| Message ID | 171952312320.1810550.13209360603489797077.stgit@firesoul (mailing list archive) |
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| Series | [V4,1/2] cgroup/rstat: Helper functions for locking expose trylock | expand |
On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:18:56PM GMT, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: > Avoid lock contention on the global cgroup rstat lock caused by kswapd > starting on all NUMA nodes simultaneously. At Cloudflare, we observed > massive issues due to kswapd and the specific mem_cgroup_flush_stats() > call inlined in shrink_node, which takes the rstat lock. > > On our 12 NUMA node machines, each with a kswapd kthread per NUMA node, > we noted severe lock contention on the rstat lock. This contention > causes 12 CPUs to waste cycles spinning every time kswapd runs. > Fleet-wide stats (/proc/N/schedstat) for kthreads revealed that we are > burning an average of 20,000 CPU cores fleet-wide on kswapd, primarily > due to spinning on the rstat lock. > > To help reviewer follow code: When the Per-CPU-Pages (PCP) freelist is > empty, Remove the "When the Per-CPU-Pages (PCP) freelist is empty" as there are a lot more conditions needed for the waking up kswapds which are not needed to be explained here. Just "__alloc_pages_slowpath waking up kswapds given the allocation context" or similar text should suffice. > __alloc_pages_slowpath calls wake_all_kswapds(), causing all > kswapdN threads to wake up simultaneously. The kswapd thread invokes > shrink_node (via balance_pgdat) triggering the cgroup rstat flush > operation as part of its work. This results in kernel self-induced rstat > lock contention by waking up all kswapd threads simultaneously. > Leveraging this detail: balance_pgdat() have NULL value in > target_mem_cgroup, this cause mem_cgroup_flush_stats() to do flush with > root_mem_cgroup. > > To avoid this kind of thundering herd problem, kernel previously had a > "stats_flush_ongoing" concept, but this was removed as part of commit > 7d7ef0a4686a ("mm: memcg: restore subtree stats flushing"). This patch > reintroduce and generalized the concept to apply to all users of cgroup > rstat, not just memcg. > > If there is an ongoing rstat flush, and current cgroup is a descendant, > then it is unnecessary to do the flush. For callers to still see updated > stats, wait for ongoing flusher to complete before returning, but add > timeout as stats are already inaccurate given updaters keeps running. > > Fixes: 7d7ef0a4686a ("mm: memcg: restore subtree stats flushing"). > Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org> > --- > V3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171943668946.1638606.1320095353103578332.stgit@firesoul/ > V2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171923011608.1500238.3591002573732683639.stgit@firesoul/ > V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171898037079.1222367.13467317484793748519.stgit@firesoul/ > RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171895533185.1084853.3033751561302228252.stgit@firesoul/ > > include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 2 + > kernel/cgroup/rstat.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- > 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h > index b36690ca0d3f..a33b37514c29 100644 > --- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h > +++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h > @@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ struct cgroup { > #ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL > struct bpf_local_storage __rcu *bpf_cgrp_storage; > #endif > + /* completion queue for cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher */ > + struct completion flush_done; > > /* All ancestors including self */ > struct cgroup *ancestors[]; > diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c > index 2a42be3a9bb3..a98af43bdce7 100644 > --- a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c > +++ b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c > @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ > #include "cgroup-internal.h" > > #include <linux/sched/cputime.h> > +#include <linux/completion.h> > > #include <linux/bpf.h> > #include <linux/btf.h> > @@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ > > static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cgroup_rstat_lock); > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(raw_spinlock_t, cgroup_rstat_cpu_lock); > +static struct cgroup *cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher = NULL; > +static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cgrp_rstat_flusher_done); cgrp_rstat_flusher_done is not needed anymore. > > static void cgroup_base_stat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu); > > @@ -312,6 +315,45 @@ static inline void __cgroup_rstat_unlock(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu_in_loop) > spin_unlock_irq(&cgroup_rstat_lock); > } > > +#define MAX_WAIT msecs_to_jiffies(100) > +/* Trylock helper that also checks for on ongoing flusher */ > +static bool cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(struct cgroup *cgrp) > +{ > + bool locked = __cgroup_rstat_trylock(cgrp, -1); > + if (!locked) { > + struct cgroup *cgrp_ongoing; > + > + /* Lock is contended, lets check if ongoing flusher is already > + * taking care of this, if we are a descendant. > + */ > + cgrp_ongoing = READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher); > + if (cgrp_ongoing && cgroup_is_descendant(cgrp, cgrp_ongoing)) { I wonder if READ_ONCE() and cgroup_is_descendant() needs to happen within in rcu section. On a preemptable kernel, let's say we got preempted in between them, the flusher was unrelated and got freed before we get the CPU. In that case we are accessing freed memory. > + wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout( > + &cgrp_ongoing->flush_done, MAX_WAIT); > + > + return false; > + } > + __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, false); > + } > + /* Obtained lock, record this cgrp as the ongoing flusher */ > + if (!READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher)) { Can the above condition will ever be false? > + reinit_completion(&cgrp->flush_done); > + WRITE_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher, cgrp); > + } > + > + return true; /* locked */ > +} > + > +static void cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(struct cgroup *cgrp) > +{ > + /* Detect if we are the ongoing flusher */ > + if (cgrp == READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher)) { Same. > + WRITE_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher, NULL); > + complete_all(&cgrp->flush_done); > + } > + __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); > +} > + > /* see cgroup_rstat_flush() */ > static void cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) > __releases(&cgroup_rstat_lock) __acquires(&cgroup_rstat_lock) > @@ -361,18 +403,13 @@ static void cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) > */ > __bpf_kfunc void cgroup_rstat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp) > { > - bool locked; > - > might_sleep(); > > - locked = __cgroup_rstat_trylock(cgrp, -1); > - if (!locked) { > - /* Opportunity to ongoing flush detection */ > - __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, false); > - } > + if (!cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(cgrp)) > + return; > > cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); > - __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); > + cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(cgrp); > } > > /** > @@ -388,8 +425,11 @@ void cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(struct cgroup *cgrp) > __acquires(&cgroup_rstat_lock) > { > might_sleep(); > - __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, true); > - cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); > + > + if (cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(cgrp)) > + cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); > + else > + __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, true); > } > > /** > @@ -399,7 +439,7 @@ void cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(struct cgroup *cgrp) > void cgroup_rstat_flush_release(struct cgroup *cgrp) > __releases(&cgroup_rstat_lock) > { > - __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); > + cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(cgrp); > } > > int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup *cgrp) > @@ -421,6 +461,8 @@ int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup *cgrp) > u64_stats_init(&rstatc->bsync); > } > > + init_completion(&cgrp->flush_done); > + > return 0; > } > > >
On 28/06/2024 01.34, Shakeel Butt wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:18:56PM GMT, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: >> Avoid lock contention on the global cgroup rstat lock caused by kswapd >> starting on all NUMA nodes simultaneously. At Cloudflare, we observed >> massive issues due to kswapd and the specific mem_cgroup_flush_stats() >> call inlined in shrink_node, which takes the rstat lock. >> >> On our 12 NUMA node machines, each with a kswapd kthread per NUMA node, >> we noted severe lock contention on the rstat lock. This contention >> causes 12 CPUs to waste cycles spinning every time kswapd runs. >> Fleet-wide stats (/proc/N/schedstat) for kthreads revealed that we are >> burning an average of 20,000 CPU cores fleet-wide on kswapd, primarily >> due to spinning on the rstat lock. >> >> To help reviewer follow code: When the Per-CPU-Pages (PCP) freelist is >> empty, > > Remove the "When the Per-CPU-Pages (PCP) freelist is empty" as there are > a lot more conditions needed for the waking up kswapds which are not > needed to be explained here. Just "__alloc_pages_slowpath waking up > kswapds given the allocation context" or similar text should suffice. > Agree. >> __alloc_pages_slowpath calls wake_all_kswapds(), causing all >> kswapdN threads to wake up simultaneously. The kswapd thread invokes >> shrink_node (via balance_pgdat) triggering the cgroup rstat flush >> operation as part of its work. This results in kernel self-induced rstat >> lock contention by waking up all kswapd threads simultaneously. >> Leveraging this detail: balance_pgdat() have NULL value in >> target_mem_cgroup, this cause mem_cgroup_flush_stats() to do flush with >> root_mem_cgroup. >> >> To avoid this kind of thundering herd problem, kernel previously had a >> "stats_flush_ongoing" concept, but this was removed as part of commit >> 7d7ef0a4686a ("mm: memcg: restore subtree stats flushing"). This patch >> reintroduce and generalized the concept to apply to all users of cgroup >> rstat, not just memcg. >> >> If there is an ongoing rstat flush, and current cgroup is a descendant, >> then it is unnecessary to do the flush. For callers to still see updated >> stats, wait for ongoing flusher to complete before returning, but add >> timeout as stats are already inaccurate given updaters keeps running. >> >> Fixes: 7d7ef0a4686a ("mm: memcg: restore subtree stats flushing"). >> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org> >> --- >> V3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171943668946.1638606.1320095353103578332.stgit@firesoul/ >> V2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171923011608.1500238.3591002573732683639.stgit@firesoul/ >> V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171898037079.1222367.13467317484793748519.stgit@firesoul/ >> RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171895533185.1084853.3033751561302228252.stgit@firesoul/ >> >> include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 2 + >> kernel/cgroup/rstat.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- >> 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h >> index b36690ca0d3f..a33b37514c29 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h >> +++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h >> @@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ struct cgroup { >> #ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL >> struct bpf_local_storage __rcu *bpf_cgrp_storage; >> #endif >> + /* completion queue for cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher */ >> + struct completion flush_done; >> >> /* All ancestors including self */ >> struct cgroup *ancestors[]; >> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c >> index 2a42be3a9bb3..a98af43bdce7 100644 >> --- a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c >> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c >> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ >> #include "cgroup-internal.h" >> >> #include <linux/sched/cputime.h> >> +#include <linux/completion.h> >> >> #include <linux/bpf.h> >> #include <linux/btf.h> >> @@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ >> >> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cgroup_rstat_lock); >> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(raw_spinlock_t, cgroup_rstat_cpu_lock); >> +static struct cgroup *cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher = NULL; >> +static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cgrp_rstat_flusher_done); > > cgrp_rstat_flusher_done is not needed anymore. > True, I already fixed this yesterday, when reading the patch email myself. >> >> static void cgroup_base_stat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu); >> >> @@ -312,6 +315,45 @@ static inline void __cgroup_rstat_unlock(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu_in_loop) >> spin_unlock_irq(&cgroup_rstat_lock); >> } >> >> +#define MAX_WAIT msecs_to_jiffies(100) >> +/* Trylock helper that also checks for on ongoing flusher */ >> +static bool cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> +{ >> + bool locked = __cgroup_rstat_trylock(cgrp, -1); >> + if (!locked) { >> + struct cgroup *cgrp_ongoing; >> + >> + /* Lock is contended, lets check if ongoing flusher is already >> + * taking care of this, if we are a descendant. >> + */ >> + cgrp_ongoing = READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher); >> + if (cgrp_ongoing && cgroup_is_descendant(cgrp, cgrp_ongoing)) { > > I wonder if READ_ONCE() and cgroup_is_descendant() needs to happen > within in rcu section. On a preemptable kernel, let's say we got > preempted in between them, the flusher was unrelated and got freed > before we get the CPU. In that case we are accessing freed memory. > I have to think about this some more. >> + wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout( >> + &cgrp_ongoing->flush_done, MAX_WAIT); >> + >> + return false; >> + } >> + __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, false); >> + } >> + /* Obtained lock, record this cgrp as the ongoing flusher */ >> + if (!READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher)) { > > Can the above condition will ever be false? > Yes, I think so, because I realized that cgroup_rstat_flush_locked() can release/"yield" the lock. Thus, other CPUs/threads have a chance to call cgroup_rstat_flush, and try to become the "ongoing-flusher". With this realization, my __cgroup_rstat_trylock() "signal" to detect ongoing-flushers is also not a good signal. I think we/I should move the ongoing_flusher detection before attempting to aquire the lock. If doing so, I'm considering adding a tracepoint after wait_for_completion() to help us see if code is behaving as expected in prod env. >> + reinit_completion(&cgrp->flush_done); >> + WRITE_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher, cgrp); >> + } >> + >> + return true; /* locked */ >> +} >> + >> +static void cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> +{ >> + /* Detect if we are the ongoing flusher */ >> + if (cgrp == READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher)) { > > Same. Same explaination as above. > >> + WRITE_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher, NULL); >> + complete_all(&cgrp->flush_done); >> + } >> + __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); >> +} >> + >> /* see cgroup_rstat_flush() */ >> static void cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> __releases(&cgroup_rstat_lock) __acquires(&cgroup_rstat_lock) >> @@ -361,18 +403,13 @@ static void cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> */ >> __bpf_kfunc void cgroup_rstat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> { >> - bool locked; >> - >> might_sleep(); >> >> - locked = __cgroup_rstat_trylock(cgrp, -1); >> - if (!locked) { >> - /* Opportunity to ongoing flush detection */ >> - __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, false); >> - } >> + if (!cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(cgrp)) >> + return; >> >> cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); >> - __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); >> + cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(cgrp); >> } >> >> /** >> @@ -388,8 +425,11 @@ void cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> __acquires(&cgroup_rstat_lock) >> { >> might_sleep(); >> - __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, true); >> - cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); >> + >> + if (cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(cgrp)) >> + cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); >> + else >> + __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, true); >> } >> >> /** >> @@ -399,7 +439,7 @@ void cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> void cgroup_rstat_flush_release(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> __releases(&cgroup_rstat_lock) >> { >> - __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); >> + cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(cgrp); >> } >> >> int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> @@ -421,6 +461,8 @@ int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup *cgrp) >> u64_stats_init(&rstatc->bsync); >> } >> >> + init_completion(&cgrp->flush_done); >> + >> return 0; >> } >> >> >>
[..] > >> + /* Obtained lock, record this cgrp as the ongoing flusher */ > >> + if (!READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher)) { > > > > Can the above condition will ever be false? > > > > Yes, I think so, because I realized that cgroup_rstat_flush_locked() can > release/"yield" the lock. Thus, other CPUs/threads have a chance to > call cgroup_rstat_flush, and try to become the "ongoing-flusher". Right, there may actually be multiple ongoing flushers. I am now wondering if it would be better if we drop cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher completely, add a per-cgroup under_flush boolean/flag, and have the cgroup iterate its parents here to check if any of them is under_flush and wait for it instead. Yes, we have to add parent iteration here, but I think it may be fine because the flush path is already expensive. This will allow us to detect if any ongoing flush is overlapping with us, not just the one that happened to update cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher first. WDYT?
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h index b36690ca0d3f..a33b37514c29 100644 --- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h @@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ struct cgroup { #ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL struct bpf_local_storage __rcu *bpf_cgrp_storage; #endif + /* completion queue for cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher */ + struct completion flush_done; /* All ancestors including self */ struct cgroup *ancestors[]; diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c index 2a42be3a9bb3..a98af43bdce7 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #include "cgroup-internal.h" #include <linux/sched/cputime.h> +#include <linux/completion.h> #include <linux/bpf.h> #include <linux/btf.h> @@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cgroup_rstat_lock); static DEFINE_PER_CPU(raw_spinlock_t, cgroup_rstat_cpu_lock); +static struct cgroup *cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher = NULL; +static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cgrp_rstat_flusher_done); static void cgroup_base_stat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu); @@ -312,6 +315,45 @@ static inline void __cgroup_rstat_unlock(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu_in_loop) spin_unlock_irq(&cgroup_rstat_lock); } +#define MAX_WAIT msecs_to_jiffies(100) +/* Trylock helper that also checks for on ongoing flusher */ +static bool cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(struct cgroup *cgrp) +{ + bool locked = __cgroup_rstat_trylock(cgrp, -1); + if (!locked) { + struct cgroup *cgrp_ongoing; + + /* Lock is contended, lets check if ongoing flusher is already + * taking care of this, if we are a descendant. + */ + cgrp_ongoing = READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher); + if (cgrp_ongoing && cgroup_is_descendant(cgrp, cgrp_ongoing)) { + wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout( + &cgrp_ongoing->flush_done, MAX_WAIT); + + return false; + } + __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, false); + } + /* Obtained lock, record this cgrp as the ongoing flusher */ + if (!READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher)) { + reinit_completion(&cgrp->flush_done); + WRITE_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher, cgrp); + } + + return true; /* locked */ +} + +static void cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(struct cgroup *cgrp) +{ + /* Detect if we are the ongoing flusher */ + if (cgrp == READ_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher)) { + WRITE_ONCE(cgrp_rstat_ongoing_flusher, NULL); + complete_all(&cgrp->flush_done); + } + __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); +} + /* see cgroup_rstat_flush() */ static void cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) __releases(&cgroup_rstat_lock) __acquires(&cgroup_rstat_lock) @@ -361,18 +403,13 @@ static void cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) */ __bpf_kfunc void cgroup_rstat_flush(struct cgroup *cgrp) { - bool locked; - might_sleep(); - locked = __cgroup_rstat_trylock(cgrp, -1); - if (!locked) { - /* Opportunity to ongoing flush detection */ - __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, false); - } + if (!cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(cgrp)) + return; cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); - __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); + cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(cgrp); } /** @@ -388,8 +425,11 @@ void cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(struct cgroup *cgrp) __acquires(&cgroup_rstat_lock) { might_sleep(); - __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, true); - cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); + + if (cgroup_rstat_trylock_flusher(cgrp)) + cgroup_rstat_flush_locked(cgrp); + else + __cgroup_rstat_lock(cgrp, -1, true); } /** @@ -399,7 +439,7 @@ void cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(struct cgroup *cgrp) void cgroup_rstat_flush_release(struct cgroup *cgrp) __releases(&cgroup_rstat_lock) { - __cgroup_rstat_unlock(cgrp, -1); + cgroup_rstat_unlock_flusher(cgrp); } int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup *cgrp) @@ -421,6 +461,8 @@ int cgroup_rstat_init(struct cgroup *cgrp) u64_stats_init(&rstatc->bsync); } + init_completion(&cgrp->flush_done); + return 0; }
Avoid lock contention on the global cgroup rstat lock caused by kswapd starting on all NUMA nodes simultaneously. At Cloudflare, we observed massive issues due to kswapd and the specific mem_cgroup_flush_stats() call inlined in shrink_node, which takes the rstat lock. On our 12 NUMA node machines, each with a kswapd kthread per NUMA node, we noted severe lock contention on the rstat lock. This contention causes 12 CPUs to waste cycles spinning every time kswapd runs. Fleet-wide stats (/proc/N/schedstat) for kthreads revealed that we are burning an average of 20,000 CPU cores fleet-wide on kswapd, primarily due to spinning on the rstat lock. To help reviewer follow code: When the Per-CPU-Pages (PCP) freelist is empty, __alloc_pages_slowpath calls wake_all_kswapds(), causing all kswapdN threads to wake up simultaneously. The kswapd thread invokes shrink_node (via balance_pgdat) triggering the cgroup rstat flush operation as part of its work. This results in kernel self-induced rstat lock contention by waking up all kswapd threads simultaneously. Leveraging this detail: balance_pgdat() have NULL value in target_mem_cgroup, this cause mem_cgroup_flush_stats() to do flush with root_mem_cgroup. To avoid this kind of thundering herd problem, kernel previously had a "stats_flush_ongoing" concept, but this was removed as part of commit 7d7ef0a4686a ("mm: memcg: restore subtree stats flushing"). This patch reintroduce and generalized the concept to apply to all users of cgroup rstat, not just memcg. If there is an ongoing rstat flush, and current cgroup is a descendant, then it is unnecessary to do the flush. For callers to still see updated stats, wait for ongoing flusher to complete before returning, but add timeout as stats are already inaccurate given updaters keeps running. Fixes: 7d7ef0a4686a ("mm: memcg: restore subtree stats flushing"). Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org> --- V3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171943668946.1638606.1320095353103578332.stgit@firesoul/ V2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171923011608.1500238.3591002573732683639.stgit@firesoul/ V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171898037079.1222367.13467317484793748519.stgit@firesoul/ RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171895533185.1084853.3033751561302228252.stgit@firesoul/ include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 2 + kernel/cgroup/rstat.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)