[RFC PATCH v1 4/7] Revert "memcg/hugetlb: remove memcg hugetlb try-commit-cancel protocol"

From: Ackerley Tng

Date: Wed Feb 11 2026 - 19:38:55 EST


This reverts commit 1d8f136a421f26747e58c01281cba5bffae8d289.

Restore try-commit-cancel protocol for memory charging for HugeTLB, to be
used in later patches.

Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 22 +++++++++++++
mm/memcontrol.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index f29d4969c0c36..59eab4caa01fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *target,
page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
}

+void mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
+
int __mem_cgroup_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp);

/**
@@ -663,6 +665,9 @@ static inline int mem_cgroup_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mm_struct *mm,
return __mem_cgroup_charge(folio, mm, gfp);
}

+int mem_cgroup_hugetlb_try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp,
+ long nr_pages);
+
int mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb(struct folio* folio, gfp_t gfp);

int mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_folio(struct folio *folio, struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -691,6 +696,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
__mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(folios);
}

+void mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages);
void mem_cgroup_replace_folio(struct folio *old, struct folio *new);
void mem_cgroup_migrate(struct folio *old, struct folio *new);

@@ -1135,12 +1141,23 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *target,
return false;
}

+static inline void mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct folio *folio,
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+}
+
static inline int mem_cgroup_charge(struct folio *folio,
struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp)
{
return 0;
}

+static inline int mem_cgroup_hugetlb_try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ gfp_t gfp, long nr_pages)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
static inline int mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb(struct folio* folio, gfp_t gfp)
{
return 0;
@@ -1160,6 +1177,11 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
{
}

+static inline void mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ unsigned int nr_pages)
+{
+}
+
static inline void mem_cgroup_replace_folio(struct folio *old,
struct folio *new)
{
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 36ab9897b61b2..70d762ba465b1 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2561,6 +2561,21 @@ static inline int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
return try_charge_memcg(memcg, gfp_mask, nr_pages);
}

+/**
+ * mem_cgroup_cancel_charge() - cancel an uncommitted try_charge() call.
+ * @memcg: memcg previously charged.
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages previously charged.
+ */
+void mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
+{
+ if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
+ return;
+
+ page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memory, nr_pages);
+ if (do_memsw_account())
+ page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, nr_pages);
+}
+
static void commit_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_memcg_charged(folio), folio);
@@ -2574,6 +2589,18 @@ static void commit_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
folio->memcg_data = (unsigned long)memcg;
}

+/**
+ * mem_cgroup_commit_charge - commit a previously successful try_charge().
+ * @folio: folio to commit the charge to.
+ * @memcg: memcg previously charged.
+ */
+void mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+ css_get(&memcg->css);
+ commit_charge(folio, memcg);
+ memcg1_commit_charge(folio, memcg);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_NMI_SAFETY_REQUIRES_ATOMIC
static inline void account_slab_nmi_safe(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
struct pglist_data *pgdat,
@@ -4777,9 +4804,7 @@ static int charge_memcg(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
if (ret)
goto out;

- css_get(&memcg->css);
- commit_charge(folio, memcg);
- memcg1_commit_charge(folio, memcg);
+ mem_cgroup_commit_charge(folio, memcg);
out:
return ret;
}
@@ -4796,6 +4821,40 @@ int __mem_cgroup_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp)
return ret;
}

+/**
+ * mem_cgroup_hugetlb_try_charge - try to charge the memcg for a hugetlb folio
+ * @memcg: memcg to charge.
+ * @gfp: reclaim mode.
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge.
+ *
+ * This function is called when allocating a huge page folio to determine if
+ * the memcg has the capacity for it. It does not commit the charge yet,
+ * as the hugetlb folio itself has not been obtained from the hugetlb pool.
+ *
+ * Once we have obtained the hugetlb folio, we can call
+ * mem_cgroup_commit_charge() to commit the charge. If we fail to obtain the
+ * folio, we should instead call mem_cgroup_cancel_charge() to undo the effect
+ * of try_charge().
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success. Otherwise, an error code is returned.
+ */
+int mem_cgroup_hugetlb_try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp,
+ long nr_pages)
+{
+ /*
+ * If hugetlb memcg charging is not enabled, do not fail hugetlb allocation,
+ * but do not attempt to commit charge later (or cancel on error) either.
+ */
+ if (mem_cgroup_disabled() || !memcg ||
+ !cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys) || !memcg_accounts_hugetlb())
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (try_charge(memcg, gfp, nr_pages))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb - charge the memcg for a hugetlb folio
* @folio: folio being charged
--
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