Re: [PATCH v3 07/11] memcg: add dirty limits to mem_cgroup

[Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>]

> +static unsigned long long
> +memcg_hierarchical_free_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> +	struct cgroup *cgroup;
> +	unsigned long long min_free, free;
> +
> +	min_free = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_LIMIT) -
> +		res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_USAGE);
> +	cgroup = mem->css.cgroup;
> +	if (!mem->use_hierarchy)
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	while (cgroup->parent) {
> +		cgroup = cgroup->parent;
> +		mem = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgroup);
> +		if (!mem->use_hierarchy)
> +			break;
> +		free = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_LIMIT) -
> +			res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_USAGE);
> +		min_free = min(min_free, free);
> +	}
> +out:
> +	/* Translate free memory in pages */
> +	return min_free >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +}
> +
I think you can simplify this function using parent_mem_cgroup().

	unsigned long free, min_free = ULLONG_MAX;

	while (mem) {
		free = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_LIMIT) -
			res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_USAGE);
		min_free = min(min_free, free);
		mem = parent_mem_cgroup();
	}

	/* Translate free memory in pages */
	return min_free >> PAGE_SHIFT;

And, IMHO, we should return min(global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES), min_free >> PAGE_SHIFT).
Because we are allowed to set no-limit(or a very big limit) in memcg,
so min_free can be very big if we don't set a limit against all the memcg's in hierarchy.


Thanks,
Dasiuke Nishimura.