Re: [PATCH 2/4] memcg: remove __mod_lruvec_kmem_state

From: Qi Zheng

Date: Tue Nov 11 2025 - 03:33:20 EST


Hi Shakeel,

On 11/11/25 7:20 AM, Shakeel Butt wrote:
The __mod_lruvec_kmem_state is already safe against irqs, so there is no
need to have a separate interface (i.e. mod_lruvec_kmem_state) which
wraps calls to it with irq disabling and reenabling. Let's rename
__mod_lruvec_kmem_state to mod_lruvec_kmem_state.

Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

One nit below:

---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 28 +++++-----------------------
mm/memcontrol.c | 2 +-
mm/workingset.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index f82fac2fd988..1384a9d305e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -957,17 +957,7 @@ unsigned long lruvec_page_state_local(struct lruvec *lruvec,
void mem_cgroup_flush_stats(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
void mem_cgroup_flush_stats_ratelimited(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
-void __mod_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx, int val);
-
-static inline void mod_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx,
- int val)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
-
- local_irq_save(flags);
- __mod_lruvec_kmem_state(p, idx, val);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
+void mod_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx, int val);
void count_memcg_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, enum vm_event_item idx,
unsigned long count);
@@ -1403,14 +1393,6 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_flush_stats_ratelimited(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
}
-static inline void __mod_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx,
- int val)
-{
- struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(p);
-
- mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), idx, val);
-}
-
static inline void mod_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx,
int val)
{
@@ -1470,14 +1452,14 @@ struct slabobj_ext {
#endif
} __aligned(8);
-static inline void __inc_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx)
+static inline void inc_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx)
{
- __mod_lruvec_kmem_state(p, idx, 1);
+ mod_lruvec_kmem_state(p, idx, 1);
}

The inc_lruvec_kmem_state() has only one user.

-static inline void __dec_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx)
+static inline void dec_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx)
{
- __mod_lruvec_kmem_state(p, idx, -1);
+ mod_lruvec_kmem_state(p, idx, -1);
}

The dec_lruvec_kmem_state() has no user.

Not sure whether inc_lruvec_kmem_state() and dec_lruvec_kmem_state()
also need to be removed.

Thanks,
Qi

static inline struct lruvec *parent_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f4b8a6414ed3..3a59d3ee92a7 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ void __lruvec_stat_mod_folio(struct folio *folio, enum node_stat_item idx,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lruvec_stat_mod_folio);
-void __mod_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx, int val)
+void mod_lruvec_kmem_state(void *p, enum node_stat_item idx, int val)
{
pg_data_t *pgdat = page_pgdat(virt_to_page(p));
struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c
index d32dc2e02a61..892f6fe94ea9 100644
--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static enum lru_status shadow_lru_isolate(struct list_head *item,
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(node->count != node->nr_values))
goto out_invalid;
xa_delete_node(node, workingset_update_node);
- __inc_lruvec_kmem_state(node, WORKINGSET_NODERECLAIM);
+ inc_lruvec_kmem_state(node, WORKINGSET_NODERECLAIM);
out_invalid:
xa_unlock_irq(&mapping->i_pages);