Re: [PATCH 0/2] memcg: cgroup fix rmdir hang

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:07:20 +0900
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> previous discussion was this => http://marc.info/?t=124478543600001&r=1&w=2
> 
> This patch tries to fix problem as
>   - rmdir can sleep very very long if swap entry is shared between multiple
>     cgroups
> 
> Now, cgroup's rmdir path does following
> 
> ==
> again:
> 	check there are no tasks and children group.
> 	call pre_destroy()
> 	check css's refcnt
> 	if (refcnt > 0) {
> 		sleep until css's refcnt goes down to 0.
> 		goto again
> 	}
> ==
> 
> Unfortunately, memory cgroup does following at charge.
> 
> 	css_get(&memcg->css)
> 	....
> 	charge(memcg) (increase USAGE)
> 	...
> And this "memcg" is not necessary to include the caller, task.
> 
> pre_destroy() tries to reduce memory usage until USAGE goes down to 0.
> Then, there is a race that
> 	- css's refcnt > 0 (and memcg's usage > 0)
> 	- rmdir() caller sleeps until css->refcnt goes down 0.
> 	- But to make css->refcnt be 0, pre_destroy() should be called again.
> 
> This patch tries to fix this in asyhcnrounos way (i.e. without big lock.)
> Any comments are welcome.
> 

Do you believe that these fixes should be backported into 2.6.30.x?

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