem) > 0)'
loop, IMO memory should be equal to kmem after the first iteration.
And if not it's a leak, but just in case make several attempts.

https://pmc.acronis.com/browse/VSTOR-24241
Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin at virtuozzo.com>
---
 mm/memcontrol.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d11aa24ed207..edc6bebc1f34 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4290,6 +4290,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_force_empty_list(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 static void mem_cgroup_reparent_charges(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
 	int node, zid;
+	/* Protection from leaked memcg->memory counter. */
+	int reparent_attempts = 10;
 
 	do {
 		/* This is for making all *used* pages to be on LRU. */
@@ -4321,8 +4323,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_reparent_charges(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 		 * right after the check. RES_USAGE should be safe as we always
 		 * charge before adding to the LRU.
 		 */
-	} while (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) -
-		 page_counter_read(&memcg->kmem) > 0);
+	} while ((page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) -
+		 page_counter_read(&memcg->kmem) > 0) && reparent_attempts--);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
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