Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:52:29 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] memcg: mm_update_next_owner() should skip kthreads |
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On Fri 18-04-14 20:44:41, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > On 04/18, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > On Fri 18-04-14 19:26:31, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > > On 04/18, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > > > > > > > Hmm. I seem to see a bug in this function, it can be fulled by use_mm, > > > > but I am not sure this can explain the problem. I'll send a patch. > > > > > > Untested, please review. But it really looks "obviously wrong", and note > > > that unuse_mm() doesn't do mm_update_next_owner(). (just in case, do not > > > confuse it with unuse_mm() in mm/swapfile.c). > > > > Both patches seem to be correct but I am missinng why they are marked as > > memcg: when they are touching generic mm_update_next_owner path. > > Well, this is because I didn't know which prefix should I use. I looked > at git-blame to see who changed this function, picked the random 733eda7ac > "memcg: clear mm->owner when last possible owner leaves" commit and copied > "memcg" from there. > > OTOH, mm->owner is used by mm/memcontrol.c, so perhaps the prefix is fine?
OK, I didn't realize memcg is the only user.
> I do not even understand why do we have CONFIG_MM_OWNER, perhaps it should > die?
I have to dig into history to check why it has been introduced in the first place. It might be possible it is not relevant anymore. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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