Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Sep 2011 18:19:01 +0900 | From | KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <> | Subject | Re: [patch] mm: memcg: close race between charge and putback |
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On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:54:04 +0200 Johannes Weiner <jweiner@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 05:30:42PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:40:22 +0200 > > Johannes Weiner <jweiner@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > There is a potential race between a thread charging a page and another > > > thread putting it back to the LRU list: > > > > > > charge: putback: > > > SetPageCgroupUsed SetPageLRU > > > PageLRU && add to memcg LRU PageCgroupUsed && add to memcg LRU > > > > > > > I assumed that all pages are charged before added to LRU. > > (i.e. event happens in charge->lru_lock->putback order.) > > > > But hmm, this assumption may be bad for maintainance. > > Do you find a code which adds pages to LRU before charge ? > > > > Hmm, if there are codes which recharge the page to other memcg, > > it will cause bug and my assumption may be harmful. > > Swap slots are read optimistically into swapcache and put to the LRU, > then charged upon fault.
Yes, then swap charge removes page from LRU before charge. IIUC, it needed to do so because page->mem_cgroup may be replaced.
> Fuse apparently recharges uncharged LRU pages. Yes and No. IIUC, it was like page migraion and remove old page and add new page to radix-tree.
> That's why we have the lrucare stuff in the first place, no? You're right.
> Or did I misunderstand your question? >
I just wondered whether you find a new one or possible user.
Thanks, -Kame
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