[PATCH] memcg: avoid refill_stock for root memcg

From: Shakeel Butt
Date: Thu Mar 13 2025 - 01:48:40 EST


We never charge the page counters of root memcg, so there is no need to
put root memcg in the memcg stock. At the moment, refill_stock() can be
called from try_charge_memcg(), obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages() and
mem_cgroup_uncharge_skmem().

The try_charge_memcg() and mem_cgroup_uncharge_skmem() are never called
with root memcg, so those are fine. However obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages()
can potentially call refill_stock() with root memcg if the objcg object
has been reparented over to the root memcg. Let's just avoid
refill_stock() from obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages() for root memcg.

Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index e08ce52caabd..393b73aec6dd 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2643,7 +2643,8 @@ static void obj_cgroup_uncharge_pages(struct obj_cgroup *objcg,

mod_memcg_state(memcg, MEMCG_KMEM, -nr_pages);
memcg1_account_kmem(memcg, -nr_pages);
- refill_stock(memcg, nr_pages);
+ if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
+ refill_stock(memcg, nr_pages);

css_put(&memcg->css);
}
--
2.47.1