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authorKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>2009-01-07 18:08:31 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-08 08:31:10 -0800
commit03f3c433648a97ae7c86be789edba67690f6ea60 (patch)
treed92a17f6fe9d90d3a6b46762742ef239bf5ecc44 /mm
parent42e9abb628def2c335a4ecf130bb6c88d916d885 (diff)
downloadlinux-03f3c433648a97ae7c86be789edba67690f6ea60.tar.gz
memcg: fix swap accounting leak
Fix swapin charge operation of memcg.

Now, memcg has hooks to swap-out operation and checks SwapCache is really
unused or not.  That check depends on contents of struct page.  I.e.  If
PageAnon(page) && page_mapped(page), the page is recoginized as
still-in-use.

Now, reuse_swap_page() calles delete_from_swap_cache() before establishment
of any rmap. Then, in followinig sequence

	(Page fault with WRITE)
	try_charge() (charge += PAGESIZE)
	commit_charge() (Check page_cgroup is used or not..)
	reuse_swap_page()
		-> delete_from_swapcache()
			-> mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache() (charge -= PAGESIZE)
	......
New charge is uncharged soon....
To avoid this,  move commit_charge() after page_mapcount() goes up to 1.
By this,

	try_charge()		(usage += PAGESIZE)
	reuse_swap_page()	(may usage -= PAGESIZE if PCG_USED is set)
	commit_charge()		(If page_cgroup is not marked as PCG_USED,
				 add new charge.)
Accounting will be correct.

Changelog (v2) -> (v3)
  - fixed invalid charge to swp_entry==0.
  - updated documentation.
Changelog (v1) -> (v2)
  - fixed comment.

[nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp: swap accounting leak doc fix]
Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c7
-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c11
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index a7ecf23150c5..0ed61e27d526 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1169,10 +1169,11 @@ void mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *ptr)
 	/*
 	 * Now swap is on-memory. This means this page may be
 	 * counted both as mem and swap....double count.
-	 * Fix it by uncharging from memsw. This SwapCache is stable
-	 * because we're still under lock_page().
+	 * Fix it by uncharging from memsw. Basically, this SwapCache is stable
+	 * under lock_page(). But in do_swap_page()::memory.c, reuse_swap_page()
+	 * may call delete_from_swap_cache() before reach here.
 	 */
-	if (do_swap_account) {
+	if (do_swap_account && PageSwapCache(page)) {
 		swp_entry_t ent = {.val = page_private(page)};
 		struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 		memcg = swap_cgroup_record(ent, NULL);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e5bfbe6b594c..e009ce870859 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2457,22 +2457,23 @@ 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.
-	 * And mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(), which uses the swp_entry
-	 * in page->private, must be called before reuse_swap_page(),
-	 * which may delete_from_swap_cache().
+	 * 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().
 	 */
 
-	mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(page, ptr);
 	inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
 	pte = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
 	if (write_access && reuse_swap_page(page)) {
 		pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
 		write_access = 0;
 	}
-
 	flush_icache_page(vma, page);
 	set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, pte);
 	page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
+	/* It's better to call commit-charge after rmap is established */
+	mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(page, ptr);
 
 	swap_free(entry);
 	if (vm_swap_full() || (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) || PageMlocked(page))