Commit 1663f26d authored by Tejun Heo's avatar Tejun Heo Committed by Linus Torvalds
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slub: make sysfs directories for memcg sub-caches optional 

SLUB creates a per-cache directory under /sys/kernel/slab which hosts a
bunch of debug files.  Usually, there aren't that many caches on a
system and this doesn't really matter; however, if memcg is in use, each
cache can have per-cgroup sub-caches.  SLUB creates the same directories
for these sub-caches under /sys/kernel/slab/$CACHE/cgroup.

Unfortunately, because there can be a lot of cgroups, active or
draining, the product of the numbers of caches, cgroups and files in
each directory can reach a very high number - hundreds of thousands is
commonplace.  Millions and beyond aren't difficult to reach either.

What's under /sys/kernel/slab is primarily for debugging and the
information and control on the a root cache already cover its
sub-caches.  While having a separate directory for each sub-cache can be
helpful for development, it doesn't make much sense to pay this amount
of overhead by default.

This patch introduces a boot parameter slub_memcg_sysfs which determines
whether to create sysfs directories for per-memcg sub-caches.  It also
adds CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON which determines the boot parameter's
default value and defaults to 0.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: kset_unregister(NULL) is legal]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170204145203.GB26958@mtj.duckdns.org


Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@gmail.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 17cc4dfe

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

+8 −0
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@@ -3694,6 +3694,14 @@ 
			last alloc / free. For more information see

			last alloc / free. For more information see

			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.

			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.





	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]

			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for

			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.

			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.

			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug

			directories and files being created under

			/sys/kernel/slub.



	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]

	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]

			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.

			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.

			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory

			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory

init/Kconfig

+14 −0
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@@ -1779,6 +1779,20 @@ config SLUB_DEBUG 
	  SLUB sysfs support. /sys/slab will not exist and there will be

	  SLUB sysfs support. /sys/slab will not exist and there will be

	  no support for cache validation etc.

	  no support for cache validation etc.





config SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON

	default n

	bool "Enable memcg SLUB sysfs support by default" if EXPERT

	depends on SLUB && SYSFS && MEMCG

	help

	  SLUB creates a directory under /sys/kernel/slab for each

	  allocation cache to host info and debug files. If memory

	  cgroup is enabled, each cache can have per memory cgroup

	  caches. SLUB can create the same sysfs directories for these

	  caches under /sys/kernel/slab/CACHE/cgroup but it can lead

	  to a very high number of debug files being created. This is

	  controlled by slub_memcg_sysfs boot parameter and this

	  config option determines the parameter's default value.



config COMPAT_BRK

config COMPAT_BRK

	bool "Disable heap randomization"

	bool "Disable heap randomization"

	default y

	default y

mm/slub.c

+24 −2
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@@ -4708,6 +4708,22 @@ enum slab_stat_type { 
#define SO_OBJECTS	(1 << SL_OBJECTS)

#define SO_OBJECTS	(1 << SL_OBJECTS)

#define SO_TOTAL	(1 << SL_TOTAL)

#define SO_TOTAL	(1 << SL_TOTAL)





#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG

static bool memcg_sysfs_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON);



static int __init setup_slub_memcg_sysfs(char *str)

{

	int v;



	if (get_option(&str, &v) > 0)

		memcg_sysfs_enabled = v;



	return 1;

}



__setup("slub_memcg_sysfs=", setup_slub_memcg_sysfs);

#endif



static ssize_t show_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s,

static ssize_t show_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s,

			    char *buf, unsigned long flags)

			    char *buf, unsigned long flags)

{

{
@@ -5611,8 +5627,14 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) 
{

{

	int err;

	int err;

	const char *name;

	const char *name;

	struct kset *kset = cache_kset(s);

	int unmergeable = slab_unmergeable(s);

	int unmergeable = slab_unmergeable(s);





	if (!kset) {

		kobject_init(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype);

		return 0;

	}



	if (unmergeable) {

	if (unmergeable) {

		/*

		/*

		 * Slabcache can never be merged so we can use the name proper.

		 * Slabcache can never be merged so we can use the name proper.
@@ -5629,7 +5651,7 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) 
		name = create_unique_id(s);

		name = create_unique_id(s);

	}

	}





	s->kobj.kset = cache_kset(s);

	s->kobj.kset = kset;

	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);

	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);

	if (err)

	if (err)

		goto out;

		goto out;
@@ -5639,7 +5661,7 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) 
		goto out_del_kobj;

		goto out_del_kobj;





#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG

#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG

	if (is_root_cache(s)) {

	if (is_root_cache(s) && memcg_sysfs_enabled) {

		s->memcg_kset = kset_create_and_add("cgroup", NULL, &s->kobj);

		s->memcg_kset = kset_create_and_add("cgroup", NULL, &s->kobj);

		if (!s->memcg_kset) {

		if (!s->memcg_kset) {

			err = -ENOMEM;

			err = -ENOMEM;

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