From a0b5b4147fb34639ae7d0c25a823297834344061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Weiner Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:02:27 -0700 Subject: mm: memcontrol: update page->mem_cgroup stability rules The previous patches have simplified the access rules around page->mem_cgroup somewhat: 1. We never change page->mem_cgroup while the page is isolated by somebody else. This was by far the biggest exception to our rules and it didn't stop at lock_page() or lock_page_memcg(). 2. We charge pages before they get put into page tables now, so the somewhat fishy rule about "can be in page table as long as it's still locked" is now gone and boiled down to having an exclusive reference to the page. Document the new rules. Any of the following will stabilize the page->mem_cgroup association: - the page lock - LRU isolation - lock_page_memcg() - exclusive access to the page Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Reviewed-by: Alex Shi Reviewed-by: Joonsoo Kim Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Roman Gushchin Cc: Shakeel Butt Cc: Balbir Singh Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200508183105.225460-20-hannes@cmpxchg.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/memcontrol.c | 21 +++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm') diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 316a84025090..ee6fe8bb0bff 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1201,9 +1201,8 @@ int mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, * @page: the page * @pgdat: pgdat of the page * - * This function is only safe when following the LRU page isolation - * and putback protocol: the LRU lock must be held, and the page must - * either be PageLRU() or the caller must have isolated/allocated it. + * This function relies on page->mem_cgroup being stable - see the + * access rules in commit_charge(). */ struct lruvec *mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(struct page *page, struct pglist_data *pgdat) { @@ -2659,18 +2658,12 @@ static void commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page->mem_cgroup, page); /* - * Nobody should be changing or seriously looking at - * page->mem_cgroup at this point: - * - * - the page is uncharged - * - * - the page is off-LRU - * - * - an anonymous fault has exclusive page access, except for - * a locked page table + * Any of the following ensures page->mem_cgroup stability: * - * - a page cache insertion, a swapin fault, or a migration - * have the page locked + * - the page lock + * - LRU isolation + * - lock_page_memcg() + * - exclusive reference */ page->mem_cgroup = memcg; } -- cgit v1.2.3