From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, dgilbert@interlog.com, mkp@kernel.org,
loberman@redhat.com, jmeneghi@redhat.com, kraxel@redhat.com,
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cui.tao@linux.dev, cuitao@kylinos.cn
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] tracing: account ring buffer pages and trace_array metadata to memcg
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 21:18:26 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106131829.3228926-5-cui.tao@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106131829.3228926-1-cui.tao@linux.dev>
From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Creating an instance immediately allocates two full sets of per-cpu
ring buffers, array buffer plus snapshot, about 1.375MB per cpu per set
on the default config, plus the trace_array and its name. None of it
is charged: neither trace.c nor ring_buffer.c passes __GFP_ACCOUNT,
while user_events in the same directory accounts everything it
allocates.
Instance creation is currently gated by tracefs file permissions
alone, so a
rootful container with the host tracefs bound in can create instances
until the host runs out of memory. Charge the ring buffer pages and
the trace_array metadata to the creating cgroup.
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 8 +++++++-
kernel/trace/trace.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 1fd28a72e6ee..676c059c112c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -441,7 +441,13 @@ static struct buffer_data_page *alloc_cpu_data(int cpu, int order)
* gracefully without invoking oom-killer and the system is not
* destabilized.
*/
- mflags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_ZERO;
+ /*
+ * The subbuffers are charged to the memcg of whoever caused the
+ * allocation: the creator of a trace instance, or root at boot for
+ * the global trace.
+ */
+ mflags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_ZERO |
+ __GFP_ACCOUNT;
page = alloc_pages_node(cpu_to_node(cpu), mflags, order);
if (!page)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index e8c4efa8107b..04b60b9cc4f5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8693,11 +8693,11 @@ trace_array_create_systems(const char *name, const char *systems,
int ret;
ret = -ENOMEM;
- tr = kzalloc_obj(*tr);
+ tr = kzalloc_obj(*tr, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (!tr)
return ERR_PTR(ret);
- tr->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ tr->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (!tr->name)
goto out_free_tr;
@@ -8708,7 +8708,7 @@ trace_array_create_systems(const char *name, const char *systems,
goto out_free_tr;
if (systems) {
- tr->system_names = kstrdup_const(systems, GFP_KERNEL);
+ tr->system_names = kstrdup_const(systems, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (!tr->system_names)
goto out_free_tr;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 13:18 [PATCH 0/7] memcg: account the remaining uncharged kernel allocations Tao Cui
2026-11-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 1/7] scsi: sg and st: account the command buffer memory to memcg Tao Cui
2026-11-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 2/7] dma-buf/udmabuf: account the page array metadata " Tao Cui
2026-11-06 13:23 ` Christian König
2026-11-06 17:25 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-11-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 3/7] vhost: account the per-device kernel allocations " Tao Cui
2026-11-06 13:18 ` Tao Cui [this message]
2026-11-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 5/7] iommufd: account the hw_queue page array " Tao Cui
2026-11-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 6/7] io_uring: account the ring context and SQPOLL thread data " Tao Cui
2026-11-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 7/7] io_uring: account the remaining per-object allocations " Tao Cui
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