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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 3/4] memcg: fix for mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:01:03 +0900, Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:03:23 +0530, Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > * Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> [2009-01-08 19:15:01]:
> >
> > > If root_mem has no children, last_scaned_child is set to root_mem itself.
> > > But after some children added to root_mem, mem_cgroup_get_next_node can
> > > mem_cgroup_put the root_mem although root_mem has not been mem_cgroup_get.
> > >
> >
> > Good catch!
> >
> Thanks :)
>
> > > This patch fixes this behavior by:
> > > - Set last_scanned_child to NULL if root_mem has no children or DFS search
> > > has returned to root_mem itself(root_mem is not a "child" of root_mem).
> > > Make mem_cgroup_get_first_node return root_mem in this case.
> > > There are no mem_cgroup_get/put for root_mem.
> > > - Rename mem_cgroup_get_next_node to __mem_cgroup_get_next_node, and
> > > mem_cgroup_get_first_node to mem_cgroup_get_next_node.
> > > Make mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim call only new mem_cgroup_get_next_node.
> > >
> >
> > How have you tested these changes? When I wrote up the patches, I did
> > several tests to make sure that all nodes in the hierarchy are covered
> > while reclaiming in order.
> >
> I do something like:
>
> 1. mount memcg (at/cgroup/memory)
> 2. enable hierarchy (if testing use_hierarchy==1 case)
> 3. mkdir /cgroup/memory/01
> 4. run some programs in /cgroup/memory/01
> 5. select the next directory to move to at random from 01/, 01/aa, 01/bb,
> 02/, 02/aa and 02/bb.
> 6. move all processes to next directory.
> 7. remove the old directory if possible.
> 8. wait for an random period.
> 9. goto 5.
>
> Before this patch, I got sometimes general protection fault, which seemed
> to be caused by unexpected free of mem_cgroup (and reuse the area for
> another purpose).
>
>
> BTW, I think "mem_cgroup_put(mem->last_scanned_child)" is also needed
> at mem_cgroup_destroy to prevent memory leak.
>
> I'll update my patch later.
>
This is the updated one.

I'm now testing these patches on -git12.
It has been working fine so far.


Thanks,
Daisuke Nishimura.
===
From: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>

If root_mem has no children, last_scaned_child is set to root_mem itself.
But after some children added to root_mem, mem_cgroup_get_next_node can
mem_cgroup_put the root_mem although root_mem has not been mem_cgroup_get.

This patch fixes this behavior by:
- Set last_scanned_child to NULL if root_mem has no children or DFS search
has returned to root_mem itself(root_mem is not a "child" of root_mem).
Make mem_cgroup_get_first_node return root_mem in this case.
There are no mem_cgroup_get/put for root_mem.
- Rename mem_cgroup_get_next_node to __mem_cgroup_get_next_node, and
mem_cgroup_get_first_node to mem_cgroup_get_next_node.
Make mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim call only new mem_cgroup_get_next_node.

ChangeLog: RFC->v1
- add mem_cgroup_put of last_scanned_child at mem_cgroup_destroy.

Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 7be9b35..7ba5c61 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
* called with hierarchy_mutex held
*/
static struct mem_cgroup *
-mem_cgroup_get_next_node(struct mem_cgroup *curr, struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
+__mem_cgroup_get_next_node(struct mem_cgroup *curr, struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
{
struct cgroup *cgroup, *curr_cgroup, *root_cgroup;

@@ -655,8 +655,8 @@ mem_cgroup_get_next_node(struct mem_cgroup *curr, struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
visit_parent:
if (curr_cgroup == root_cgroup) {
mem_cgroup_put(curr);
- curr = root_mem;
- mem_cgroup_get(curr);
+ /* caller handles NULL case */
+ curr = NULL;
goto done;
}

@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@ visit_parent:
goto visit_parent;

done:
- root_mem->last_scanned_child = curr;
return curr;
}

@@ -689,20 +688,29 @@ done:
* that to reclaim free pages from.
*/
static struct mem_cgroup *
-mem_cgroup_get_first_node(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
+mem_cgroup_get_next_node(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
{
struct cgroup *cgroup;
struct mem_cgroup *ret;
bool obsolete;

- obsolete = mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(root_mem->last_scanned_child);
-
/*
* Scan all children under the mem_cgroup mem
*/
mutex_lock(&mem_cgroup_subsys.hierarchy_mutex);
+
+ obsolete = mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(root_mem->last_scanned_child);
+
if (list_empty(&root_mem->css.cgroup->children)) {
- ret = root_mem;
+ /*
+ * root_mem might have children before and last_scanned_child
+ * may point to one of them.
+ */
+ if (root_mem->last_scanned_child) {
+ VM_BUG_ON(!obsolete);
+ mem_cgroup_put(root_mem->last_scanned_child);
+ }
+ ret = NULL;
goto done;
}

@@ -716,13 +724,13 @@ mem_cgroup_get_first_node(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
ret = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgroup);
mem_cgroup_get(ret);
} else
- ret = mem_cgroup_get_next_node(root_mem->last_scanned_child,
+ ret = __mem_cgroup_get_next_node(root_mem->last_scanned_child,
root_mem);

done:
root_mem->last_scanned_child = ret;
mutex_unlock(&mem_cgroup_subsys.hierarchy_mutex);
- return ret;
+ return (ret) ? ret : root_mem;
}

static bool mem_cgroup_check_under_limit(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
@@ -780,21 +788,18 @@ static int mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem,
if (!root_mem->use_hierarchy)
return ret;

- next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_first_node(root_mem);
+ next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_next_node(root_mem);

while (next_mem != root_mem) {
if (mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(next_mem)) {
- mem_cgroup_put(next_mem);
- next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_first_node(root_mem);
+ next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_next_node(root_mem);
continue;
}
ret = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(next_mem, gfp_mask, noswap,
get_swappiness(next_mem));
if (mem_cgroup_check_under_limit(root_mem))
return 0;
- mutex_lock(&mem_cgroup_subsys.hierarchy_mutex);
- next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_next_node(next_mem, root_mem);
- mutex_unlock(&mem_cgroup_subsys.hierarchy_mutex);
+ next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_next_node(root_mem);
}
return ret;
}
@@ -2254,7 +2259,14 @@ static void mem_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
struct cgroup *cont)
{
- mem_cgroup_put(mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont));
+ struct mem_cgroup *mem = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
+ struct mem_cgroup *last_scanned_child = mem->last_scanned_child;
+
+ if (last_scanned_child) {
+ VM_BUG_ON(!mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(last_scanned_child));
+ mem_cgroup_put(last_scanned_child);
+ }
+ mem_cgroup_put(mem);
}

static int mem_cgroup_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,


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