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[v8,1/9] Basic kernel memory functionality for the Memory Controller

Message ID 1323120903-2831-2-git-send-email-glommer@parallels.com
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Glauber Costa Dec. 5, 2011, 9:34 p.m. UTC
This patch lays down the foundation for the kernel memory component
of the Memory Controller.

As of today, I am only laying down the following files:

 * memory.independent_kmem_limit
 * memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes (currently ignored)
 * memory.kmem.usage_in_bytes (always zero)

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name>
CC: Paul Menage <paul@paulmenage.org>
CC: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
---
 Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt |   40 ++++++++++++++-
 init/Kconfig                     |   11 ++++
 mm/memcontrol.c                  |  103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Dec. 9, 2011, 1:21 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon,  5 Dec 2011 19:34:55 -0200
Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com> wrote:

> This patch lays down the foundation for the kernel memory component
> of the Memory Controller.
> 
> As of today, I am only laying down the following files:
> 
>  * memory.independent_kmem_limit
>  * memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes (currently ignored)
>  * memory.kmem.usage_in_bytes (always zero)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name>
> CC: Paul Menage <paul@paulmenage.org>
> CC: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>

As I wrote, please CC Johannes and  Michal Hocko for memcg related parts.

A few questions.
==
> +	val = !!val;
> +
> +	if (parent && parent->use_hierarchy &&
> +	   (val != parent->kmem_independent_accounting))
> +		return -EINVAL;
==
Hm, why you check val != parent->kmem_independent_accounting ?

	if (parent && parent->use_hierarchy)
		return -EINVAL;
?

BTW, you didn't check this cgroup has children or not.
I think

	if (this_cgroup->use_hierarchy &&
             !list_empty(this_cgroup->childlen))
		return -EINVAL;


==
> +	/*
> +	 * TODO: We need to handle the case in which we are doing
> +	 * independent kmem accounting as authorized by our parent,
> +	 * but then our parent changes its parameter.
> +	 */
> +	cgroup_lock();
> +	memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val;
> +	cgroup_unlock();

Do we need cgroup_lock() here ?

Thanks,
-Kame

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Glauber Costa Dec. 9, 2011, 12:40 p.m. UTC | #2
On 12/08/2011 11:21 PM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Mon,  5 Dec 2011 19:34:55 -0200
> Glauber Costa<glommer@parallels.com>  wrote:
>
>> This patch lays down the foundation for the kernel memory component
>> of the Memory Controller.
>>
>> As of today, I am only laying down the following files:
>>
>>   * memory.independent_kmem_limit
>>   * memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes (currently ignored)
>>   * memory.kmem.usage_in_bytes (always zero)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa<glommer@parallels.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov<kirill@shutemov.name>
>> CC: Paul Menage<paul@paulmenage.org>
>> CC: Greg Thelen<gthelen@google.com>
>
> As I wrote, please CC Johannes and  Michal Hocko for memcg related parts.

I forgot to add them to the patch itself, but they are in the CC list of 
the messages.

So they did get the mail.

> A few questions.
> ==
>> +	val = !!val;
>> +
>> +	if (parent&&  parent->use_hierarchy&&
>> +	   (val != parent->kmem_independent_accounting))
>> +		return -EINVAL;
> ==
> Hm, why you check val != parent->kmem_independent_accounting ?
>
> 	if (parent&&  parent->use_hierarchy)
> 		return -EINVAL;
> ?

Because I thought that making sure that everybody in the chain is 
consistent, it will make things simpler for us. But I am happy to change 
that if you prefer.

> BTW, you didn't check this cgroup has children or not.
> I think
>
> 	if (this_cgroup->use_hierarchy&&
>               !list_empty(this_cgroup->childlen))
> 		return -EINVAL;
>
Noted.

> ==
>> +	/*
>> +	 * TODO: We need to handle the case in which we are doing
>> +	 * independent kmem accounting as authorized by our parent,
>> +	 * but then our parent changes its parameter.
>> +	 */
>> +	cgroup_lock();
>> +	memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val;
>> +	cgroup_unlock();
>
> Do we need cgroup_lock() here ?

Well, I removed almost all instances of it from previous patches, so I 
guess this one can go as well.

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Glauber Costa Dec. 9, 2011, 2:37 p.m. UTC | #3
On 12/08/2011 11:21 PM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> Hm, why you check val != parent->kmem_independent_accounting ?
>
> 	if (parent&&  parent->use_hierarchy)
> 		return -EINVAL;
> ?
>
> BTW, you didn't check this cgroup has children or not.
> I think
>
> 	if (this_cgroup->use_hierarchy&&
>               !list_empty(this_cgroup->childlen))
> 		return -EINVAL;

How about this?

         val = !!val;

         /*
          * This follows the same hierarchy restrictions than
          * mem_cgroup_hierarchy_write()
          */
         if (!parent || !parent->use_hierarchy) {
                 if (list_empty(&cgroup->children))
                         memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val;
                 else
                         return -EBUSY;
         }
         else
                 return -EINVAL;

         return 0;

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David Laight Dec. 9, 2011, 2:44 p.m. UTC | #4
> How about this?
> 
>          val = !!val;
> 
>          /*
>           * This follows the same hierarchy restrictions than
>           * mem_cgroup_hierarchy_write()
>           */
>          if (!parent || !parent->use_hierarchy) {
>                  if (list_empty(&cgroup->children))
>                          memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val;
>                  else
>                          return -EBUSY;
>          }
>          else
>                  return -EINVAL;
> 
>          return 0;

Inverting the tests gives easier to read code:

	if (parent && parent->user_hierarchy)
		return -EINVAL;
	if (!list_empty(&cgroup->children))
		return -EBUSY;
	memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val != 0;
	return 0;

NFI about the logic...
On the face of it the tests don't seem related to each other
or to the assignment!

	David

	


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Glauber Costa Dec. 9, 2011, 2:48 p.m. UTC | #5
On 12/09/2011 12:44 PM, David Laight wrote:
>
>> How about this?
>>
>>           val = !!val;
>>
>>           /*
>>            * This follows the same hierarchy restrictions than
>>            * mem_cgroup_hierarchy_write()
>>            */
>>           if (!parent || !parent->use_hierarchy) {
>>                   if (list_empty(&cgroup->children))
>>                           memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val;
>>                   else
>>                           return -EBUSY;
>>           }
>>           else
>>                   return -EINVAL;
>>
>>           return 0;
>
> Inverting the tests gives easier to read code:
>
> 	if (parent&&  parent->user_hierarchy)
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 	if (!list_empty(&cgroup->children))
> 		return -EBUSY;
> 	memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val != 0;
> 	return 0;

On the other hand, inconsistent with mem_cgroup_hierarchy_write(), which 
applies the logic in the same way I did here.

> NFI about the logic...
> On the face of it the tests don't seem related to each other
> or to the assignment!

How so?

If parent's use_hierarchy is set, we can't set this value (we need to 
have a parent for that to even matter).

We also can't set it if we already have any children - otherwise all the 
on-the-fly adjustments become hell-on-earth.

As for = val != 0, sorry, but I completely disagree this is easier than 
!!val. Not to mention the !!val notation is already pretty widespread in 
the kernel.

> 	David
>
> 	
>
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KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Dec. 12, 2011, 12:34 a.m. UTC | #6
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:37:23 -0200
Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com> wrote:

> On 12/08/2011 11:21 PM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> > Hm, why you check val != parent->kmem_independent_accounting ?
> >
> > 	if (parent&&  parent->use_hierarchy)
> > 		return -EINVAL;
> > ?
> >
> > BTW, you didn't check this cgroup has children or not.
> > I think
> >
> > 	if (this_cgroup->use_hierarchy&&
> >               !list_empty(this_cgroup->childlen))
> > 		return -EINVAL;
> 
> How about this?
> 
>          val = !!val;
> 
>          /*
>           * This follows the same hierarchy restrictions than
>           * mem_cgroup_hierarchy_write()
>           */
>          if (!parent || !parent->use_hierarchy) {
>                  if (list_empty(&cgroup->children))
>                          memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val;
>                  else
>                          return -EBUSY;
>          }
>          else
>                  return -EINVAL;
> 
>          return 0;
> 
seems good to me.

Thanks,
-Kame

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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
index cc0ebc5..f245324 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@  Features:
  - oom-killer disable knob and oom-notifier
  - Root cgroup has no limit controls.
 
- Kernel memory and Hugepages are not under control yet. We just manage
- pages on LRU. To add more controls, we have to take care of performance.
+ Hugepages is not under control yet. We just manage pages on LRU. To add more
+ controls, we have to take care of performance. Kernel memory support is work
+ in progress, and the current version provides basically functionality.
 
 Brief summary of control files.
 
@@ -56,8 +57,11 @@  Brief summary of control files.
 				 (See 5.5 for details)
  memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes	 # show current res_counter usage for memory+Swap
 				 (See 5.5 for details)
+ memory.kmem.usage_in_bytes	 # show current res_counter usage for kmem only.
+				 (See 2.7 for details)
  memory.limit_in_bytes		 # set/show limit of memory usage
  memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes	 # set/show limit of memory+Swap usage
+ memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes	 # if allowed, set/show limit of kernel memory
  memory.failcnt			 # show the number of memory usage hits limits
  memory.memsw.failcnt		 # show the number of memory+Swap hits limits
  memory.max_usage_in_bytes	 # show max memory usage recorded
@@ -72,6 +76,9 @@  Brief summary of control files.
  memory.oom_control		 # set/show oom controls.
  memory.numa_stat		 # show the number of memory usage per numa node
 
+ memory.independent_kmem_limit	 # select whether or not kernel memory limits are
+				   independent of user limits
+
 1. History
 
 The memory controller has a long history. A request for comments for the memory
@@ -255,6 +262,35 @@  When oom event notifier is registered, event will be delivered.
   per-zone-per-cgroup LRU (cgroup's private LRU) is just guarded by
   zone->lru_lock, it has no lock of its own.
 
+2.7 Kernel Memory Extension (CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM)
+
+With the Kernel memory extension, the Memory Controller is able to limit
+the amount of kernel memory used by the system. Kernel memory is fundamentally
+different than user memory, since it can't be swapped out, which makes it
+possible to DoS the system by consuming too much of this precious resource.
+
+Some kernel memory resources may be accounted and limited separately from the
+main "kmem" resource. For instance, a slab cache that is considered important
+enough to be limited separately may have its own knobs.
+
+Kernel memory limits are not imposed for the root cgroup. Usage for the root
+cgroup may or may not be accounted.
+
+Memory limits as specified by the standard Memory Controller may or may not
+take kernel memory into consideration. This is achieved through the file
+memory.independent_kmem_limit. A Value different than 0 will allow for kernel
+memory to be controlled separately.
+
+When kernel memory limits are not independent, the limit values set in
+memory.kmem files are ignored.
+
+Currently no soft limit is implemented for kernel memory. It is future work
+to trigger slab reclaim when those limits are reached.
+
+2.7.1 Current Kernel Memory resources accounted
+
+None
+
 3. User Interface
 
 0. Configuration
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 43298f9..b8930d5 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -689,6 +689,17 @@  config CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP_ENABLED
 	  For those who want to have the feature enabled by default should
 	  select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it
 	  then swapaccount=0 does the trick).
+config CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
+	bool "Memory Resource Controller Kernel Memory accounting (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR && EXPERIMENTAL
+	default n
+	help
+	  The Kernel Memory extension for Memory Resource Controller can limit
+	  the amount of memory used by kernel objects in the system. Those are
+	  fundamentally different from the entities handled by the standard
+	  Memory Controller, which are page-based, and can be swapped. Users of
+	  the kmem extension can use it to guarantee that no group of processes
+	  will ever exhaust kernel resources alone.
 
 config CGROUP_PERF
 	bool "Enable perf_event per-cpu per-container group (cgroup) monitoring"
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 6aff93c..3becb24 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@  struct mem_cgroup {
 	 */
 	struct res_counter memsw;
 	/*
+	 * the counter to account for kmem usage.
+	 */
+	struct res_counter kmem;
+	/*
 	 * Per cgroup active and inactive list, similar to the
 	 * per zone LRU lists.
 	 */
@@ -277,6 +281,11 @@  struct mem_cgroup {
 	 */
 	unsigned long 	move_charge_at_immigrate;
 	/*
+	 * Should kernel memory limits be stabilished independently
+	 * from user memory ?
+	 */
+	int		kmem_independent_accounting;
+	/*
 	 * percpu counter.
 	 */
 	struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu *stat;
@@ -344,9 +353,14 @@  enum charge_type {
 };
 
 /* for encoding cft->private value on file */
-#define _MEM			(0)
-#define _MEMSWAP		(1)
-#define _OOM_TYPE		(2)
+
+enum mem_type {
+	_MEM = 0,
+	_MEMSWAP,
+	_OOM_TYPE,
+	_KMEM,
+};
+
 #define MEMFILE_PRIVATE(x, val)	(((x) << 16) | (val))
 #define MEMFILE_TYPE(val)	(((val) >> 16) & 0xffff)
 #define MEMFILE_ATTR(val)	((val) & 0xffff)
@@ -3848,10 +3862,17 @@  static inline u64 mem_cgroup_usage(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool swap)
 	u64 val;
 
 	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) {
+		val = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
+		if (!memcg->kmem_independent_accounting)
+			val = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->kmem, RES_USAGE);
+#endif
 		if (!swap)
-			return res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_USAGE);
+			val += res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_USAGE);
 		else
-			return res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->memsw, RES_USAGE);
+			val += res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->memsw, RES_USAGE);
+
+		return val;
 	}
 
 	val = mem_cgroup_recursive_stat(memcg, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_CACHE);
@@ -3884,6 +3905,11 @@  static u64 mem_cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
 		else
 			val = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->memsw, name);
 		break;
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
+	case _KMEM:
+		val = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->kmem, name);
+		break;
+#endif
 	default:
 		BUG();
 		break;
@@ -4612,6 +4638,67 @@  static int mem_control_numa_stat_open(struct inode *unused, struct file *file)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM
+static u64 kmem_limit_independent_read(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct cftype *cft)
+{
+	return mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgroup)->kmem_independent_accounting;
+}
+
+static int kmem_limit_independent_write(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct cftype *cft,
+					u64 val)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgroup);
+	struct mem_cgroup *parent = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
+
+	val = !!val;
+
+	if (parent && parent->use_hierarchy &&
+	   (val != parent->kmem_independent_accounting))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * TODO: We need to handle the case in which we are doing
+	 * independent kmem accounting as authorized by our parent,
+	 * but then our parent changes its parameter.
+	 */
+	cgroup_lock();
+	memcg->kmem_independent_accounting = val;
+	cgroup_unlock();
+	return 0;
+}
+static struct cftype kmem_cgroup_files[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "independent_kmem_limit",
+		.read_u64 = kmem_limit_independent_read,
+		.write_u64 = kmem_limit_independent_write,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "kmem.usage_in_bytes",
+		.private = MEMFILE_PRIVATE(_KMEM, RES_USAGE),
+		.read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "kmem.limit_in_bytes",
+		.private = MEMFILE_PRIVATE(_KMEM, RES_LIMIT),
+		.read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read,
+	},
+};
+
+static int register_kmem_files(struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = cgroup_add_files(cont, ss, kmem_cgroup_files,
+			       ARRAY_SIZE(kmem_cgroup_files));
+	return ret;
+};
+
+#else
+static int register_kmem_files(struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static struct cftype mem_cgroup_files[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "usage_in_bytes",
@@ -4925,6 +5012,7 @@  mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 	if (parent && parent->use_hierarchy) {
 		res_counter_init(&memcg->res, &parent->res);
 		res_counter_init(&memcg->memsw, &parent->memsw);
+		res_counter_init(&memcg->kmem, &parent->kmem);
 		/*
 		 * We increment refcnt of the parent to ensure that we can
 		 * safely access it on res_counter_charge/uncharge.
@@ -4935,6 +5023,7 @@  mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 	} else {
 		res_counter_init(&memcg->res, NULL);
 		res_counter_init(&memcg->memsw, NULL);
+		res_counter_init(&memcg->kmem, NULL);
 	}
 	memcg->last_scanned_child = 0;
 	memcg->last_scanned_node = MAX_NUMNODES;
@@ -4978,6 +5067,10 @@  static int mem_cgroup_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = register_memsw_files(cont, ss);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = register_kmem_files(cont, ss);
+
 	return ret;
 }