Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm: memcontrol: correct the parameter type of __mod_memcg{_lruvec}_state()

[Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 07:31:28PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The __mod_memcg_state() and __mod_memcg_lruvec_state() were used to
> reparent non-hierarchical stats, the values passed to them might exceed
> the upper limit of the type int, so correct the val parameter type of them

Why might they? What precipitated this change?

> to long.

Why is it a signed value?

>
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/trace/events/memcg.h | 10 +++++-----
>  mm/memcontrol.c              |  8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/memcg.h b/include/trace/events/memcg.h
> index dfe2f51019b4c..51b62c5931fc2 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/memcg.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/memcg.h
> @@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
>
>  DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(memcg_rstat_stats,
>
> -	TP_PROTO(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item, int val),
> +	TP_PROTO(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item, long val),
>
>  	TP_ARGS(memcg, item, val),
>
>  	TP_STRUCT__entry(
>  		__field(u64, id)
>  		__field(int, item)
> -		__field(int, val)
> +		__field(long, val)
>  	),
>
>  	TP_fast_assign(
> @@ -27,20 +27,20 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(memcg_rstat_stats,
>  		__entry->val = val;
>  	),
>
> -	TP_printk("memcg_id=%llu item=%d val=%d",
> +	TP_printk("memcg_id=%llu item=%d val=%ld",
>  		  __entry->id, __entry->item, __entry->val)
>  );
>
>  DEFINE_EVENT(memcg_rstat_stats, mod_memcg_state,
>
> -	TP_PROTO(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item, int val),
> +	TP_PROTO(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item, long val),
>
>  	TP_ARGS(memcg, item, val)
>  );
>
>  DEFINE_EVENT(memcg_rstat_stats, mod_memcg_lruvec_state,
>
> -	TP_PROTO(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item, int val),
> +	TP_PROTO(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item, long val),
>
>  	TP_ARGS(memcg, item, val)
>  );
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 7fb9cbc10dfbb..4a78550f6174e 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ unsigned long lruvec_page_state_local(struct lruvec *lruvec,
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
>  static void __mod_memcg_lruvec_state(struct mem_cgroup_per_node *pn,
> -				     enum node_stat_item idx, int val);
> +				     enum node_stat_item idx, long val);
>
>  void reparent_memcg_lruvec_state_local(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>  				       struct mem_cgroup *parent, int idx)
> @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int memcg_page_state_unit(int item);
>   * Normalize the value passed into memcg_rstat_updated() to be in pages. Round
>   * up non-zero sub-page updates to 1 page as zero page updates are ignored.
>   */
> -static int memcg_state_val_in_pages(int idx, int val)
> +static long memcg_state_val_in_pages(int idx, long val)
>  {
>  	int unit = memcg_page_state_unit(idx);
>
> @@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static inline void get_non_dying_memcg_end(void)
>  #endif
>
>  static void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> -			      enum memcg_stat_item idx, int val)
> +			      enum memcg_stat_item idx, long val)
>  {
>  	int i = memcg_stats_index(idx);
>  	int cpu;
> @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ void reparent_memcg_state_local(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>  #endif
>
>  static void __mod_memcg_lruvec_state(struct mem_cgroup_per_node *pn,
> -				     enum node_stat_item idx, int val)
> +				     enum node_stat_item idx, long val)
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = pn->memcg;
>  	int i = memcg_stats_index(idx);
> --
> 2.20.1
>

Cheers, Lorenzo