Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm: memcontrol: use __account_obj_stock() in the !locked path

From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 04:40:00 EST


On 3/2/26 20:50, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Make __account_obj_stock() usable for the case where the local trylock
> failed. Then switch refill_obj_stock() over to it.
>
> This consolidates the mod_objcg_mlstate() call into one place and will
> make the next patch easier to follow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 32c09b4d520f..4f12b75743d4 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -3227,6 +3227,9 @@ static void __account_obj_stock(struct obj_cgroup *objcg,
> {
> int *bytes;
>
> + if (!stock)
> + goto direct;
> +
> /*
> * Save vmstat data in stock and skip vmstat array update unless
> * accumulating over a page of vmstat data or when pgdat changes.
> @@ -3266,6 +3269,7 @@ static void __account_obj_stock(struct obj_cgroup *objcg,
> nr = 0;
> }
> }
> +direct:
> if (nr)
> mod_objcg_mlstate(objcg, pgdat, idx, nr);
> }
> @@ -3382,7 +3386,7 @@ static void refill_obj_stock(struct obj_cgroup *objcg, unsigned int nr_bytes,
> stock = trylock_stock();
> if (!stock) {
> if (pgdat)
> - mod_objcg_mlstate(objcg, pgdat, idx, nr_acct);
> + __account_obj_stock(objcg, NULL, nr_acct, pgdat, idx);
> nr_pages = nr_bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> nr_bytes = nr_bytes & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> atomic_add(nr_bytes, &objcg->nr_charged_bytes);