linux/mm
Roman Gushchin bef8620cd8 mm: memcg: deprecate the non-hierarchical mode
Patch series "mm: memcg: deprecate cgroup v1 non-hierarchical mode", v1.

The non-hierarchical cgroup v1 mode is a legacy of early days
of the memory controller and doesn't bring any value today.
However, it complicates the code and creates many edge cases
all over the memory controller code.

It's a good time to deprecate it completely. This patchset removes
the internal logic, adjusts the user interface and updates
the documentation. The alt patch removes some bits of the cgroup
core code, which become obsolete.

Michal Hocko said:
  "All that we know today is that we have a warning in place to complain
   loudly when somebody relies on use_hierarchy=0 with a deeper
   hierarchy. For all those years we have seen _zero_ reports that would
   describe a sensible usecase.

   Moreover we (SUSE) have backported this warning into old distribution
   kernels (since 3.0 based kernels) to extend the coverage and didn't
   hear even for users who adopt new kernels only very slowly. The only
   report we have seen so far was a LTP test suite which doesn't really
   reflect any real life usecase"

This patch (of 3):

The non-hierarchical cgroup v1 mode is a legacy of early days of the
memory controller and doesn't bring any value today.  However, it
complicates the code and creates many edge cases all over the memory
controller code.

It's a good time to deprecate it completely.

Functionally this patch enabled is by default for all cgroups and forbids
switching it off.  Nothing changes if cgroup v2 is used: hierarchical mode
was enforced from scratch.

To protect the ABI memory.use_hierarchy interface is preserved with a
limited functionality: reading always returns "1", writing of "1" passes
silently, writing of any other value fails with -EINVAL and a warning to
dmesg (on the first occasion).

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201110220800.929549-1-guro@fb.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201110220800.929549-2-guro@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
..
kasan kasan: fix object remaining in offline per-cpu quarantine 2020-12-11 14:02:14 -08:00
backing-dev.c bdi: replace BDI_CAP_NO_{WRITEBACK,ACCT_DIRTY} with a single flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c
cleancache.c
cma_debug.c debugfs: make sure we can remove u32_array files cleanly 2020-07-10 13:54:00 -07:00
cma.c cma: don't quit at first error when activating reserved areas 2020-08-12 10:57:57 -07:00
cma.h mm: cma: use CMA_MAX_NAME to define the length of cma name array 2020-09-01 09:19:43 +02:00
compaction.c mm/compaction: stop isolation if too many pages are isolated and we have pages to migrate 2020-11-14 11:26:03 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug_vm_pgtable.c mm/debug_vm_pgtable: avoid doing memory allocation with pgtable_t mapped. 2020-10-16 11:11:14 -07:00
debug.c mm, dump_page: rename head_mapcount() --> head_compound_mapcount() 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: replace hard coded function name with __func__ 2020-10-13 18:38:32 -07:00
early_ioremap.c
fadvise.c mm, fadvise: improve the expensive remote LRU cache draining after FADV_DONTNEED 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
failslab.c
filemap.c mm: memcontrol: add file_thp, shmem_thp to memory.stat 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
frame_vector.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
frontswap.c mm/frontswap: mark various intentional data races 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
gup_test.c mm/gup_test.c: mark gup_test_init as __init function 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
gup_test.h selftests/vm: gup_test: introduce the dump_pages() sub-test 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
gup.c mm/gup: combine put_compound_head() and unpin_user_page() 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
highmem.c mm/highmem.c: clean up endif comments 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
hmm.c mm: do page fault accounting in handle_mm_fault 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c hugetlb_cgroup: fix offline of hugetlb cgroup with reservations 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
hugetlb.c mm/hugetlb: clear compound_nr before freeing gigantic pages 2020-12-11 14:02:14 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm,hwpoison-inject: don't pin for hwpoison_filter 2020-10-16 11:11:16 -07:00
init-mm.c mm/gup: prevent gup_fast from racing with COW during fork 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
internal.h mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
interval_tree.c
ioremap.c mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
Kconfig mm/gup_test: GUP_TEST depends on DEBUG_FS 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
Kconfig.debug treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
khugepaged.c mm: memcontrol: add file_thp, shmem_thp to memory.stat 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning 2020-10-13 18:38:27 -07:00
ksm.c docs: get rid of :c:type explicit declarations for structs 2020-10-15 07:49:40 +02:00
list_lru.c mm: list_lru: set shrinker map bit when child nr_items is not zero 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
maccess.c uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
madvise.c mm/madvise: remove racy mm ownership check 2020-12-08 20:57:18 -08:00
Makefile mm/gup_benchmark: rename to mm/gup_test 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: update huge page-table entry callbacks 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
memblock.c memblock: get rid of a :c:type leftover 2020-10-15 07:49:46 +02:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcg: deprecate the non-hierarchical mode 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
memfd.c
memory_hotplug.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
memory.c mm/gup: prevent gup_fast from racing with COW during fork 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
mempolicy.c mm: mempolicy: fix potential pte_unmap_unlock pte error 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
mempool.c mm/mempool: add 'else' to split mutually exclusive case 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
memremap.c mm/mremap_pages: fix static key devmap_managed_key updates 2020-11-02 12:14:18 -08:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
mincore.c mm: factor find_get_incore_page out of mincore_page 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
mlock.c mlock: fix unevictable_pgs event counts on THP 2020-09-19 13:13:38 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: adjust vm_committed_as_batch according to vm overcommit policy 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
mmap.c mm/mmap.c: fix mmap return value when vma is merged after call_mmap() 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
mmu_gather.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mmu_notifier.c mm/mmu_notifier: fix mmget() assert in __mmu_interval_notifier_insert 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
mmzone.c
mprotect.c mm: Introduce arch_validate_flags() 2020-09-04 12:46:07 +01:00
mremap.c mm/mremap: start addresses are properly aligned 2020-08-07 11:33:27 -07:00
msync.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
nommu.c mm: remove alloc_vm_area 2020-10-18 09:27:10 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom_adj: don't loop through tasks in __set_oom_adj when not necessary 2020-10-13 18:38:35 -07:00
page_alloc.c page_frag: Recover from memory pressure 2020-11-18 15:21:56 -08:00
page_counter.c mm/page_counter: correct the obsolete func name in the comment of page_counter_try_charge() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
page_ext.c mm: fix page_owner initializing issue for arm32 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
page_idle.c mm/page_idle.c: skip offline pages 2020-06-08 11:05:55 -07:00
page_io.c mm/page_io.c: remove useless out label in __swap_writepage() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: record timestamp and pid 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison.c: replace bool variable with static key 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
page_reporting.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
page_reporting.h mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm: replace hpage_nr_pages with thp_nr_pages 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
page-writeback.c mm: fix VM_BUG_ON(PageTail) and BUG_ON(PageWriteback) 2020-11-24 15:23:19 -08:00
pagewalk.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
percpu-internal.h mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-km.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-stats.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-vm.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu.c percpu: convert flexible array initializers to use struct_size() 2020-10-30 23:02:28 +00:00
pgalloc-track.h mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm/process_vm_access: Add missing #include <linux/compat.h> 2020-10-27 12:41:29 -07:00
ptdump.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
readahead.c mm: use limited read-ahead to satisfy read 2020-10-17 13:49:08 -06:00
rmap.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
rodata_test.c mm/rodata_test.c: fix missing function declaration 2020-08-21 09:52:53 -07:00
shmem.c mm: memcontrol: add file_thp, shmem_thp to memory.stat 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
shuffle.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
shuffle.h mm/shuffle: remove dynamic reconfiguration 2020-08-07 11:33:29 -07:00
slab_common.c mm: slab: clarify krealloc()'s behavior with __GFP_ZERO 2020-12-15 12:13:37 -08:00
slab.c mm/slab: rerform init_on_free earlier 2020-12-15 12:13:37 -08:00
slab.h mm: memcontrol: remove unused mod_memcg_obj_state() 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
slob.c mm: memcg: convert vmstat slab counters to bytes 2020-08-07 11:33:24 -07:00
slub.c mm/slub: let number of online CPUs determine the slub page order 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparse: only sub-section aligned range would be populated 2020-08-07 11:33:27 -07:00
sparse.c mm/memory_hotplug: guard more declarations by CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: memcontrol: make swap tracking an integral part of memory control 2020-06-03 20:09:48 -07:00
swap_slots.c mm/swap_slots.c: remove always zero and unused return value of enable_swap_slots_cache() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
swap_state.c mm/swap_state: skip meaningless swap cache readahead when ra_info.win == 0 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
swap.c mm: remove pagevec_lookup_range_nr_tag() 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
swapfile.c mm/swapfile.c: use memset to fill the swap_map with SWAP_HAS_CACHE 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
truncate.c mm/truncate: add parameter explanation for invalidate_mapping_pagevec 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
usercopy.c mm/usercopy.c: delete duplicated word 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm/vmscan: protect the workingset on anonymous LRU 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
util.c mm/util.c: update the kerneldoc for kstrdup_const() 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
vmacache.c kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract 2020-06-10 19:14:18 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm: remove the filename in the top of file comment in vmalloc.c 2020-10-18 09:27:10 -07:00
vmpressure.c mm: vmpressure: use mem_cgroup_is_root API 2020-04-02 09:35:31 -07:00
vmscan.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
vmstat.c mm/vmstat.c: use helper macro abs() 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
workingset.c XArray updates for 5.9 2020-10-20 14:39:37 -07:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold.c: use xx_zalloc instead xx_alloc and memset 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
zbud.c mm/zbud: remove redundant initialization 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
zpool.c mm/zpool.c: delete duplicated word and fix grammar 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: drop ZSMALLOC_PGTABLE_MAPPING 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00