Re: [PATCH][for -mm] Fix and Enhancements for memory cgroup [5/6] memory cgroup and migration fix

[Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> While using memory control cgroup, page-migration under it works as following.
> ==
>  1. uncharge all refs at try to unmap.
>  2. charge regs again remove_migration_ptes()
> ==
> This is simple but has following problems.
> ==
>  The page is uncharged and chaged back again if *mapped*.
>     - This means that cgroup before migraion can be different from one after
>       migraion
>     - If page is not mapped but charged as page cache, charge is just ignored
>       (because not mapped, it will not be uncharged before migration)
>       This is memory leak.
> ==
> This patch tries to keep memory cgroup at page migration by increasing
> one refcnt during it. 3 functions are added.
> 
>  mem_cgroup_prepare_migration() --- increase refcnt of page->page_cgroup
>  mem_cgroup_end_migration()     --- decrease refcnt of page->page_cgroup
>  mem_cgroup_page_migration() --- copy page->page_cgroup from old page to
>                                  new page.
> 
> During migration
>   - old page is under PG_locked.
>   - new page is under PG_locked, too.
>   - both old page and new page are not on LRU.
> 
> These 3 facts guarantees page_cgroup() migration has no race, I think.
> 
> Tested and worked well in x86_64/fake-NUMA box.
> 
> Changelog v1 -> v2:
>   - reflected comments.
>   - divided a patche to !PageLRU patch and migration patch.
> 
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
> 
>  include/linux/memcontrol.h |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/memcontrol.c            |   43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/migrate.c               |   14 +++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2/mm/migrate.c
> ===================================================================
> --- devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2.orig/mm/migrate.c
> +++ devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -598,9 +598,10 @@ static int move_to_new_page(struct page 
>  	else
>  		rc = fallback_migrate_page(mapping, newpage, page);
> 
> -	if (!rc)
> +	if (!rc) {
> +		mem_cgroup_page_migration(page, newpage);
>  		remove_migration_ptes(page, newpage);
> -	else
> +	} else
>  		newpage->mapping = NULL;
> 
>  	unlock_page(newpage);
> @@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get
>  	int *result = NULL;
>  	struct page *newpage = get_new_page(page, private, &result);
>  	int rcu_locked = 0;
> +	int charge = 0;
> 
>  	if (!newpage)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -660,14 +662,20 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get
>  	 */
>  	if (!page->mapping)
>  		goto rcu_unlock;
> +
> +	charge = mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(page);
>  	/* Establish migration ptes or remove ptes */
>  	try_to_unmap(page, 1);
> 
>  	if (!page_mapped(page))
>  		rc = move_to_new_page(newpage, page);
> 
> -	if (rc)
> +	if (rc) {
>  		remove_migration_ptes(page, page);
> +		if (charge)
> +			mem_cgroup_end_migration(page);
> +	} else if (charge)
> +		mem_cgroup_end_migration(newpage);
>  rcu_unlock:
>  	if (rcu_locked)
>  		rcu_read_unlock();
> Index: devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> ===================================================================
> --- devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2.orig/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_uncharge_p
>  	mem_cgroup_uncharge(page_get_page_cgroup(page));
>  }
> 
> +extern int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page);
> +extern void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct page *page);
> +extern void mem_cgroup_page_migration(struct page *page, struct page *newpage);
> +
>  #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT */
>  static inline void mm_init_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  					struct task_struct *p)
> @@ -107,6 +111,21 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *mm_cgro
>  	return NULL;
>  }
> 
> +static inline int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct page *page)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +static inline void
> +mem_cgroup_page_migration(struct page *page, struct page *newpage);
> +{
> +}
> +
> +
>  #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT */
> 
>  #endif /* _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H */
> Index: devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2/mm/memcontrol.c
> ===================================================================
> --- devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2.orig/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ devel-2.6.23-rc8-mm2/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -463,6 +463,49 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge(struct page_cgr
>  		}
>  	}
>  }
> +/*
> + * Returns non-zero if a page (under migration) has valid page_cgroup member.
> + * Refcnt of page_cgroup is incremented.
> + */
> +
> +int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	struct page_cgroup *pc;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +	lock_page_cgroup(page);
> +	pc = page_get_page_cgroup(page);
> +	if (pc && atomic_inc_not_zero(&pc->ref_cnt))
> +		ret = 1;
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(page);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +void mem_cgroup_end_migration(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	struct page_cgroup *pc = page_get_page_cgroup(page);
> +	mem_cgroup_uncharge(pc);
> +}
> +/*
> + * We know both *page* and *newpage* are now not-on-LRU and Pg_locked.
> + * And no rece with uncharge() routines becasue page_cgroup for *page*
> + * has extra one reference by mem_cgroup_prepare_migration.
> + */
> +
> +void mem_cgroup_page_migration(struct page *page, struct page *newpage)
> +{
> +	struct page_cgroup *pc;
> +retry:
> +	pc = page_get_page_cgroup(page);
> +	if (!pc)
> +		return;
> +	if (clear_page_cgroup(page, pc) != pc)
> +		goto retry;
> +	pc->page = newpage;
> +	lock_page_cgroup(newpage);
> +	page_assign_page_cgroup(newpage, pc);
> +	unlock_page_cgroup(newpage);
> +	return;
> +}
> 
>  int mem_cgroup_write_strategy(char *buf, unsigned long long *tmp)
>  {
> 


Looks good to me

Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL

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