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From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
To: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	containers@lists.osdl.org, Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] memcg: disable local interrupts in lock_page_cgroup()
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:54:17 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101005155417.d9552689.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1286175485-30643-5-git-send-email-gthelen@google.com>

On Sun,  3 Oct 2010 23:57:59 -0700
Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> wrote:

> If pages are being migrated from a memcg, then updates to that
> memcg's page statistics are protected by grabbing a bit spin lock
> using lock_page_cgroup().  In an upcoming commit memcg dirty page
> accounting will be updating memcg page accounting (specifically:
> num writeback pages) from softirq.  Avoid a deadlocking nested
> spin lock attempt by disabling interrupts on the local processor
> when grabbing the page_cgroup bit_spin_lock in lock_page_cgroup().
> This avoids the following deadlock:
> statistic
>       CPU 0             CPU 1
>                     inc_file_mapped
>                     rcu_read_lock
>   start move
>   synchronize_rcu
>                     lock_page_cgroup
>                       softirq
>                       test_clear_page_writeback
>                       mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(NR_WRITEBACK)
>                       rcu_read_lock
>                       lock_page_cgroup   /* deadlock */
>                       unlock_page_cgroup
>                       rcu_read_unlock
>                     unlock_page_cgroup
>                     rcu_read_unlock
> 
> By disabling interrupts in lock_page_cgroup, nested calls
> are avoided.  The softirq would be delayed until after inc_file_mapped
> enables interrupts when calling unlock_page_cgroup().
> 
> The normal, fast path, of memcg page stat updates typically
> does not need to call lock_page_cgroup(), so this change does
> not affect the performance of the common case page accounting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>

Nice Catch!

But..hmm this wasn't necessary for FILE_MAPPED but necesary for new
statistics, right ? (This affects the order of patches.)

Anyway

Acked-By: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>


> ---
>  include/linux/page_cgroup.h |    8 +++++-
>  mm/memcontrol.c             |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/page_cgroup.h b/include/linux/page_cgroup.h
> index b59c298..872f6b1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page_cgroup.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page_cgroup.h
> @@ -117,14 +117,18 @@ static inline enum zone_type page_cgroup_zid(struct page_cgroup *pc)
>  	return page_zonenum(pc->page);
>  }
>  
> -static inline void lock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc)
> +static inline void lock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc,
> +				    unsigned long *flags)
>  {
> +	local_irq_save(*flags);
>  	bit_spin_lock(PCG_LOCK, &pc->flags);
>  }
>  
> -static inline void unlock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc)
> +static inline void unlock_page_cgroup(struct page_cgroup *pc,
> +				      unsigned long flags)
>  {
>  	bit_spin_unlock(PCG_LOCK, &pc->flags);
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
>  
>  #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR */
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index f4259f4..267d774 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1599,6 +1599,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
>  	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
>  	struct page_cgroup *pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
>  	bool need_unlock = false;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	if (unlikely(!pc))
>  		return;
> @@ -1610,7 +1611,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
>  	/* pc->mem_cgroup is unstable ? */
>  	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_stealed(mem))) {
>  		/* take a lock against to access pc->mem_cgroup */
> -		lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +		lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  		need_unlock = true;
>  		mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
>  		if (!mem || !PageCgroupUsed(pc))
> @@ -1633,7 +1634,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(struct page *page,
>  
>  out:
>  	if (unlikely(need_unlock))
> -		unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +		unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
>  	return;
>  }
> @@ -2053,11 +2054,12 @@ struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_page(struct page *page)
>  	struct page_cgroup *pc;
>  	unsigned short id;
>  	swp_entry_t ent;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
>  
>  	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
> -	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  	if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
>  		mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
>  		if (mem && !css_tryget(&mem->css))
> @@ -2071,7 +2073,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_page(struct page *page)
>  			mem = NULL;
>  		rcu_read_unlock();
>  	}
> -	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	return mem;
>  }
>  
> @@ -2084,13 +2086,15 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
>  				     struct page_cgroup *pc,
>  				     enum charge_type ctype)
>  {
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
>  	/* try_charge() can return NULL to *memcg, taking care of it. */
>  	if (!mem)
>  		return;
>  
> -	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  	if (unlikely(PageCgroupUsed(pc))) {
> -		unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +		unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  		mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(mem);
>  		return;
>  	}
> @@ -2120,7 +2124,7 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
>  
>  	mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(mem, pc, true);
>  
> -	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	/*
>  	 * "charge_statistics" updated event counter. Then, check it.
>  	 * Insert ancestor (and ancestor's ancestors), to softlimit RB-tree.
> @@ -2187,12 +2191,13 @@ static int mem_cgroup_move_account(struct page_cgroup *pc,
>  		struct mem_cgroup *from, struct mem_cgroup *to, bool uncharge)
>  {
>  	int ret = -EINVAL;
> -	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  	if (PageCgroupUsed(pc) && pc->mem_cgroup == from) {
>  		__mem_cgroup_move_account(pc, from, to, uncharge);
>  		ret = 0;
>  	}
> -	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	/*
>  	 * check events
>  	 */
> @@ -2298,6 +2303,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
>  				gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  {
>  	int ret;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
>  		return 0;
> @@ -2320,12 +2326,12 @@ int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
>  		pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
>  		if (!pc)
>  			return 0;
> -		lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +		lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  		if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
> -			unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +			unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  			return 0;
>  		}
> -		unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +		unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (unlikely(!mm))
> @@ -2511,6 +2517,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
>  {
>  	struct page_cgroup *pc;
>  	struct mem_cgroup *mem = NULL;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
>  		return NULL;
> @@ -2525,7 +2532,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
>  	if (unlikely(!pc || !PageCgroupUsed(pc)))
>  		return NULL;
>  
> -	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  
>  	mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
>  
> @@ -2560,7 +2567,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
>  	 * special functions.
>  	 */
>  
> -	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	/*
>  	 * even after unlock, we have mem->res.usage here and this memcg
>  	 * will never be freed.
> @@ -2576,7 +2583,7 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
>  	return mem;
>  
>  unlock_out:
> -	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	return NULL;
>  }
>  
> @@ -2765,12 +2772,13 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page,
>  	struct mem_cgroup *mem = NULL;
>  	enum charge_type ctype;
>  	int ret = 0;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
> -	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  	if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
>  		mem = pc->mem_cgroup;
>  		css_get(&mem->css);
> @@ -2806,7 +2814,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page,
>  		if (PageAnon(page))
>  			SetPageCgroupMigration(pc);
>  	}
> -	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  	/*
>  	 * If the page is not charged at this point,
>  	 * we return here.
> @@ -2819,9 +2827,9 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page,
>  	css_put(&mem->css);/* drop extra refcnt */
>  	if (ret || *ptr == NULL) {
>  		if (PageAnon(page)) {
> -			lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +			lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  			ClearPageCgroupMigration(pc);
> -			unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +			unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  			/*
>  			 * The old page may be fully unmapped while we kept it.
>  			 */
> @@ -2852,6 +2860,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
>  {
>  	struct page *used, *unused;
>  	struct page_cgroup *pc;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	if (!mem)
>  		return;
> @@ -2871,9 +2880,9 @@ void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
>  	 * Clear the flag and check the page should be charged.
>  	 */
>  	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(oldpage);
> -	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	lock_page_cgroup(pc, &flags);
>  	ClearPageCgroupMigration(pc);
> -	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(pc, flags);
>  
>  	__mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(unused, MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_FORCE);
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.1
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-05  6:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-04  6:57 [PATCH 00/10] memcg: per cgroup dirty page accounting Greg Thelen
2010-10-04  6:57 ` [PATCH 01/10] memcg: add page_cgroup flags for dirty page tracking Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  6:20   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-06  0:37   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-10-06 11:07   ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-04  6:57 ` [PATCH 02/10] memcg: document cgroup dirty memory interfaces Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  6:48   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-06  0:49   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-10-06 11:12   ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-04  6:57 ` [PATCH 03/10] memcg: create extensible page stat update routines Greg Thelen
2010-10-04 13:48   ` Ciju Rajan K
2010-10-04 15:43     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-04 17:35       ` Ciju Rajan K
2010-10-05  6:51   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-05  7:10     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-05 15:42   ` Minchan Kim
2010-10-05 19:59     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-05 23:57       ` Minchan Kim
2010-10-06  0:48         ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-06 16:19   ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-04  6:57 ` [PATCH 04/10] memcg: disable local interrupts in lock_page_cgroup() Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  6:54   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki [this message]
2010-10-05  7:18     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-05 16:03   ` Minchan Kim
2010-10-05 23:26     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-06  0:15       ` Minchan Kim
2010-10-07  0:35         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07  1:54           ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-10-07  2:17             ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07  6:21               ` [PATCH] memcg: reduce lock time at move charge (Was " KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07  6:24                 ` [PATCH] memcg: lock-free clear page writeback " KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07  9:05                   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07 23:35                   ` Minchan Kim
2010-10-08  4:41                     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07  7:28                 ` [PATCH] memcg: reduce lock time at move charge " Daisuke Nishimura
2010-10-07  7:42                   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07  8:04                     ` [PATCH v2] " KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07 23:14                       ` Andrew Morton
2010-10-08  1:12                         ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-10-08  4:37                         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-08  4:55                           ` Andrew Morton
2010-10-08  5:12                             ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-08 10:41                               ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-12  3:39                                 ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-12  3:42                                   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-12  3:54                                     ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-12  3:56                                 ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-10-12  5:01                                   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-12  5:48                                   ` [PATCH v4] memcg: reduce lock time at move charge KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-12  6:23                                     ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-10-12  5:39   ` [PATCH 04/10] memcg: disable local interrupts in lock_page_cgroup() Balbir Singh
2010-10-04  6:58 ` [PATCH 05/10] memcg: add dirty page accounting infrastructure Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  7:22   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-05  7:35     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-05 16:09   ` Minchan Kim
2010-10-05 20:06     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-04  6:58 ` [PATCH 06/10] memcg: add kernel calls for memcg dirty page stats Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  6:55   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-04  6:58 ` [PATCH 07/10] memcg: add dirty limits to mem_cgroup Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  7:07   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-05  9:43   ` Andrea Righi
2010-10-05 19:00     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-07  0:13       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-07  0:27         ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-07  0:48           ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-12  0:24             ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-12  0:55               ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-12  7:32                 ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-12  8:38                   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-04  6:58 ` [PATCH 08/10] memcg: add cgroupfs interface to memcg dirty limits Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  7:13   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-05  7:33     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  7:31       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-05  9:18       ` Andrea Righi
2010-10-05 18:31         ` David Rientjes
2010-10-06 18:34         ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-06 20:54           ` Andrea Righi
2010-10-06 13:30   ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-06 13:32     ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-06 16:21       ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-06 16:24         ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-07  6:23   ` Ciju Rajan K
2010-10-07 17:46     ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-04  6:58 ` [PATCH 09/10] writeback: make determine_dirtyable_memory() static Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  7:15   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-04  6:58 ` [PATCH 10/10] memcg: check memcg dirty limits in page writeback Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  7:29   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-06  0:32   ` Minchan Kim
2010-10-05  4:20 ` [PATCH 00/10] memcg: per cgroup dirty page accounting Balbir Singh
2010-10-05  4:50 ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-05  5:50   ` Greg Thelen
2010-10-05  8:37     ` Ciju Rajan K
2010-10-05 22:15 ` Andrea Righi
2010-10-06  3:23 ` Balbir Singh
2010-10-18  5:56 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-10-18 18:09   ` Greg Thelen

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