[PATCH 1/3] mm, memcg: introduce struct mem_cgroup_v1

From: Tao Cui

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 09:11:01 EST


From: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

The legacy cgroup v1 memory controller keeps its state as individual
members guarded by CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 inside struct mem_cgroup. While the
v1 implementation already lives in mm/memcontrol-v1.c and its interface
is behind CONFIG_MEMCG_V1, its data is still intermixed with the shared
layout of struct mem_cgroup.

Group the v1-only members into a dedicated struct mem_cgroup_v1 and
embed it via a union whose anonymous side reproduces the historical
layout. All existing memcg->X accesses keep compiling and the binary
layout is unchanged. The anonymous side is dropped by the next patch
once the access sites are converted.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 46bf724cae7a..beb68f39c321 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -193,6 +193,43 @@ struct obj_cgroup {
* statistics based on the statistics developed by Rik Van Riel for clock-pro,
* to help the administrator determine what knobs to tune.
*/
+/*
+ * Legacy cgroup v1 memory controller state, used only by the v1
+ * interface (mm/memcontrol-v1.c).
+ */
+struct mem_cgroup_v1 {
+ struct page_counter kmem;
+ struct page_counter tcpmem;
+
+ struct memcg1_events_percpu __percpu *events_percpu;
+
+ /* protected by memcg_oom_lock */
+ bool oom_lock;
+ int under_oom;
+
+ int oom_kill_disable;
+
+ struct mutex thresholds_lock;
+
+ /* RCU-protected */
+ struct mem_cgroup_thresholds thresholds;
+
+ /* RCU-protected */
+ struct mem_cgroup_thresholds memsw_thresholds;
+
+ /* For oom notifier event fd */
+ struct list_head oom_notify;
+
+ bool tcpmem_active;
+ int tcpmem_pressure;
+
+ /* List of events which userspace want to receive */
+ struct list_head event_list;
+ spinlock_t event_list_lock;
+
+ int swappiness;
+};
+
struct mem_cgroup {
struct cgroup_subsys_state css;

@@ -271,42 +308,50 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
__cacheline_group_end_aligned(memcg_cold);

#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
- /* v1 only. Not grouped: v1 is legacy, sorting it is not worth it. */
+ /*
+ * Transitional: the anonymous struct reproduces the historical layout
+ * so existing memcg->X accesses keep compiling; it is removed once the
+ * access sites are converted to memcg->v1.X.
+ */
+ union {
+ struct mem_cgroup_v1 v1;
+ struct {
+ /* Legacy consumer-oriented counters */
+ struct page_counter kmem; /* v1 only */
+ struct page_counter tcpmem; /* v1 only */

- /* Legacy consumer-oriented counters */
- struct page_counter kmem; /* v1 only */
- struct page_counter tcpmem; /* v1 only */
+ struct memcg1_events_percpu __percpu *events_percpu;

- struct memcg1_events_percpu __percpu *events_percpu;
+ /* protected by memcg_oom_lock */
+ bool oom_lock;
+ int under_oom;

- /* protected by memcg_oom_lock */
- bool oom_lock;
- int under_oom;
+ /* OOM-Killer disable */
+ int oom_kill_disable;

- /* OOM-Killer disable */
- int oom_kill_disable;
+ /* protect arrays of thresholds */
+ struct mutex thresholds_lock;

- /* protect arrays of thresholds */
- struct mutex thresholds_lock;
+ /* thresholds for memory usage. RCU-protected */
+ struct mem_cgroup_thresholds thresholds;

- /* thresholds for memory usage. RCU-protected */
- struct mem_cgroup_thresholds thresholds;
-
- /* thresholds for mem+swap usage. RCU-protected */
- struct mem_cgroup_thresholds memsw_thresholds;
+ /* thresholds for mem+swap usage. RCU-protected */
+ struct mem_cgroup_thresholds memsw_thresholds;

- /* For oom notifier event fd */
- struct list_head oom_notify;
+ /* For oom notifier event fd */
+ struct list_head oom_notify;

- /* Legacy tcp memory accounting */
- bool tcpmem_active;
- int tcpmem_pressure;
+ /* Legacy tcp memory accounting */
+ bool tcpmem_active;
+ int tcpmem_pressure;

- /* List of events which userspace want to receive */
- struct list_head event_list;
- spinlock_t event_list_lock;
+ /* List of events which userspace want to receive */
+ struct list_head event_list;
+ spinlock_t event_list_lock;

- int swappiness;
+ int swappiness;
+ };
+ };
#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 */

/*
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