Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] mm: memcontrol: make page_memcg{_rcu} only applicable for non-kmem page

[Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 06:07:15PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> We want to reuse the obj_cgroup APIs to charge the kmem pages.
> If we do that, we should store an object cgroup pointer to
> page->memcg_data for the kmem pages.
> 
> Finally, page->memcg_data can have 3 different meanings.
> 
>   1) For the slab pages, page->memcg_data points to an object cgroups
>      vector.
> 
>   2) For the kmem pages (exclude the slab pages), page->memcg_data
>      points to an object cgroup.
> 
>   3) For the user pages (e.g. the LRU pages), page->memcg_data points
>      to a memory cgroup.
> 
> Currently we always get the memory cgroup associated with a page via
> page_memcg() or page_memcg_rcu(). page_memcg_check() is special, it
> has to be used in cases when it's not known if a page has an
> associated memory cgroup pointer or an object cgroups vector. Because
> the page->memcg_data of the kmem page is not pointing to a memory
> cgroup in the later patch, the page_memcg() and page_memcg_rcu()
> cannot be applicable for the kmem pages. In this patch, make
> page_memcg() and page_memcg_rcu() no longer apply to the kmem pages.
> We do not change the behavior of the page_memcg_check(), it is also
> applicable for the kmem pages.
> 
> In the end, there are 3 helpers to get the memcg associated with a page.
> Usage is as follows.
> 
>   1) Get the memory cgroup associated with a non-kmem page (e.g. the LRU
>      pages).
> 
>      - page_memcg()
>      - page_memcg_rcu()
> 
>   2) Get the memory cgroup associated with a page. It has to be used in
>      cases when it's not known if a page has an associated memory cgroup
>      pointer or an object cgroups vector. Returns NULL for slab pages or
>      uncharged pages. Otherwise, returns memory cgroup for charged pages
>      (e.g. the kmem pages, the LRU pages).
> 
>      - page_memcg_check()
> 
> In some place, we use page_memcg() to check whether the page is charged.
> Now introduce page_memcg_charged() helper to do that.
> 
> This is a preparation for reparenting the kmem pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/memcontrol.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  mm/memcontrol.c            | 23 +++++++++++++----------
>  mm/page_alloc.c            |  4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> index e6dc793d587d..83cbcdcfcc92 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> @@ -358,14 +358,26 @@ enum page_memcg_data_flags {
>  
>  #define MEMCG_DATA_FLAGS_MASK (__NR_MEMCG_DATA_FLAGS - 1)
>  
> +/* Return true for charged page, otherwise false. */
> +static inline bool page_memcg_charged(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	unsigned long memcg_data = page->memcg_data;
> +
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageSlab(page), page);
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(memcg_data & MEMCG_DATA_OBJCGS, page);
> +
> +	return !!memcg_data;
> +}
> +
>  /*
> - * page_memcg - get the memory cgroup associated with a page
> + * page_memcg - get the memory cgroup associated with a non-kmem page
>   * @page: a pointer to the page struct
>   *
>   * Returns a pointer to the memory cgroup associated with the page,
>   * or NULL. This function assumes that the page is known to have a
>   * proper memory cgroup pointer. It's not safe to call this function
> - * against some type of pages, e.g. slab pages or ex-slab pages.
> + * against some type of pages, e.g. slab pages, kmem pages or ex-slab
> + * pages.
>   *
>   * Any of the following ensures page and memcg binding stability:
>   * - the page lock
> @@ -378,27 +390,31 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *page_memcg(struct page *page)
>  	unsigned long memcg_data = page->memcg_data;
>  
>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageSlab(page), page);
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(memcg_data & MEMCG_DATA_KMEM, page);
>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(memcg_data & MEMCG_DATA_OBJCGS, page);
>  
>  	return (struct mem_cgroup *)(memcg_data & ~MEMCG_DATA_FLAGS_MASK);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * page_memcg_rcu - locklessly get the memory cgroup associated with a page
> + * page_memcg_rcu - locklessly get the memory cgroup associated with a non-kmem page
>   * @page: a pointer to the page struct
>   *
>   * Returns a pointer to the memory cgroup associated with the page,
>   * or NULL. This function assumes that the page is known to have a
>   * proper memory cgroup pointer. It's not safe to call this function
> - * against some type of pages, e.g. slab pages or ex-slab pages.
> + * against some type of pages, e.g. slab pages, kmem pages or ex-slab
> + * pages.
>   */
>  static inline struct mem_cgroup *page_memcg_rcu(struct page *page)
>  {
> +	unsigned long memcg_data = READ_ONCE(page->memcg_data);
> +
>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageSlab(page), page);
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(memcg_data & MEMCG_DATA_KMEM, page);
>  	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
>  
> -	return (struct mem_cgroup *)(READ_ONCE(page->memcg_data) &
> -				     ~MEMCG_DATA_FLAGS_MASK);
> +	return (struct mem_cgroup *)(memcg_data & ~MEMCG_DATA_FLAGS_MASK);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -1072,6 +1088,11 @@ void mem_cgroup_split_huge_fixup(struct page *head);
>  
>  struct mem_cgroup;
>  
> +static inline bool page_memcg_charged(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>  static inline struct mem_cgroup *page_memcg(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	return NULL;
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index fc22da9805fb..e1dc73ceb98a 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -855,10 +855,11 @@ void __mod_lruvec_page_state(struct page *page, enum node_stat_item idx,
>  			     int val)
>  {
>  	struct page *head = compound_head(page); /* rmap on tail pages */
> -	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = page_memcg(head);
> +	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
>  	pg_data_t *pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
>  	struct lruvec *lruvec;
>  
> +	memcg = page_memcg_check(head);

In general, this and the next patch look good to me (aside from some small things,
commented separately).

But I wonder if it's better to have two separate versions of __mod_lruvec_page_state()
for kmem and non-kmem pages, rather then rely on PageMemcgKmem flag. It's a hot path,
so if we can have fewer conditions here, that would be nice.
I take a brief look (and could be wrong), but it seems like we know in advance
which version should be used.

Thanks!

>  	/* Untracked pages have no memcg, no lruvec. Update only the node */
>  	if (!memcg) {
>  		__mod_node_page_state(pgdat, idx, val);
> @@ -3166,12 +3167,13 @@ int __memcg_kmem_charge_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order)
>   */
>  void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order)
>  {
> -	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = page_memcg(page);
> +	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
>  	unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order;
>  
> -	if (!memcg)
> +	if (!page_memcg_charged(page))
>  		return;
>  
> +	memcg = page_memcg_check(page);
>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg), page);
>  	__memcg_kmem_uncharge(memcg, nr_pages);
>  	page->memcg_data = 0;
> @@ -6827,24 +6829,25 @@ static void uncharge_batch(const struct uncharge_gather *ug)
>  static void uncharge_page(struct page *page, struct uncharge_gather *ug)
>  {
>  	unsigned long nr_pages;
> +	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
>  
>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
>  
> -	if (!page_memcg(page))
> +	if (!page_memcg_charged(page))
>  		return;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Nobody should be changing or seriously looking at
> -	 * page_memcg(page) at this point, we have fully
> -	 * exclusive access to the page.
> +	 * page memcg at this point, we have fully exclusive
> +	 * access to the page.
>  	 */
> -
> -	if (ug->memcg != page_memcg(page)) {
> +	memcg = page_memcg_check(page);
> +	if (ug->memcg != memcg) {
>  		if (ug->memcg) {
>  			uncharge_batch(ug);
>  			uncharge_gather_clear(ug);
>  		}
> -		ug->memcg = page_memcg(page);
> +		ug->memcg = memcg;
>  
>  		/* pairs with css_put in uncharge_batch */
>  		css_get(&ug->memcg->css);
> @@ -6877,7 +6880,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge(struct page *page)
>  		return;
>  
>  	/* Don't touch page->lru of any random page, pre-check: */
> -	if (!page_memcg(page))
> +	if (!page_memcg_charged(page))
>  		return;
>  
>  	uncharge_gather_clear(&ug);
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index f10966e3b4a5..bcb58ae15e24 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static inline bool page_expected_state(struct page *page,
>  	if (unlikely((unsigned long)page->mapping |
>  			page_ref_count(page) |
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
> -			(unsigned long)page_memcg(page) |
> +			page_memcg_charged(page) |
>  #endif
>  			(page->flags & check_flags)))
>  		return false;
> @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static const char *page_bad_reason(struct page *page, unsigned long flags)
>  			bad_reason = "PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set";
>  	}
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
> -	if (unlikely(page_memcg(page)))
> +	if (unlikely(page_memcg_charged(page)))
>  		bad_reason = "page still charged to cgroup";
>  #endif
>  	return bad_reason;
> -- 
> 2.11.0
>