Exceeding cache above cache.limit_in_bytes schedules high_work_func()
which tries to reclaim 32 pages. If cache generated fast enough or it allows
cgroup to steadily grow above cache.limit_in_bytes because we don't reclaim
enough. Try to reclaim exceeded amount of cache instead.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabi...@virtuozzo.com>
---
 mm/memcontrol.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 3cf200f506c3..e5adb0e81cbb 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3080,12 +3080,16 @@ static void reclaim_high(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 {
 
        do {
+               unsigned long cache_overused;
+
                if (page_counter_read(&memcg->memory) > memcg->high)
                        try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages, gfp_mask, 
0);
 
-               if (page_counter_read(&memcg->cache) > memcg->cache.limit)
-                       try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages, gfp_mask,
-                                               MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP);
+               cache_overused = page_counter_read(&memcg->cache) -
+                       memcg->cache.limit;
+               if (cache_overused)
+                       try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, cache_overused,
+                                       gfp_mask, MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP);
 
        } while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)));
 }
-- 
2.26.2

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