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Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure [message #48514 is a reply to message #48510]

Fri, 19 October 2012 10:00

Glauber Costa
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On 10/19/2012 01:31 PM, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Glauber Costa wrote:
>
>>>>> Do we actually need to test PF_KTHREAD when current->mm == NULL?
>>>>> Perhaps because of aio threads whcih temporarily adopt a userspace mm?
>>>>
>>>> I believe so. I remember I discussed this in the past with David
>>>> Rientjes and he advised me to test for both.
>>>>
>>>
>>> PF_KTHREAD can do use_mm() to assume an ->mm but hopefully they aren't
>>> allocating slab while doing so. Have you considered actually charging
>>> current->mm->owner for that memory, though, since the kthread will have
>>> freed the memory before unuse_mm() or otherwise have charged it on behalf
>>> of a user process, i.e. only exempting PF_KTHREAD?
>>>
>> I always charge current->mm->owner.
>>
>
> Yeah, I'm asking have you considered charging current->mm->owner for the
> memory when a kthread (current) assumes the mm of a user process via
> use_mm()? It may free the memory before calling unuse_mm(), but it's also
> allocating the memory on behalf of a user so this exemption might be
> dangerous if use_mm() becomes more popular. I don't think there's
> anything that prevents that charge, I'm just wondering if you considered
> doing it even for kthreads with an mm.
>
Well, I thought about it.

And I personally don't like it. I think all kthreads should be treated
the same. We have control over it, unlike any userspace application. We
never expect its memory consumption to explode.

Specially considering that those allocations are supposed to be
short-lived, we are only paying the res_counters count for no reason.

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		[PATCH v5 00/14] kmem controller for memcg. By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		[PATCH v5 03/14] memcg: change defines to an enum By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 03/14] memcg: change defines to an enum By: David Rientjes on Wed, 17 October 2012 21:50
		[PATCH v5 01/14] memcg: Make it possible to use the stock for more than one page. By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 01/14] memcg: Make it possible to use the stock for more than one page. By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:11
		Re: [PATCH v5 01/14] memcg: Make it possible to use the stock for more than one page. By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 08:55
		[PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Tue, 16 October 2012 12:14
		Re: [PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: David Rientjes on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:08
		Re: [PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:02
		Re: [PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Thu, 18 October 2012 19:47
		Re: [PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Tejun Heo on Thu, 18 October 2012 19:37
		Re: [PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:12
		Re: [PATCH v5 04/14] kmem accounting basic infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:04
		[PATCH v5 11/14] memcg: allow a memcg with kmem charges to be destructed. By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 11/14] memcg: allow a memcg with kmem charges to be destructed. By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:12
		Re: [PATCH v5 11/14] memcg: allow a memcg with kmem charges to be destructed. By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:33
		[PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki on Wed, 17 October 2012 06:40
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:12
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: David Rientjes on Thu, 18 October 2012 22:06
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Fri, 19 October 2012 09:10
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: David Rientjes on Fri, 19 October 2012 09:31
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Fri, 19 October 2012 10:00
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: David Rientjes on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:37
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:23
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: David Rientjes on Thu, 18 October 2012 21:59
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Fri, 19 October 2012 10:08
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: David Rientjes on Fri, 19 October 2012 20:34
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Mon, 22 October 2012 12:34
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Michal Hocko on Mon, 22 October 2012 12:51
		Re: [PATCH v5 06/14] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure By: Glauber Costa on Mon, 22 October 2012 12:52
		[PATCH v5 05/14] Add a __GFP_KMEMCG flag By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 05/14] Add a __GFP_KMEMCG flag By: Michal Hocko on Tue, 16 October 2012 12:15
		Re: [PATCH v5 05/14] Add a __GFP_KMEMCG flag By: David Rientjes on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:09
		[PATCH v5 09/14] memcg: kmem accounting lifecycle management By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 09/14] memcg: kmem accounting lifecycle management By: David Rientjes on Wed, 17 October 2012 23:28
		Re: [PATCH v5 09/14] memcg: kmem accounting lifecycle management By: Michal Hocko on Thu, 18 October 2012 06:14
		Re: [PATCH v5 09/14] memcg: kmem accounting lifecycle management By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:42
		[PATCH v5 10/14] memcg: use static branches when code not in use By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		[PATCH v5 14/14] Add documentation about the kmem controller By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 14/14] Add documentation about the kmem controller By: Michal Hocko on Tue, 16 October 2012 12:23
		Re: [PATCH v5 14/14] Add documentation about the kmem controller By: Christoph Lameter on Tue, 16 October 2012 18:25
		Re: [PATCH v5 14/14] Add documentation about the kmem controller By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 19:02
		Re: [PATCH v5 14/14] Add documentation about the kmem controller By: Christoph Lameter on Tue, 16 October 2012 19:30
		Re: [PATCH v5 14/14] Add documentation about the kmem controller By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:12
		Re: [PATCH v5 14/14] Add documentation about the kmem controller By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:38
		[PATCH v5 13/14] protect architectures where THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE against fork bombs By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 13/14] protect architectures where THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE against fork bombs By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:12
		Re: [PATCH v5 13/14] protect architectures where THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE against fork bombs By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:37
		[PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 10:16
		Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: Christoph Lameter on Tue, 16 October 2012 15:31
		Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: Glauber Costa on Tue, 16 October 2012 18:55
		Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:12
		Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 09:24
		Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: akpm on Thu, 18 October 2012 20:44
		Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 11:53
		Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg By: David Rientjes on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:43
		Re: [PATCH v5 00/14] kmem controller for memcg. By: akpm on Wed, 17 October 2012 22:11
		Re: [PATCH v5 00/14] kmem controller for memcg. By: Glauber Costa on Thu, 18 October 2012 08:52
		Re: [PATCH v5 00/14] kmem controller for memcg. By: akpm on Thu, 18 October 2012 19:21
		Re: [PATCH v5 00/14] kmem controller for memcg. By: Glauber Costa on Fri, 19 October 2012 09:55

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