mm: memcontrol: rewrite charge API

These patches rework memcg charge lifetime to integrate more naturally
with the lifetime of user pages.  This drastically simplifies the code and
reduces charging and uncharging overhead.  The most expensive part of
charging and uncharging is the page_cgroup bit spinlock, which is removed
entirely after this series.

Here are the top-10 profile entries of a stress test that reads a 128G
sparse file on a freshly booted box, without even a dedicated cgroup (i.e.
 executing in the root memcg).  Before:

    15.36%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] copy_user_generic_string
    13.31%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] memset
    11.48%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] do_mpage_readpage
     4.23%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] get_page_from_freelist
     2.38%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] put_page
     2.32%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] __mem_cgroup_commit_charge
     2.18%          kswapd0  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common
     1.92%          kswapd0  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] shrink_page_list
     1.86%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] __radix_tree_lookup
     1.62%              cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] __pagevec_lru_add_fn

After:

    15.67%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] copy_user_generic_string
    13.48%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] memset
    11.42%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] do_mpage_readpage
     3.98%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] get_page_from_freelist
     2.46%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] put_page
     2.13%       kswapd0  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] shrink_page_list
     1.88%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] __radix_tree_lookup
     1.67%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] __pagevec_lru_add_fn
     1.39%       kswapd0  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] free_pcppages_bulk
     1.30%           cat  [kernel.kallsyms]   [k] kfree

As you can see, the memcg footprint has shrunk quite a bit.

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  37970    9892     400   48262    bc86 mm/memcontrol.o.old
  35239    9892     400   45531    b1db mm/memcontrol.o

This patch (of 4):

The memcg charge API charges pages before they are rmapped - i.e.  have an
actual "type" - and so every callsite needs its own set of charge and
uncharge functions to know what type is being operated on.  Worse,
uncharge has to happen from a context that is still type-specific, rather
than at the end of the page's lifetime with exclusive access, and so
requires a lot of synchronization.

Rewrite the charge API to provide a generic set of try_charge(),
commit_charge() and cancel_charge() transaction operations, much like
what's currently done for swap-in:

  mem_cgroup_try_charge() attempts to reserve a charge, reclaiming
  pages from the memcg if necessary.

  mem_cgroup_commit_charge() commits the page to the charge once it
  has a valid page->mapping and PageAnon() reliably tells the type.

  mem_cgroup_cancel_charge() aborts the transaction.

This reduces the charge API and enables subsequent patches to
drastically simplify uncharging.

As pages need to be committed after rmap is established but before they
are added to the LRU, page_add_new_anon_rmap() must stop doing LRU
additions again.  Revive lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable().

[hughd@google.com: fix shmem_unuse]
[hughd@google.com: Add comments on the private use of -EAGAIN]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com>
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5c55270..6d76487 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2049,6 +2049,7 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct page *dirty_page = NULL;
 	unsigned long mmun_start = 0;	/* For mmu_notifiers */
 	unsigned long mmun_end = 0;	/* For mmu_notifiers */
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 
 	old_page = vm_normal_page(vma, address, orig_pte);
 	if (!old_page) {
@@ -2204,7 +2205,7 @@ gotten:
 	}
 	__SetPageUptodate(new_page);
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_charge_anon(new_page, mm, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (mem_cgroup_try_charge(new_page, mm, GFP_KERNEL, &memcg))
 		goto oom_free_new;
 
 	mmun_start  = address & PAGE_MASK;
@@ -2234,6 +2235,8 @@ gotten:
 		 */
 		ptep_clear_flush(vma, address, page_table);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, address);
+		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(new_page, memcg, false);
+		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 		/*
 		 * We call the notify macro here because, when using secondary
 		 * mmu page tables (such as kvm shadow page tables), we want the
@@ -2271,7 +2274,7 @@ gotten:
 		new_page = old_page;
 		ret |= VM_FAULT_WRITE;
 	} else
-		mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(new_page);
+		mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(new_page, memcg);
 
 	if (new_page)
 		page_cache_release(new_page);
@@ -2410,10 +2413,10 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	struct page *page, *swapcache;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	swp_entry_t entry;
 	pte_t pte;
 	int locked;
-	struct mem_cgroup *ptr;
 	int exclusive = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -2489,7 +2492,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		goto out_page;
 	}
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin(mm, page, GFP_KERNEL, &ptr)) {
+	if (mem_cgroup_try_charge(page, mm, GFP_KERNEL, &memcg)) {
 		ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
 		goto out_page;
 	}
@@ -2514,10 +2517,6 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * while the page is counted on swap but not yet in mapcount i.e.
 	 * before page_add_anon_rmap() and swap_free(); try_to_free_swap()
 	 * must be called after the swap_free(), or it will never succeed.
-	 * Because delete_from_swap_page() may be called by reuse_swap_page(),
-	 * mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin() may not be able to find swp_entry
-	 * in page->private. In this case, a record in swap_cgroup  is silently
-	 * discarded at swap_free().
 	 */
 
 	inc_mm_counter_fast(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
@@ -2533,12 +2532,14 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (pte_swp_soft_dirty(orig_pte))
 		pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(pte);
 	set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, pte);
-	if (page == swapcache)
+	if (page == swapcache) {
 		do_page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, address, exclusive);
-	else /* ksm created a completely new copy */
+		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, true);
+	} else { /* ksm created a completely new copy */
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
-	/* It's better to call commit-charge after rmap is established */
-	mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(page, ptr);
+		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false);
+		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+	}
 
 	swap_free(entry);
 	if (vm_swap_full() || (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) || PageMlocked(page))
@@ -2571,7 +2572,7 @@ unlock:
 out:
 	return ret;
 out_nomap:
-	mem_cgroup_cancel_charge_swapin(ptr);
+	mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(page, memcg);
 	pte_unmap_unlock(page_table, ptl);
 out_page:
 	unlock_page(page);
@@ -2627,6 +2628,7 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
 		unsigned int flags)
 {
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	struct page *page;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	pte_t entry;
@@ -2660,7 +2662,7 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 */
 	__SetPageUptodate(page);
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_charge_anon(page, mm, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (mem_cgroup_try_charge(page, mm, GFP_KERNEL, &memcg))
 		goto oom_free_page;
 
 	entry = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
@@ -2673,6 +2675,8 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	inc_mm_counter_fast(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
+	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false);
+	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 setpte:
 	set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 
@@ -2682,7 +2686,7 @@ unlock:
 	pte_unmap_unlock(page_table, ptl);
 	return 0;
 release:
-	mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(page);
+	mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(page, memcg);
 	page_cache_release(page);
 	goto unlock;
 oom_free_page:
@@ -2919,6 +2923,7 @@ static int do_cow_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		pgoff_t pgoff, unsigned int flags, pte_t orig_pte)
 {
 	struct page *fault_page, *new_page;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	pte_t *pte;
 	int ret;
@@ -2930,7 +2935,7 @@ static int do_cow_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (!new_page)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_charge_anon(new_page, mm, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+	if (mem_cgroup_try_charge(new_page, mm, GFP_KERNEL, &memcg)) {
 		page_cache_release(new_page);
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	}
@@ -2950,12 +2955,14 @@ static int do_cow_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		goto uncharge_out;
 	}
 	do_set_pte(vma, address, new_page, pte, true, true);
+	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(new_page, memcg, false);
+	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
 	unlock_page(fault_page);
 	page_cache_release(fault_page);
 	return ret;
 uncharge_out:
-	mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(new_page);
+	mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(new_page, memcg);
 	page_cache_release(new_page);
 	return ret;
 }