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Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure [message #48154 is a reply to message #48140]

Mon, 01 October 2012 08:45

Glauber Costa
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Registered: October 2011

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On 09/30/2012 12:23 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Glauber.
>
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:30:36PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
>>> But that happens only when pages enter and leave slab and if it still
>>> is significant, we can try to further optimize charging. Given that
>>> this is only for cases where memcg is already in use and we provide a
>>> switch to disable it globally, I really don't think this warrants
>>> implementing fully hierarchy configuration.
>>
>> Not totally true. We still have to match every allocation to the right
>> cache, and that is actually our heaviest hit, responsible for the 2, 3 %
>> we're seeing when this is enabled. It is the kind of path so hot that
>> people frown upon branches being added, so I don't think we'll ever get
>> this close to being free.
>
> Sure, depening on workload, any addition to alloc/free could be
> noticeable. I don't know. I'll write more about it when replying to
> Michal's message. BTW, __memcg_kmem_get_cache() does seem a bit
> heavy. I wonder whether indexing from cache side would make it
> cheaper? e.g. something like the following.
>
> kmem_cache *__memcg_kmem_get_cache(cachep, gfp)
> {
> struct kmem_cache *c;
>
> c = cachep->memcg_params->caches[percpu_read(kmemcg_slab_idx)];
> if (likely(c))
> return c;
> /* try to create and then fall back to cachep */
> }
>
> where kmemcg_slab_idx is updated from sched notifier (or maybe add and
> use current->kmemcg_slab_idx?). You would still need __GFP_* and
> in_interrupt() tests but current->mm and PF_KTHREAD tests can be
> rolled into index selection.
>

How big would this array be? there can be a lot more kmem_caches than
there are memcgs. That is why it is done from memcg side.

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		[PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 18 September 2012 14:04
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Fri, 21 September 2012 16:34
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Mon, 24 September 2012 08:09
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Wed, 26 September 2012 14:03
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 14:33
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Wed, 26 September 2012 16:01
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 17:34
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 16:36
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 17:36
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 17:44
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 17:53
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 18:01
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 18:56
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 19:34
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 19:46
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 19:56
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 20:02
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 20:16
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 21:24
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 22:10
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 22:29
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 22:42
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 22:54
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 23:08
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 23:20
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 26 September 2012 23:33
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Thu, 27 September 2012 12:15
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 27 September 2012 12:20
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Thu, 27 September 2012 12:40
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 27 September 2012 12:40
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Thu, 27 September 2012 12:54
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Mel Gorman on Thu, 27 September 2012 14:28
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Thu, 27 September 2012 14:49
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 27 September 2012 14:57
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Thu, 27 September 2012 17:46
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Thu, 27 September 2012 17:56
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 27 September 2012 18:45
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Sun, 30 September 2012 07:57
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Sun, 30 September 2012 08:02
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: James Bottomley on Sun, 30 September 2012 08:56
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Sun, 30 September 2012 10:37
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: James Bottomley on Sun, 30 September 2012 11:25
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Mon, 01 October 2012 00:57
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Mon, 01 October 2012 08:43
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Mon, 01 October 2012 08:46
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 03 October 2012 22:59
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Mon, 01 October 2012 08:36
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Thu, 27 September 2012 12:08
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 27 September 2012 12:11
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Thu, 27 September 2012 14:33
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Mel Gorman on Thu, 27 September 2012 14:43
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Thu, 27 September 2012 14:58
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 27 September 2012 18:30
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Sun, 30 September 2012 08:23
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Mon, 01 October 2012 08:45
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 03 October 2012 22:54
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 04 October 2012 11:55
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Sat, 06 October 2012 02:19
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Thu, 27 September 2012 15:09
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Sun, 30 September 2012 08:47
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Mon, 01 October 2012 09:27
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Wed, 03 October 2012 22:43
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Fri, 05 October 2012 13:47
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Johannes Weiner on Wed, 26 September 2012 22:11
		Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Wed, 26 September 2012 22:45

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