statsserver: add total_active/inactive_file memory metrics by michalskrivanek · Pull Request #10368 · cri-o/cri-o

michalskrivanek · 2026-09-21T08:51:07Z

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What this PR does / why we need it:

Add the two cAdvisor file-LRU (page cache) memory gauges that containerd already exposes
under the memory metric set, but CRI-O does not:

container_memory_total_active_file_bytes
container_memory_total_inactive_file_bytes

container_memory_working_set_bytes already excludes reclaimable inactive
(cold) page cache, but hot file cache (active_file) is still included.
Cold cache is reclaimed first, but active_file is also reclaimable under
pressure, so a high working set can reflect a lot of hot page cache rather than
unreclaimable anonymous memory.

Also, follow-up to #9125 (left out from the original KEP/cri-tools checklist).

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These are cAdvisor-equivalent metrics (feat: add metrics for total_active_file and total_inactive_file memory google/cadvisor#3445), so IIUC they belong
in included_pod_metrics=memory, not memoryExtra.

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?

Added cAdvisor-compatible memory metrics `container_memory_total_active_file_bytes` and `container_memory_total_inactive_file_bytes` (gated by `included_pod_metrics=memory`).

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New Features
- Added active file memory and inactive file memory metrics to container memory monitoring.
- Metrics report current page-cache memory in bytes.
- Metrics are available across both cgroup v1 and cgroup v2 environments.
- Included the new metrics in the standard container memory metrics set, making them available alongside existing usage and working-set metrics.

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The change adds active and inactive file memory descriptors, computes their values from cgroup-specific statistics, emits two GAUGE metrics, registers them as base memory metrics, and adds unit and integration coverage.

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Active and inactive file memory metrics

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Metric descriptors and registration `internal/lib/statsserver/descriptors.go`, `internal/lib/statsserver/metrics.go`	Adds descriptors for `container_memory_total_active_file_bytes` and `container_memory_total_inactive_file_bytes`. Registers both descriptors in the base memory metric set.
File memory collection `internal/lib/statsserver/memory_metrics_linux.go`	Adds `computeFileMemory` for cgroup v1 and v2 statistic keys. Emits the computed values as GAUGE metrics.
Metric behavior tests `internal/lib/statsserver/metrics_test.go`, `test/cri-metrics.bats`	Tests key selection, generated values, cgroup statistics, descriptor inclusion, and metric values within the existing tolerance.

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  participant generateContainerMemoryMetrics
  participant node
  participant computeFileMemory
  participant MetricOutput
  generateContainerMemoryMetrics->>node: CgroupIsV2()
  generateContainerMemoryMetrics->>computeFileMemory: memStats and cgroup version
  computeFileMemory-->>generateContainerMemoryMetrics: activeFile and inactiveFile
  generateContainerMemoryMetrics->>MetricOutput: emit active and inactive file gauges

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michalskrivanek · 2026-09-21T08:54:21Z

@cragr FYI, though unrelated to THP.
@fabiand please feel free to elaborate on use case

CRI-O already subtracts inactive_file when computing working set, but unlike cAdvisor and containerd it does not expose the raw file-LRU gauges. Add container_memory_total_active_file_bytes and container_memory_total_inactive_file_bytes under included_pod_metrics=memory for cAdvisor/containerd parity. Signed-off-by: Michal Skrivanek <michal.skrivanek@redhat.com> Assisted-by: cursor-auto

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internal/lib/statsserver/memory_metrics_linux.go (1)
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Explain the cgroup-version key difference.

The comment restates what computeFileMemory returns. It does not explain why cgroup v1 requires total_ keys while cgroup v2 does not. Update the comment with that reason, or remove it.

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Expose container_memory_total_{active,inactive}_file_bytes from cgroup memory.stat as a temporary implementation until cri-o/cri-o#10368 Signed-off-by: Michal Skrivanek <michal.skrivanek@redhat.com> Assisted-by: cursor-auto

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cgroup: add total_active/inactive_file memory metrics openshift-virtualization/kubevirt-metrics-exporter#35

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