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Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] decrement static keys on real destroy time [message #46367 is a reply to message #46353] Wed, 16 May 2012 06:03 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On 05/14/2012 04:59 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> (2012/05/12 5:11), Glauber Costa wrote:
>
>> We call the destroy function when a cgroup starts to be removed,
>> such as by a rmdir event.
>>
>> However, because of our reference counters, some objects are still
>> inflight. Right now, we are decrementing the static_keys at destroy()
>> time, meaning that if we get rid of the last static_key reference,
>> some objects will still have charges, but the code to properly
>> uncharge them won't be run.
>>
>> This becomes a problem specially if it is ever enabled again, because
>> now new charges will be added to the staled charges making keeping
>> it pretty much impossible.
>>
>> We just need to be careful with the static branch activation:
>> since there is no particular preferred order of their activation,
>> we need to make sure that we only start using it after all
>> call sites are active. This is achieved by having a per-memcg
>> flag that is only updated after static_key_slow_inc() returns.
>> At this time, we are sure all sites are active.
>>
>> This is made per-memcg, not global, for a reason:
>> it also has the effect of making socket accounting more
>> consistent. The first memcg to be limited will trigger static_key()
>> activation, therefore, accounting. But all the others will then be
>> accounted no matter what. After this patch, only limited memcgs
>> will have its sockets accounted.
>>
>> [v2: changed a tcp limited flag for a generic proto limited flag ]
>> [v3: update the current active flag only after the static_key update ]
>> [v4: disarm_static_keys() inside free_work ]
>> [v5: got rid of tcp_limit_mutex, now in the static_key interface ]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa<glommer@parallels.com>
>> CC: Tejun Heo<tj@kernel.org>
>> CC: Li Zefan<lizefan@huawei.com>
>> CC: Kamezawa Hiroyuki<kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
>> CC: Johannes Weiner<hannes@cmpxchg.org>
>> CC: Michal Hocko<mhocko@suse.cz>
>
>
> Thank you for your patient works.
>
> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki<kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
>
> BTW, what is the relationship between 1/2 and 2/2 ?

Can't do jump label patching inside an interrupt handler. They need to
happen when we free the structure, and I was about to add a worker
myself when I found out we already have one: just we don't always use it.

Before we merge it, let me just make sure the issue with config Li
pointed out don't exist. I did test it, but since I've reposted this
many times with multiple tiny changes - the type that will usually get
us killed, I'd be more comfortable with an extra round of testing if
someone spotted a possibility.

Who is merging this fix, btw ?
I find it to be entirely memcg related, even though it touches a file in
net (but a file with only memcg code in it)
 
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