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Add reclaim to the dmem cgroup controller

From:  Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom-AT-linux.intel.com>
To:  intel-xe-AT-lists.freedesktop.org
Subject:  [PATCH 0/5] Add reclaim to the dmem cgroup controller
Date:  Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:15:55 +0100
Message-ID:  <20260327081600.4885-1-thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
Cc:  Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom-AT-linux.intel.com>, Natalie Vock <natalie.vock-AT-gmx.de>, Johannes Weiner <hannes-AT-cmpxchg.org>, Tejun Heo <tj-AT-kernel.org>, Michal Koutný <mkoutny-AT-suse.com>, cgroups-AT-vger.kernel.org, Huang Rui <ray.huang-AT-amd.com>, Matthew Brost <matthew.brost-AT-intel.com>, Matthew Auld <matthew.auld-AT-intel.com>, Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst-AT-linux.intel.com>, Maxime Ripard <mripard-AT-kernel.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann-AT-suse.de>, Simona Vetter <simona-AT-ffwll.ch>, David Airlie <airlied-AT-gmail.com>, Christian König <christian.koenig-AT-amd.com>, Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher-AT-amd.com>, Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi-AT-intel.com>, dri-devel-AT-lists.freedesktop.org, amd-gfx-AT-lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org
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When writing a "max" limit lower than the current usage, the
existing code silently failed. This series aims to improve
on that by returning -EBUSY on failure and also attempt
to synchronously reclaim device memory to push the usage
under the new max limit to avoid the error.

Patch 1 implements error propagation.
Patch 2 implements and documents a reclaim callback interface
      for the dmem controller.
Patch 3 implements a TTM reclaim callback.
Patch 4-5 hooks up the reclaim callback to the dmem cgroups-
      aware drivers xe and amdgpu.

Thomas Hellström (5):
  cgroup/dmem: Return error when setting max below current usage
  cgroup/dmem: Add reclaim callback for lowering max below current usage
  drm/ttm: Hook up a cgroup-aware reclaim callback for the dmem
    controller
  drm/xe: Wire up dmem cgroup reclaim for VRAM manager
  drm/amdgpu: Wire up dmem cgroup reclaim for VRAM manager

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c      |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vram_mgr.c |  10 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c                 |  95 ++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c            |   3 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_resource.c           |  36 +++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ttm_vram_mgr.c         |  19 ++--
 include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.h                     |  10 ++
 include/drm/ttm/ttm_resource.h               |   4 +
 include/linux/cgroup_dmem.h                  |  11 ++
 kernel/cgroup/dmem.c                         | 102 ++++++++++++++++---
 10 files changed, 265 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

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2.53.0




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