Re: [PATCH v18 19/32] mm/swap.c: serialize memcg changes in pagevec_lru_move_fn

[Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>]

On Mon, 24 Aug 2020, Alex Shi wrote:

> Hugh Dickins' found a memcg change bug on original version:
> If we want to change the pgdat->lru_lock to memcg's lruvec lock, we have
> to serialize mem_cgroup_move_account during pagevec_lru_move_fn. The
> possible bad scenario would like:
> 
> 	cpu 0					cpu 1
> lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec()
> 					if (!isolate_lru_page())
> 						mem_cgroup_move_account
> 
> spin_lock_irqsave(&lruvec->lru_lock <== wrong lock.
> 
> So we need the ClearPageLRU to block isolate_lru_page(), that serializes

s/the ClearPageLRU/TestClearPageLRU/

> the memcg change. and then removing the PageLRU check in move_fn callee
> as the consequence.

Deserves another paragraph about __pagevec_lru_add():
"__pagevec_lru_add_fn() is different from the others, because the pages
it deals with are, by definition, not yet on the lru.  TestClearPageLRU
is not needed and would not work, so __pagevec_lru_add() goes its own way."

> 
> Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>

True.

> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>

I did provide some lines, but I think it's just
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
to go below your Signed-off-by.

> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  mm/swap.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

In your lruv19 branch, this patch got renamed (s/moveing/moving/):
but I think it's better with the old name used here in v18, and without
those mm/vmscan.c mods to check_move_unevictable_pages() tacked on:
please move those back to 16/32, which already makes changes to vmscan.c.

> 
> diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
> index 446ffe280809..2d9a86bf93a4 100644
> --- a/mm/swap.c
> +++ b/mm/swap.c
> @@ -221,8 +221,14 @@ static void pagevec_lru_move_fn(struct pagevec *pvec,
>  			spin_lock_irqsave(&pgdat->lru_lock, flags);
>  		}
>  
> +		/* block memcg migration during page moving between lru */
> +		if (!TestClearPageLRU(page))
> +			continue;
> +
>  		lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat);
>  		(*move_fn)(page, lruvec);
> +
> +		SetPageLRU(page);
>  	}
>  	if (pgdat)
>  		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pgdat->lru_lock, flags);
> @@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ static void pagevec_lru_move_fn(struct pagevec *pvec,
>  
>  static void pagevec_move_tail_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>  {
> -	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
> +	if (!PageUnevictable(page)) {
>  		del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, page_lru(page));
>  		ClearPageActive(page);
>  		add_page_to_lru_list_tail(page, lruvec, page_lru(page));
> @@ -306,7 +312,7 @@ void lru_note_cost_page(struct page *page)
>  
>  static void __activate_page(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>  {
> -	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
> +	if (!PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
>  		int lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
>  		int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
>  
> @@ -362,7 +368,8 @@ void activate_page(struct page *page)
>  
>  	page = compound_head(page);
>  	spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
> -	__activate_page(page, mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat));
> +	if (PageLRU(page))
> +		__activate_page(page, mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat));
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
>  }
>  #endif

Every time I look at this, I wonder if that's right, or an unnecessary
optimization strayed in, or whatever.  For the benefit of others looking
at this patch, yes it is right: this is the !CONFIG_SMP alternative
version of activate_page(), and needs that PageLRU check to compensate
for the check that has now been removed from __activate_page() itself.

> @@ -521,9 +528,6 @@ static void lru_deactivate_file_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>  	bool active;
>  	int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
>  
> -	if (!PageLRU(page))
> -		return;
> -
>  	if (PageUnevictable(page))
>  		return;
>  
> @@ -564,7 +568,7 @@ static void lru_deactivate_file_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>  
>  static void lru_deactivate_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>  {
> -	if (PageLRU(page) && PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
> +	if (PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
>  		int lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
>  		int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
>  
> @@ -581,7 +585,7 @@ static void lru_deactivate_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>  
>  static void lru_lazyfree_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>  {
> -	if (PageLRU(page) && PageAnon(page) && PageSwapBacked(page) &&
> +	if (PageAnon(page) && PageSwapBacked(page) &&
>  	    !PageSwapCache(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
>  		bool active = PageActive(page);
>  		int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
> @@ -979,7 +983,29 @@ static void __pagevec_lru_add_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
>   */
>  void __pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec)
>  {
> -	pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, __pagevec_lru_add_fn);
> +	int i;
> +	struct pglist_data *pgdat = NULL;
> +	struct lruvec *lruvec;
> +	unsigned long flags = 0;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(pvec); i++) {
> +		struct page *page = pvec->pages[i];
> +		struct pglist_data *pagepgdat = page_pgdat(page);
> +
> +		if (pagepgdat != pgdat) {
> +			if (pgdat)
> +				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pgdat->lru_lock, flags);
> +			pgdat = pagepgdat;
> +			spin_lock_irqsave(&pgdat->lru_lock, flags);
> +		}
> +
> +		lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat);
> +		__pagevec_lru_add_fn(page, lruvec);
> +	}
> +	if (pgdat)
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pgdat->lru_lock, flags);
> +	release_pages(pvec->pages, pvec->nr);
> +	pagevec_reinit(pvec);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1