Re: [PATCH v4 7/8] Display current tcp memory allocation in kmem cgroup
From: Glauber Costa <hidden>
Date: 2011-10-04 09:11:27
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On 10/03/2011 04:36 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 04:26:41PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:quoted
On 10/03/2011 04:25 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:quoted
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 04:19:18PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:quoted
On 10/03/2011 04:14 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:quoted
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 02:18:42PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:quoted
This patch introduces kmem.tcp_current_memory file, living in the kmem_cgroup filesystem. It is a simple read-only file that displays the amount of kernel memory currently consumed by the cgroup. Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa<redacted> CC: David S. Miller<davem@davemloft.net> CC: Hiroyouki Kamezawa<redacted> CC: Eric W. Biederman<redacted> --- Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt | 1 + mm/memcontrol.c | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt index 1ffde3e..f5a539d 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Brief summary of control files. memory.independent_kmem_limit # select whether or not kernel memory limits are independent of user limits memory.kmem.tcp.max_memory # set/show hard limit for tcp buf memory + memory.kmem.tcp.current_memory # show current tcp buf memory allocationBoth are in pages, right? Shouldn't it be scaled to bytes and named uniform with other memcg file? memory.kmem.tcp.limit_in_bytes/usage_in_bytes.You are absolutely correct. Since the internal tcp comparison works, I just ended up never noticing this.Should we have failcnt and max_usage_in_bytes for tcp as well?Well, we get a fail count from the tracer anyway, so I don't really see a need for that. I see value in having it for the slab allocation itself, but since this only controls the memory pressure framework, I think we can live without it. That said, this is not a strong opinion. I can add it if you'd prefer.It's good for userspace to have the same set of files for all domains: - memory; - memory.memsw; - memory.kmem; - memory.kmem.tcp; - etc. Userspace can reuse code for handling them in this case.
Ok. Back on this. Not all domains have all files anyway. max_usage seems to be a property of the main memcg, not of its domains. failcnt is present on memsw, and on that only. The problem here, is that this can fail ( and usually will ) in codepaths outside the memory controller. (see net/core/sock.c:__sk_mem_schedule) Also, max_usage makes sense for kernel memory as a whole, but I don't think it makes sense here as we're only controlling a specific pressure condition. So in a nutshell: I'd like to leave this alone, and add kmem.max_usage_in_bytes and kmem.failcnt to the to soon-to-land-here slab accounting patches. (Where the actual allocation happens) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>