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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/memcontrol.h | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memcontrol.c | 134 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 4 |
4 files changed, 178 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h index 1075f2552cfc..4fc87dee005a 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ enum wb_reason { * so it has a mismatch name. */ WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD, + WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH, WB_REASON_MAX, }; diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h index 44c41462be33..bc69d5725760 100644 --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h @@ -184,6 +184,23 @@ struct memcg_padding { #endif /* + * Remember four most recent foreign writebacks with dirty pages in this + * cgroup. Inode sharing is expected to be uncommon and, even if we miss + * one in a given round, we're likely to catch it later if it keeps + * foreign-dirtying, so a fairly low count should be enough. + * + * See mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() for details. + */ +#define MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT 4 + +struct memcg_cgwb_frn { + u64 bdi_id; /* bdi->id of the foreign inode */ + int memcg_id; /* memcg->css.id of foreign inode */ + u64 at; /* jiffies_64 at the time of dirtying */ + struct wb_completion done; /* tracks in-flight foreign writebacks */ +}; + +/* * The memory controller data structure. The memory controller controls both * page cache and RSS per cgroup. We would eventually like to provide * statistics based on the statistics developed by Rik Van Riel for clock-pro, @@ -307,6 +324,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup { #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK struct list_head cgwb_list; struct wb_domain cgwb_domain; + struct memcg_cgwb_frn cgwb_frn[MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT]; #endif /* List of events which userspace want to receive */ @@ -1218,6 +1236,18 @@ void mem_cgroup_wb_stats(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *pfilepages, unsigned long *pheadroom, unsigned long *pdirty, unsigned long *pwriteback); +void mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath(struct page *page, + struct bdi_writeback *wb); + +static inline void mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty(struct page *page, + struct bdi_writeback *wb) +{ + if (unlikely(&page->mem_cgroup->css != wb->memcg_css)) + mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath(page, wb); +} + +void mem_cgroup_flush_foreign(struct bdi_writeback *wb); + #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */ static inline struct wb_domain *mem_cgroup_wb_domain(struct bdi_writeback *wb) @@ -1233,6 +1263,15 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_wb_stats(struct bdi_writeback *wb, { } +static inline void mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty(struct page *page, + struct bdi_writeback *wb) +{ +} + +static inline void mem_cgroup_flush_foreign(struct bdi_writeback *wb) +{ +} + #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */ struct sock; diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index cdbb7a84cb6e..89b65f5ca634 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ int do_swap_account __read_mostly; #define do_swap_account 0 #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK +static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(memcg_cgwb_frn_waitq); +#endif + /* Whether legacy memory+swap accounting is active */ static bool do_memsw_account(void) { @@ -4145,6 +4149,127 @@ void mem_cgroup_wb_stats(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *pfilepages, } } +/* + * Foreign dirty flushing + * + * There's an inherent mismatch between memcg and writeback. The former + * trackes ownership per-page while the latter per-inode. This was a + * deliberate design decision because honoring per-page ownership in the + * writeback path is complicated, may lead to higher CPU and IO overheads + * and deemed unnecessary given that write-sharing an inode across + * different cgroups isn't a common use-case. + * + * Combined with inode majority-writer ownership switching, this works well + * enough in most cases but there are some pathological cases. For + * example, let's say there are two cgroups A and B which keep writing to + * different but confined parts of the same inode. B owns the inode and + * A's memory is limited far below B's. A's dirty ratio can rise enough to + * trigger balance_dirty_pages() sleeps but B's can be low enough to avoid + * triggering background writeback. A will be slowed down without a way to + * make writeback of the dirty pages happen. + * + * Conditions like the above can lead to a cgroup getting repatedly and + * severely throttled after making some progress after each + * dirty_expire_interval while the underyling IO device is almost + * completely idle. + * + * Solving this problem completely requires matching the ownership tracking + * granularities between memcg and writeback in either direction. However, + * the more egregious behaviors can be avoided by simply remembering the + * most recent foreign dirtying events and initiating remote flushes on + * them when local writeback isn't enough to keep the memory clean enough. + * + * The following two functions implement such mechanism. When a foreign + * page - a page whose memcg and writeback ownerships don't match - is + * dirtied, mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty() records the inode owning + * bdi_writeback on the page owning memcg. When balance_dirty_pages() + * decides that the memcg needs to sleep due to high dirty ratio, it calls + * mem_cgroup_flush_foreign() which queues writeback on the recorded + * foreign bdi_writebacks which haven't expired. Both the numbers of + * recorded bdi_writebacks and concurrent in-flight foreign writebacks are + * limited to MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT. + * + * The mechanism only remembers IDs and doesn't hold any object references. + * As being wrong occasionally doesn't matter, updates and accesses to the + * records are lockless and racy. + */ +void mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath(struct page *page, + struct bdi_writeback *wb) +{ + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = page->mem_cgroup; + struct memcg_cgwb_frn *frn; + u64 now = get_jiffies_64(); + u64 oldest_at = now; + int oldest = -1; + int i; + + /* + * Pick the slot to use. If there is already a slot for @wb, keep + * using it. If not replace the oldest one which isn't being + * written out. + */ + for (i = 0; i < MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT; i++) { + frn = &memcg->cgwb_frn[i]; + if (frn->bdi_id == wb->bdi->id && + frn->memcg_id == wb->memcg_css->id) + break; + if (time_before64(frn->at, oldest_at) && + atomic_read(&frn->done.cnt) == 1) { + oldest = i; + oldest_at = frn->at; + } + } + + if (i < MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT) { + /* + * Re-using an existing one. Update timestamp lazily to + * avoid making the cacheline hot. We want them to be + * reasonably up-to-date and significantly shorter than + * dirty_expire_interval as that's what expires the record. + * Use the shorter of 1s and dirty_expire_interval / 8. + */ + unsigned long update_intv = + min_t(unsigned long, HZ, + msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10) / 8); + + if (time_before64(frn->at, now - update_intv)) + frn->at = now; + } else if (oldest >= 0) { + /* replace the oldest free one */ + frn = &memcg->cgwb_frn[oldest]; + frn->bdi_id = wb->bdi->id; + frn->memcg_id = wb->memcg_css->id; + frn->at = now; + } +} + +/* issue foreign writeback flushes for recorded foreign dirtying events */ +void mem_cgroup_flush_foreign(struct bdi_writeback *wb) +{ + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(wb->memcg_css); + unsigned long intv = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10); + u64 now = jiffies_64; + int i; + + for (i = 0; i < MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT; i++) { + struct memcg_cgwb_frn *frn = &memcg->cgwb_frn[i]; + + /* + * If the record is older than dirty_expire_interval, + * writeback on it has already started. No need to kick it + * off again. Also, don't start a new one if there's + * already one in flight. + */ + if (time_after64(frn->at, now - intv) && + atomic_read(&frn->done.cnt) == 1) { + frn->at = 0; + cgroup_writeback_by_id(frn->bdi_id, frn->memcg_id, 0, + WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH, + &frn->done); + } + } +} + #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */ static int memcg_wb_domain_init(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp) @@ -4661,6 +4786,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void) struct mem_cgroup *memcg; unsigned int size; int node; + int __maybe_unused i; size = sizeof(struct mem_cgroup); size += nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct mem_cgroup_per_node *); @@ -4704,6 +4830,9 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void) #endif #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK INIT_LIST_HEAD(&memcg->cgwb_list); + for (i = 0; i < MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT; i++) + memcg->cgwb_frn[i].done = + __WB_COMPLETION_INIT(&memcg_cgwb_frn_waitq); #endif idr_replace(&mem_cgroup_idr, memcg, memcg->id.id); return memcg; @@ -4833,7 +4962,12 @@ static void mem_cgroup_css_released(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) static void mem_cgroup_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) { struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css); + int __maybe_unused i; +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK + for (i = 0; i < MEMCG_CGWB_FRN_CNT; i++) + wb_wait_for_completion(&memcg->cgwb_frn[i].done); +#endif if (cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys) && !cgroup_memory_nosocket) static_branch_dec(&memcg_sockets_enabled_key); diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 1804f64ff43c..50055d2e4ea8 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1667,6 +1667,8 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb, if (unlikely(!writeback_in_progress(wb))) wb_start_background_writeback(wb); + mem_cgroup_flush_foreign(wb); + /* * Calculate global domain's pos_ratio and select the * global dtc by default. @@ -2427,6 +2429,8 @@ void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping) task_io_account_write(PAGE_SIZE); current->nr_dirtied++; this_cpu_inc(bdp_ratelimits); + + mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty(page, wb); } } |