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Subject: Claude review: drm/ttm: Be more aggressive when allocating below protection limit
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:29:39 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <review-patch5-20260302-dmemcg-aggressive-protect-v5-5-ffd3a2602309@gmx.de> (raw)
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Patch Review
**Purpose:** The core behavioral change. When an allocation is covered by cgroup protection (below min/low), attempt eviction of unprotected buffers instead of backing off to GTT.
**Logic analysis:**
```c
may_evict |= dmem_cgroup_below_min(NULL, alloc_state->charge_pool);
below_low = dmem_cgroup_below_low(NULL, alloc_state->charge_pool);
alloc_state->only_evict_unprotected = !may_evict && below_low;
```
This creates three tiers:
1. **Below min** (strongest): `may_evict` is forced true → full eviction including low-protected BOs
2. **Below low but not min**: `only_evict_unprotected = true` → evict only unprotected BOs
3. **Not protected**: No change from current behavior
The `only_evict_unprotected` flag prevents the retry-with-low path:
```c
if (!lret && evict_walk.hit_low && !state->only_evict_unprotected) {
```
This is correct — when we're in "protected allocator" mode, we should not escalate to evicting low-protected BOs because those are peers that deserve their protection.
The extended comment block explaining the protection model is excellent and makes the reasoning very clear.
The condition `(may_evict || below_low)` for converting `-ENOSPC` to `-EBUSY`:
```c
if (ret == -ENOSPC && (may_evict || below_low))
ret = -EBUSY;
```
ensures eviction is attempted for any protected allocation.
Note: `dmem_cgroup_below_min/low(NULL, ...)` uses global root for protection calculation. This is correct for determining if the *allocator* is protected. Patch 6 then handles the per-evictee calculation correctly using common ancestors.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-03 3:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-02 12:37 [PATCH v5 0/6] cgroup/dmem,drm/ttm: Improve protection in contended cases Natalie Vock
2026-03-02 12:37 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] cgroup/dmem: Add queries for protection values Natalie Vock
2026-03-03 3:29 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-02 12:37 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] cgroup,cgroup/dmem: Add (dmem_)cgroup_common_ancestor helper Natalie Vock
2026-03-02 14:38 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-03 3:29 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-02 12:37 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] drm/ttm: Extract code for attempting allocation in a place Natalie Vock
2026-03-02 15:08 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2026-03-03 3:29 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-02 12:37 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] drm/ttm: Split cgroup charge and resource allocation Natalie Vock
2026-03-02 15:25 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2026-03-03 3:29 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-02 12:37 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] drm/ttm: Be more aggressive when allocating below protection limit Natalie Vock
2026-03-02 17:02 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2026-03-03 3:29 ` Claude Code Review Bot [this message]
2026-03-02 12:37 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] drm/ttm: Use common ancestor of evictor and evictee as limit pool Natalie Vock
2026-03-03 3:29 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-03 3:29 ` Claude review: cgroup/dmem,drm/ttm: Improve protection in contended cases Claude Code Review Bot
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2026-03-13 11:39 [PATCH v6 0/6] " Natalie Vock
2026-03-13 11:40 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] drm/ttm: Be more aggressive when allocating below protection limit Natalie Vock
2026-03-13 21:10 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-25 12:10 [PATCH v4 0/6] cgroup/dmem,drm/ttm: Improve protection in contended cases Natalie Vock
2026-02-25 12:10 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] drm/ttm: Be more aggressive when allocating below protection limit Natalie Vock
2026-02-27 3:36 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
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