From: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com>
To: Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
"linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Memory cgroup and special hidden inodes
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 17:40:55 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <603269e5-f3d6-4c42-a2af-6287f5e0ceca@gmx.com> (raw)
Hi,
I'm wondering how memory cgroup handles the special inodes, which are
not exposed to end users and are only utilized by the filesystem itself.
Btrfs has at least 3 usages of such hidden special inodes:
- Btree (metadata) inode
All metadata are mapped in the page cache of btree inode.
This is the most critical usage, as btrfs has tons of metadata and
if mem cgroup is limiting the memory usage of btree inode page cache,
a lot of thing can go wrong pretty easily.
And a lot of operation on this inode has no obvious task bound to.
E.g. a lot of delayed operations happens in workqueue context, I'm not
sure which cgroup those memory would be charged on.
- Data reloc inode
This is only utilized by relocation, and is only transient.
- Free space cache inode(s)
They are already being phased out, and the new free space cache tree
is fully rely on the btree inode.
So my question is, do these special inodes need to be managed by cgroup
in the first place?
Thanks,
Qu
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