Re: [PATCH] sock: Fix misuse of sk_under_memory_pressure()

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Tue May 09 2023 - 04:55:24 EST


On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 10:59 AM Abel Wu <wuyun.abel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The commit 180d8cd942ce ("foundations of per-cgroup memory pressure
> controlling") wrapped proto::memory_pressure status into an accessor
> named sk_under_memory_pressure(), and in the next commit e1aab161e013
> ("socket: initial cgroup code") added the consideration of net-memcg
> pressure into this accessor.
>
> But with the former patch applied, not all of the call sites of
> sk_under_memory_pressure() are interested in net-memcg's pressure.
> The __sk_mem_{raise,reduce}_allocated() only focus on proto/netns
> pressure rather than net-memcg's. IOW this accessor are generally
> used for deciding whether should reclaim or not.
>
> Fixes: e1aab161e013 ("socket: initial cgroup code")
> Signed-off-by: Abel Wu <wuyun.abel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/sock.h | 5 -----
> net/core/sock.c | 17 +++++++++--------
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
> index 8b7ed7167243..752d51030c5a 100644
> --- a/include/net/sock.h
> +++ b/include/net/sock.h
> @@ -1404,11 +1404,6 @@ static inline int sk_under_cgroup_hierarchy(struct sock *sk,
> #endif
> }
>
> -static inline bool sk_has_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
> -{
> - return sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure != NULL;
> -}
> -
> static inline bool sk_under_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
> {
> if (!sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure)
> diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
> index 5440e67bcfe3..8d215f821ea6 100644
> --- a/net/core/sock.c
> +++ b/net/core/sock.c
> @@ -3017,13 +3017,14 @@ int __sk_mem_raise_allocated(struct sock *sk, int size, int amt, int kind)
> }
> }
>
> - if (sk_has_memory_pressure(sk)) {
> - u64 alloc;
> -
> - if (!sk_under_memory_pressure(sk))
> - return 1;
> - alloc = sk_sockets_allocated_read_positive(sk);
> - if (sk_prot_mem_limits(sk, 2) > alloc *
> + if (prot->memory_pressure) {

I do not understand this patch.

Changelog is evasive, I do not see what practical problem you want to solve.

sk_has_memory_pressure() is not about memcg, simply the fact that a
proto has a non NULL memory_pressure pointer.