Re: [PATCH 1/4] memcg: account swap cache under lock

From: Daisuke Nishimura
Date: Mon Sep 29 2008 - 07:44:26 EST


On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:21:23 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While page-cache's charge/uncharge is done under page_lock(), swap-cache
> isn't. (anonymous page is charged when it's newly allocated.)
>
> This patch moves do_swap_page()'s charge() call under lock.
> I don't see any bad problem *now* but this fix will be good for future
> for avoiding unneccesary racy state.
>
>
> Changelog: (v5) -> (v6)
> - mark_page_accessed() is moved before lock_page().
> - fixed missing unlock_page()
> (no changes in previous version)
>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> mm/memory.c | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> Index: mmotm-2.6.27-rc7+/mm/memory.c
> ===================================================================
> --- mmotm-2.6.27-rc7+.orig/mm/memory.c
> +++ mmotm-2.6.27-rc7+/mm/memory.c
> @@ -2326,16 +2326,17 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct
> count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
> }
>
> + mark_page_accessed(page);
> +
> + lock_page(page);
> + delayacct_clear_flag(DELAYACCT_PF_SWAPIN);
> +
> if (mem_cgroup_charge(page, mm, GFP_KERNEL)) {
> - delayacct_clear_flag(DELAYACCT_PF_SWAPIN);
> ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
> + unlock_page(page);
> goto out;
> }
>
> - mark_page_accessed(page);
> - lock_page(page);
> - delayacct_clear_flag(DELAYACCT_PF_SWAPIN);
> -
> /*
> * Back out if somebody else already faulted in this pte.
> */
>
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