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While investigating kswapd "consuming 100% CPU" [1] (also see "mm/mglru:
try to stop at high watermarks"), it was discovered that the memcg LRU can
breach the thrashing protection imposed by min_ttl_ms.
Before the memcg LRU:
kswapd()
shrink_node_memcgs()
mem_cgroup_iter()
inc_max_seq() // always hit a different memcg
lru_gen_age_node()
mem_cgroup_iter()
check the timestamp of the oldest generation
After the memcg LRU:
kswapd()
shrink_many()
restart:
iterate the memcg LRU:
inc_max_seq() // occasionally hit the same memcg
if raced with lru_gen_rotate_memcg():
goto restart
lru_gen_age_node()
mem_cgroup_iter()
check the timestamp of the oldest generation
Specifically, when the restart happens in shrink_many(), it needs to stick
with the (memcg LRU) generation it began with. In other words, it should
neither re-read memcg_lru->seq nor age an lruvec of a different
generation. Otherwise it can hit the same memcg multiple times without
giving lru_gen_age_node() a chance to check the timestamp of that memcg's
oldest generation (against min_ttl_ms).
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/CAK8fFZ4DY+GtBA40Pm7Nn5xCHy+51w3sfxPqkqpqakSXYyX+Wg@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231208061407.2125867-3-yuzhao@google.com
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