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SubjectRe: [patch 1/5] mm: memcontrol: convert reclaim iterator to simple css refcounting
On Tue 14-10-14 12:20:33, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> The memcg reclaim iterators use a complicated weak reference scheme to
> prevent pinning cgroups indefinitely in the absence of memory pressure.
>
> However, during the ongoing cgroup core rework, css lifetime has been
> decoupled such that a pinned css no longer interferes with removal of
> the user-visible cgroup, and all this complexity is now unnecessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 250 +++++++++++++++++---------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index b62972c80055..67dabe8b0aa6 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
[...]
> + do {
> + pos = ACCESS_ONCE(iter->position);
> + /*
> + * A racing update may change the position and
> + * put the last reference, hence css_tryget(),
> + * or retry to see the updated position.
> + */
> + } while (pos && !css_tryget(&pos->css));
> + }
[...]
> + if (reclaim) {
> + if (cmpxchg(&iter->position, pos, memcg) == pos && memcg)
> + css_get(&memcg->css);
> +
> + if (pos)
> + css_put(&pos->css);

This looks like a reference leak. css_put pairs with the above
css_tryget but no css_put pairs with css_get for the cached one. We
need:
---
From 2810937ec6c16afc0bf924e761ff8305bd478a42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:26:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH]
mm-memcontrol-convert-reclaim-iterator-to-simple-css-refcounting-fix

Make sure that the cached reference is always released.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index bdcd0416a017..42842a47b4c1 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1160,9 +1160,17 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_iter(struct mem_cgroup *root,
}

if (reclaim) {
- if (cmpxchg(&iter->position, pos, memcg) == pos && memcg)
- css_get(&memcg->css);
+ if (cmpxchg(&iter->position, pos, memcg) == pos) {
+ if (memcg)
+ css_get(&memcg->css);
+ if (pos)
+ css_put(&pos->css);
+ }

+ /*
+ * pairs with css_tryget when dereferencing iter->position
+ * above.
+ */
if (pos)
css_put(&pos->css);

--
2.1.1
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


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