Re: [PATCH] fs, mm: account filp and names caches to kmemcg

[Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 05:24:21PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Well, it actually occured to me that this would trigger the global oom
> killer in case no memcg specific victim can be found which is definitely
> not something we would like to do. This should work better. I am not
> sure we can trigger this corner case but we should cover it and it
> actually doesn't make the code much worse.
> ---
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index d5f3a62887cf..7b370f070b82 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1528,26 +1528,40 @@ static void memcg_oom_recover(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  
>  static void mem_cgroup_oom(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t mask, int order)
>  {
> -	if (!current->memcg_may_oom)
> -		return;
>  	/*
>  	 * We are in the middle of the charge context here, so we
>  	 * don't want to block when potentially sitting on a callstack
>  	 * that holds all kinds of filesystem and mm locks.
>  	 *
> -	 * Also, the caller may handle a failed allocation gracefully
> -	 * (like optional page cache readahead) and so an OOM killer
> -	 * invocation might not even be necessary.
> +	 * cgroup v1 allowes sync users space handling so we cannot afford
> +	 * to get stuck here for that configuration. That's why we don't do
> +	 * anything here except remember the OOM context and then deal with
> +	 * it at the end of the page fault when the stack is unwound, the
> +	 * locks are released, and when we know whether the fault was overall
> +	 * successful.

How about

"cgroup1 allows disabling the OOM killer and waiting for outside
handling until the charge can succeed; remember the context and put
the task to sleep at the end of the page fault when all locks are
released."

and then follow it directly with the branch that handles this:

	if (memcg->oom_kill_disable) {
		css_get(&memcg->css);
		current->memcg_in_oom = memcg;
		...
		return false;
	}

	return mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(memcg, mask, order);	

> +	 * On the other hand, in-kernel OOM killer allows for an async victim
> +	 * memory reclaim (oom_reaper) and that means that we are not solely
> +	 * relying on the oom victim to make a forward progress so we can stay
> +	 * in the the try_charge context and keep retrying as long as there
> +	 * are oom victims to select.

I would put that part into try_charge, where that decision is made.

>  	 *
> -	 * That's why we don't do anything here except remember the
> -	 * OOM context and then deal with it at the end of the page
> -	 * fault when the stack is unwound, the locks are released,
> -	 * and when we know whether the fault was overall successful.
> +	 * Please note that mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize might fail to find a
> +	 * victim and then we have rely on mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize otherwise
> +	 * we would fall back to the global oom killer in pagefault_out_of_memory

Ah, that's why... Ugh, that's really duct-tapey.

>  	 */
> +	if (!memcg->oom_kill_disable &&
> +			mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(memcg, mask, order))
> +		return true;
> +
> +	if (!current->memcg_may_oom)
> +		return false;
>  	css_get(&memcg->css);
>  	current->memcg_in_oom = memcg;
>  	current->memcg_oom_gfp_mask = mask;
>  	current->memcg_oom_order = order;
> +
> +	return false;
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -2007,8 +2021,11 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  
>  	mem_cgroup_event(mem_over_limit, MEMCG_OOM);
>  
> -	mem_cgroup_oom(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask,
> -		       get_order(nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
> +	if (mem_cgroup_oom(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask,
> +		       get_order(nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE))) {
> +		nr_retries = MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_RETRIES;
> +		goto retry;
> +	}

As per the previous email, this has to goto force, otherwise we return
-ENOMEM from syscalls once in a blue moon, which makes verification an
absolute nightmare. The behavior should be reliable, without weird p99
corner cases.

I think what we should be doing here is: if a charge fails, set up an
oom context and force the charge; add mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize() to
the end of syscalls and kernel-context faults.

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