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Subject[PATCH -mm 1/2] memcg: fix endless loop caused by mem_cgroup_iter
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Hugh has reported an endless loop when the hardlimit reclaim sees the
same group all the time. This might happen when the reclaim races with
the memcg removal.

shrink_zone
[rmdir root]
mem_cgroup_iter(root, NULL, reclaim)
// prev = NULL
rcu_read_lock()
mem_cgroup_iter_load
last_visited = iter->last_visited // gets root || NULL
css_tryget(last_visited) // failed
last_visited = NULL [1]
memcg = root = __mem_cgroup_iter_next(root, NULL)
mem_cgroup_iter_update
iter->last_visited = root;
reclaim->generation = iter->generation

mem_cgroup_iter(root, root, reclaim)
// prev = root
rcu_read_lock
mem_cgroup_iter_load
last_visited = iter->last_visited // gets root
css_tryget(last_visited) // failed
[1]

The issue seemed to be introduced by 5f5781619718 (memcg: relax memcg
iter caching) which has replaced unconditional css_get/css_put by
css_tryget/css_put for the cached iterator.

This patch fixes the issue by skipping css_tryget on the root of the
tree walk in mem_cgroup_iter_load and symmetrically doesn't release it
in mem_cgroup_iter_update.

Stable: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10+
Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f016d26adfd3..45786dc129dc 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,15 @@ mem_cgroup_iter_load(struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_iter *iter,
if (iter->last_dead_count == *sequence) {
smp_rmb();
position = iter->last_visited;
- if (position && !css_tryget(&position->css))
+
+ /*
+ * We cannot take a reference to root because we might race
+ * with root removal and returning NULL would end up in
+ * an endless loop on the iterator user level when root
+ * would be returned all the time.
+ */
+ if (position && position != root &&
+ !css_tryget(&position->css))
position = NULL;
}
return position;
@@ -1126,9 +1134,11 @@ mem_cgroup_iter_load(struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_iter *iter,
static void mem_cgroup_iter_update(struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_iter *iter,
struct mem_cgroup *last_visited,
struct mem_cgroup *new_position,
+ struct mem_cgroup *root,
int sequence)
{
- if (last_visited)
+ /* root reference counting symmetric to mem_cgroup_iter_load */
+ if (last_visited && last_visited != root)
css_put(&last_visited->css);
/*
* We store the sequence count from the time @last_visited was
@@ -1203,7 +1213,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_iter(struct mem_cgroup *root,
memcg = __mem_cgroup_iter_next(root, last_visited);

if (reclaim) {
- mem_cgroup_iter_update(iter, last_visited, memcg, seq);
+ mem_cgroup_iter_update(iter, last_visited, memcg, root,
+ seq);

if (!memcg)
iter->generation++;
--
1.8.5.2


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