linux/kernel
Thomas Hellström 747c4bb450 cgroup/dmem: Add reclaim callback for lowering max below current usage
Add an optional reclaim callback to struct dmem_cgroup_region. When
dmem.max is set below the current usage of a cgroup pool, the new limit
is applied immediately (so that concurrent allocations are throttled
while reclaim is in progress) and then the driver is asked to evict
memory to bring usage back below the limit.

Reclaim is attempted up to a bounded number of times. No error is
returned to userspace if usage remains above the limit after reclaim,
and a pending signal will abort the reclaim loop early. This matches
the behavior of memory.max in the memory cgroup controller.

Also honor O_NONBLOCK so that if that flag is set during the
max value write, no reclaim is initiated. The idea is to avoid
charging the reclaim cost to the writer of the max value.

v2:
- Write max before reclaim is attempted (Maarten)
- Let signals abort the reclaim without error (Maarten)
- If a new max value is written with the O_NONBLOCK flag,
  reclaim is not attempted (Maarten)
- Extract region from the pool parameter rather than
  passing it explicitly to set_resource_xxx().

v3:
- Use an rw_semaphore (unregister_sem) to protect reclaim callbacks
  against concurrent region unregistration: readers (reclaim) hold the
  read side; dmem_cgroup_unregister_region() takes the write side to
  drain in-flight callbacks before returning. (Sashiko-bot)

v5:
- Rebased on the introduction of struct dmem_cgroup_init.
- Use nonblock=true in reset_all_resource_limits() to avoid sleeping
  inside rcu_read_lock() in dmemcs_offline(). (Sashiko-bot)
- Compare usage against the truncated limit value stored in cnt.max,
  not the original u64. (Sashiko-bot)
- Use a DMEM_MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES (16) retry budget instead of 5, matching
  the memcg controller's MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES. Only -ENOSPC (no progress)
  counts against the retry budget; other errors terminate the loop
  immediately.

v6:
- Fix dmem_cgroup_ops->reclaim docstring: -ENOSPC does not stop reclaim
  immediately but is retried up to DMEM_MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES times; only
  other negative errors terminate the loop. (Sashiko-bot)

v7:
- Replace the per-region rw_semaphore with a static SRCU domain
  (dmemcg_srcu). SRCU is a better fit than rwsem for this use: it
  avoids the per-region lock overhead on every reclaim call, and
  synchronize_srcu() at unregister time is a rare operation. (Maarten)
- Trim in-function comments to focus on what rather than how.

Assisted-by: GitHub_Copilot:claude-sonnet-4.6
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@igalia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260725100036.2372-4-thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>
2026-08-06 23:38:03 +02:00
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bpf bpf: Prefer dirty packs for eBPF allocations 2026-07-01 10:34:41 +02:00
cgroup cgroup/dmem: Add reclaim callback for lowering max below current usage 2026-08-06 23:38:03 +02:00
configs slab: support for compiler-assisted type-based slab cache partitioning 2026-05-14 10:44:09 +02:00
debug kgdb: update outdated references to kgdb_wait() 2026-04-21 16:41:54 +01:00
dma dma-mapping updates for Linux 7.2: 2026-06-17 12:20:21 -07:00
entry futex: Provide infrastructure to plug the non contended robust futex unlock race 2026-06-03 11:38:52 +02:00
events UAPI Changes: 2026-07-07 15:19:56 +10:00
futex futex/requeue: Revert "Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock"" 2026-07-02 22:14:08 +02:00
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq genirq/msi: Correct CONFIG_PCI_MSI_ARCH_FALLBACKS macro name in comment 2026-06-22 22:32:01 +02:00
kcsan kcsan: test: Adjust "expect" allocation type for kmalloc_obj 2026-02-26 09:54:08 -08:00
livepatch Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
liveupdate liveupdate: Remove limit on the number of files per session 2026-06-03 21:15:46 +03:00
locking locking/rt: Fix the incorrect RCU protection in rt_spin_unlock() 2026-06-21 11:51:13 +02:00
module module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() 2026-06-04 16:37:32 +00:00
power mm.git review status for mm-hotfixes-stable..mm-stable 2026-06-19 10:14:34 -07:00
printk printk: fix typos in comments 2026-06-02 15:36:06 +02:00
rcu Updates for the NOHZ subsystem: 2026-06-15 13:48:52 +05:30
sched Power management fixes for 7.2-rc1 2026-06-26 13:14:18 -07:00
time time: Fix off-by-one in compat settimeofday() usec validation 2026-06-22 13:20:20 +02:00
trace Probes fixes for v7.2-rc1: 2026-06-30 17:50:44 -10:00
unwind Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c fs: move SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE to FS_USERNS_MOUNT_RESTRICTED 2026-05-11 23:13:01 +02:00
async.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
audit_tree.c audit: use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned' 2026-05-26 17:15:30 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
audit.c audit/stable-7.2 PR 20260615 2026-06-17 12:55:09 +01:00
audit.h audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
auditsc.c audit/stable-7.2 PR 20260615 2026-06-17 12:55:09 +01:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c x86/asm: Remove ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL usage 2025-12-03 16:53:19 +01:00
capability.c
cfi.c cfi: Move BPF CFI types and helpers to generic code 2025-07-31 18:23:53 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Remove rcu_task_trace_heavyweight_{enter,exit}() 2026-01-01 16:39:46 +08:00
cpu_pm.c syscore: Pass context data to callbacks 2025-11-14 10:01:52 +01:00
cpu.c Misc CPU hotplug fixes: 2026-06-23 16:43:24 -07:00
crash_core_test.c crash: add KUnit tests for crash_exclude_mem_range 2025-09-13 17:32:55 -07:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump/dm-crypt: don't print in arch-specific code 2026-04-02 23:36:24 -07:00
crash_reserve.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
cred.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
delayacct.c delayacct: fix uapi timespec64 definition 2026-02-08 00:13:32 -08:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c
exec_domain.c
exec_state.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
exit.c Scheduler updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:50:18 +05:30
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
fork.c bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it 2026-06-29 15:08:23 -07:00
freezer.c freezer: Clarify that only cgroup1 freezer uses PM freezer 2025-10-30 20:10:27 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: make it possible to override TAR 2025-08-06 10:23:36 +09:00
groups.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: explicitly report I/O wait state in log output 2026-03-27 21:19:40 -07:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT 2026-05-11 16:28:04 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: use ATOMIC_INIT() for initialization of .enabled 2026-03-16 13:16:48 +01:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base 2026-01-22 15:58:22 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate 2025-11-27 14:24:33 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt sched: Further restrict the preemption modes 2026-01-08 12:43:57 +01:00
kcov.c kcov: use WRITE_ONCE() for selftest mode stores 2026-06-04 14:49:26 -07:00
kexec_core.c liveupdate: skip serialization for context-preserving kexec 2026-06-01 09:19:38 +03:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec: derive purgatory entry from symbol 2026-01-31 16:16:07 -08:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation 2025-08-02 12:01:38 -07:00
kexec.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kheaders.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace() 2026-03-13 23:15:26 +09:00
kstack_erase.c sysctl: remove __user qualifier from stack_erasing_sysctl buffer argument 2025-11-27 15:44:53 +01:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier 2026-04-03 19:39:52 +02:00
kthread.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
latencytop.c
Makefile exec: introduce struct task_exec_state 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
module_signature.c module: Give 'enum pkey_id_type' a more specific name 2026-03-24 21:42:37 +00:00
notifier.c
nscommon.c nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls 2026-02-27 22:00:08 +01:00
nsproxy.c vfs-7.1-rc1.mount.v2 2026-04-14 19:59:25 -07:00
nstree.c nstree: tighten permission checks for listing 2026-02-27 22:00:11 +01:00
padata.c padata: Put CPU offline callback in ONLINE section to allow failure 2026-03-22 11:17:59 +09:00
panic.c bug/kunit: Core support for suppressing warning backtraces 2026-05-14 10:50:00 -06:00
params.c kernel: param: initialize module_kset in a pure_initcall 2026-06-08 23:27:56 +02:00
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: allow opening pid_for_children before init was created 2026-03-20 14:44:26 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h
pid.c pidfd: refuse access to tasks that have started exiting harder 2026-05-19 08:57:47 +02:00
profile.c
ptrace.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource_kunit.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource.c resource: Make resource_alignment() input const resource 2026-06-23 12:08:51 -05:00
rseq.c rseq: Reenable performance optimizations conditionally 2026-05-06 17:40:27 +02:00
scftorture.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
scs.c scs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic 2025-11-12 10:00:13 -08:00
seccomp.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
signal.c signal: clear JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK for caller in zap_other_threads() 2026-05-22 15:19:31 +02:00
smp.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Prepare for deferred hrtimer rearming 2026-02-27 16:40:13 +01:00
stacktrace.c
static_call_inline.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c sched: Simplify ifdeffery around cpu_smt_mask 2026-05-19 12:17:37 +02:00
sys_ni.c rseq: Implement sys_rseq_slice_yield() 2026-01-22 11:11:17 +01:00
sys.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c sysctl: fix uninitialized variable in proc_do_large_bitmap 2026-03-26 09:32:19 +01:00
task_work.c task_work: Fix NMI race condition 2025-10-29 10:29:54 +01:00
taskstats.c taskstats: retain dead thread stats in TGID queries 2026-05-28 21:24:41 -07:00
torture.c torture: Add torture_sched_set_normal() for user-specified nice values 2026-05-24 09:38:47 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() 2026-04-14 05:17:02 -04:00
tsacct.c tsacct: skip all kernel threads 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
ucount.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq 2026-05-07 11:30:08 -10:00
up.c
user_namespace.c Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c ns: drop custom reference count initialization for initial namespaces 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
vhost_task.c vhost_task_create: kill unnecessary .exit_signal initialization 2026-06-10 02:17:00 -04:00
vmcore_info.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-04-16 20:11:56 -07:00
watch_queue.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/hardlockup: simplify perf event probe and remove per-cpu dependency 2026-02-08 00:13:35 -08:00
watchdog.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics 2026-03-05 07:27:48 -10:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Changes for v7.2 2026-06-17 11:57:44 +01:00