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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/controllers/memcg_test.txt | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memcontrol.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 11 |
3 files changed, 46 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/controllers/memcg_test.txt index c91f69b0b54..08d4d3ea0d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/controllers/memcg_test.txt +++ b/Documentation/controllers/memcg_test.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo. -Last Updated: 2008/12/10 -Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.28-rc7-mm. +Last Updated: 2008/12/15 +Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.28-rc8-mm. Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior is complex. This is a document for memcg's internal behavior. @@ -111,9 +111,40 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. (b) If the SwapCache has been mapped by processes, it has been charged already. - In case (a), we charge it. In case (b), we don't charge it. - (But racy state between (a) and (b) exists. We do check it.) - At charging, a charge recorded in swap_cgroup is moved to page_cgroup. + This swap-in is one of the most complicated work. In do_swap_page(), + following events occur when pte is unchanged. + + (1) the page (SwapCache) is looked up. + (2) lock_page() + (3) try_charge_swapin() + (4) reuse_swap_page() (may call delete_swap_cache()) + (5) commit_charge_swapin() + (6) swap_free(). + + Considering following situation for example. + + (A) The page has not been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page() + doesn't call delete_from_swap_cache(). + (B) The page has not been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page() + calls delete_from_swap_cache(). + (C) The page has been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page() doesn't + call delete_from_swap_cache(). + (D) The page has been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page() calls + delete_from_swap_cache(). + + memory.usage/memsw.usage changes to this page/swp_entry will be + Case (A) (B) (C) (D) + Event + Before (2) 0/ 1 0/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 + =========================================== + (3) +1/+1 +1/+1 +1/+1 +1/+1 + (4) - 0/ 0 - -1/ 0 + (5) 0/-1 0/ 0 -1/-1 0/ 0 + (6) - 0/-1 - 0/-1 + =========================================== + Result 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 + + In any cases, charges to this page should be 1/ 1. 4.2 Swap-out. At swap-out, typical state transition is below. diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index a7ecf23150c..0ed61e27d52 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1169,10 +1169,11 @@ void mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *ptr) /* * Now swap is on-memory. This means this page may be * counted both as mem and swap....double count. - * Fix it by uncharging from memsw. This SwapCache is stable - * because we're still under lock_page(). + * Fix it by uncharging from memsw. Basically, this SwapCache is stable + * under lock_page(). But in do_swap_page()::memory.c, reuse_swap_page() + * may call delete_from_swap_cache() before reach here. */ - if (do_swap_account) { + if (do_swap_account && PageSwapCache(page)) { swp_entry_t ent = {.val = page_private(page)}; struct mem_cgroup *memcg; memcg = swap_cgroup_record(ent, NULL); diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index e5bfbe6b594..e009ce87085 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -2457,22 +2457,23 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * while the page is counted on swap but not yet in mapcount i.e. * before page_add_anon_rmap() and swap_free(); try_to_free_swap() * must be called after the swap_free(), or it will never succeed. - * And mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(), which uses the swp_entry - * in page->private, must be called before reuse_swap_page(), - * which may delete_from_swap_cache(). + * Because delete_from_swap_page() may be called by reuse_swap_page(), + * mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin() may not be able to find swp_entry + * in page->private. In this case, a record in swap_cgroup is silently + * discarded at swap_free(). */ - mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(page, ptr); inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss); pte = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot); if (write_access && reuse_swap_page(page)) { pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma); write_access = 0; } - flush_icache_page(vma, page); set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, pte); page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, address); + /* It's better to call commit-charge after rmap is established */ + mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(page, ptr); swap_free(entry); if (vm_swap_full() || (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) || PageMlocked(page)) |