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authorBalbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2009-01-07 18:08:06 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-08 08:31:06 -0800
commit6d61ef409d6ba168972f7c2f8c35baaade636a58 (patch)
treeb43ef8d2426ced40bd3ed4741ea8523e4496da23 /mm/memcontrol.c
parent28dbc4b6a01fb579a9441c7b81e3d3413dc452df (diff)
memcg: memory cgroup hierarchical reclaim
This patch introduces hierarchical reclaim. When an ancestor goes over its limit, the charging routine points to the parent that is above its limit. The reclaim process then starts from the last scanned child of the ancestor and reclaims until the ancestor goes below its limit. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [d-nishimura@mtf.biglobe.ne.jp: mem_cgroup_from_res_counter should handle both mem->res and mem->memsw] Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@valinux.co.jp> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memcontrol.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c166
1 files changed, 162 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index e72fb2b4a7d8..20e1d90b3363 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
struct mem_cgroup_lru_info info;
int prev_priority; /* for recording reclaim priority */
+
+ /*
+ * While reclaiming in a hiearchy, we cache the last child we
+ * reclaimed from. Protected by cgroup_lock()
+ */
+ struct mem_cgroup *last_scanned_child;
+
int obsolete;
atomic_t refcnt;
/*
@@ -461,6 +468,149 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
return nr_taken;
}
+#define mem_cgroup_from_res_counter(counter, member) \
+ container_of(counter, struct mem_cgroup, member)
+
+/*
+ * This routine finds the DFS walk successor. This routine should be
+ * called with cgroup_mutex held
+ */
+static struct mem_cgroup *
+mem_cgroup_get_next_node(struct mem_cgroup *curr, struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
+{
+ struct cgroup *cgroup, *curr_cgroup, *root_cgroup;
+
+ curr_cgroup = curr->css.cgroup;
+ root_cgroup = root_mem->css.cgroup;
+
+ if (!list_empty(&curr_cgroup->children)) {
+ /*
+ * Walk down to children
+ */
+ mem_cgroup_put(curr);
+ cgroup = list_entry(curr_cgroup->children.next,
+ struct cgroup, sibling);
+ curr = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgroup);
+ mem_cgroup_get(curr);
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+visit_parent:
+ if (curr_cgroup == root_cgroup) {
+ mem_cgroup_put(curr);
+ curr = root_mem;
+ mem_cgroup_get(curr);
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Goto next sibling
+ */
+ if (curr_cgroup->sibling.next != &curr_cgroup->parent->children) {
+ mem_cgroup_put(curr);
+ cgroup = list_entry(curr_cgroup->sibling.next, struct cgroup,
+ sibling);
+ curr = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgroup);
+ mem_cgroup_get(curr);
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Go up to next parent and next parent's sibling if need be
+ */
+ curr_cgroup = curr_cgroup->parent;
+ goto visit_parent;
+
+done:
+ root_mem->last_scanned_child = curr;
+ return curr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Visit the first child (need not be the first child as per the ordering
+ * of the cgroup list, since we track last_scanned_child) of @mem and use
+ * that to reclaim free pages from.
+ */
+static struct mem_cgroup *
+mem_cgroup_get_first_node(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem)
+{
+ struct cgroup *cgroup;
+ struct mem_cgroup *ret;
+ bool obsolete = (root_mem->last_scanned_child &&
+ root_mem->last_scanned_child->obsolete);
+
+ /*
+ * Scan all children under the mem_cgroup mem
+ */
+ cgroup_lock();
+ if (list_empty(&root_mem->css.cgroup->children)) {
+ ret = root_mem;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ if (!root_mem->last_scanned_child || obsolete) {
+
+ if (obsolete)
+ mem_cgroup_put(root_mem->last_scanned_child);
+
+ cgroup = list_first_entry(&root_mem->css.cgroup->children,
+ struct cgroup, sibling);
+ ret = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgroup);
+ mem_cgroup_get(ret);
+ } else
+ ret = mem_cgroup_get_next_node(root_mem->last_scanned_child,
+ root_mem);
+
+done:
+ root_mem->last_scanned_child = ret;
+ cgroup_unlock();
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dance down the hierarchy if needed to reclaim memory. We remember the
+ * last child we reclaimed from, so that we don't end up penalizing
+ * one child extensively based on its position in the children list.
+ *
+ * root_mem is the original ancestor that we've been reclaim from.
+ */
+static int mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask, bool noswap)
+{
+ struct mem_cgroup *next_mem;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Reclaim unconditionally and don't check for return value.
+ * We need to reclaim in the current group and down the tree.
+ * One might think about checking for children before reclaiming,
+ * but there might be left over accounting, even after children
+ * have left.
+ */
+ ret = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(root_mem, gfp_mask, noswap);
+ if (res_counter_check_under_limit(&root_mem->res))
+ return 0;
+
+ next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_first_node(root_mem);
+
+ while (next_mem != root_mem) {
+ if (next_mem->obsolete) {
+ mem_cgroup_put(next_mem);
+ cgroup_lock();
+ next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_first_node(root_mem);
+ cgroup_unlock();
+ continue;
+ }
+ ret = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(next_mem, gfp_mask, noswap);
+ if (res_counter_check_under_limit(&root_mem->res))
+ return 0;
+ cgroup_lock();
+ next_mem = mem_cgroup_get_next_node(next_mem, root_mem);
+ cgroup_unlock();
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
/*
* Unlike exported interface, "oom" parameter is added. if oom==true,
* oom-killer can be invoked.
@@ -469,7 +619,7 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm,
gfp_t gfp_mask, struct mem_cgroup **memcg,
bool oom)
{
- struct mem_cgroup *mem;
+ struct mem_cgroup *mem, *mem_over_limit;
int nr_retries = MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_RETRIES;
struct res_counter *fail_res;
/*
@@ -511,12 +661,18 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm,
/* mem+swap counter fails */
res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
noswap = true;
- }
+ mem_over_limit = mem_cgroup_from_res_counter(fail_res,
+ memsw);
+ } else
+ /* mem counter fails */
+ mem_over_limit = mem_cgroup_from_res_counter(fail_res,
+ res);
+
if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
goto nomem;
- if (try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(mem, gfp_mask, noswap))
- continue;
+ ret = mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask,
+ noswap);
/*
* try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages() might not give us a full
@@ -1732,6 +1888,8 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
res_counter_init(&mem->memsw, parent ? &parent->memsw : NULL);
+ mem->last_scanned_child = NULL;
+
return &mem->css;
free_out:
for_each_node_state(node, N_POSSIBLE)