[PATCH RFC 05/12] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext.objcg access

From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 06:12:05 EST


In preparation for changes to the structure, abstract access to the
objcg field with a slab_obj_ext_objcgp() function.
Rename the field to _objcg to make an unexpected direct access a compile
error.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/kfence/core.c | 2 +-
mm/memcontrol.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
mm/slab.h | 9 ++++++++-
mm/slub.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
index 6577bd76954e..717e8baf7e5d 100644
--- a/mm/kfence/core.c
+++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ void __kfence_free(void *addr)
struct kfence_metadata *meta = addr_to_metadata((unsigned long)addr);

#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
- KFENCE_WARN_ON(meta->obj_exts.objcg);
+ KFENCE_WARN_ON(*slab_obj_ext_objcgp(&meta->obj_exts));
#endif
/*
* If the objects of the cache are SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, defer freeing
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4e427286a88a..6303a2b1a9d0 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2865,6 +2865,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_obj_slab(struct slab *slab, void *p)
*/
unsigned long obj_exts;
struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext;
+ struct obj_cgroup *objcg;

obj_exts = slab_obj_exts(slab);
if (!obj_exts)
@@ -2872,9 +2873,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_obj_slab(struct slab *slab, void *p)

get_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
obj_ext = slab_obj_ext(slab->slab_cache, slab, obj_exts, p);
- if (obj_ext->objcg) {
- struct obj_cgroup *objcg = obj_ext->objcg;
-
+ objcg = *slab_obj_ext_objcgp(obj_ext);
+ if (objcg) {
put_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
return obj_cgroup_memcg(objcg);
}
@@ -3577,6 +3577,7 @@ bool __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
unsigned long obj_exts;
struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext;
struct obj_stock_pcp *stock;
+ struct obj_cgroup **objcgp;

slab = virt_to_slab(p[i]);

@@ -3612,10 +3613,15 @@ bool __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
unlock_stock(stock);

obj_exts = slab_obj_exts(slab);
+
get_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
+
obj_ext = slab_obj_ext(s, slab, obj_exts, p[i]);
+ objcgp = slab_obj_ext_objcgp(obj_ext);
+
obj_cgroup_get(objcg);
- obj_ext->objcg = objcg;
+ *objcgp = objcg;
+
put_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
}

@@ -3628,16 +3634,17 @@ void __memcg_slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
size_t obj_size = obj_full_size(s);

for (int i = 0; i < objects; i++) {
- struct obj_cgroup *objcg;
+ struct obj_cgroup **objcgp, *objcg;
struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext;
struct obj_stock_pcp *stock;

obj_ext = slab_obj_ext(s, slab, obj_exts, p[i]);
- objcg = obj_ext->objcg;
- if (!objcg)
+ objcgp = slab_obj_ext_objcgp(obj_ext);
+ if (!*objcgp)
continue;

- obj_ext->objcg = NULL;
+ objcg = *objcgp;
+ *objcgp = NULL;

stock = trylock_stock();
__refill_obj_stock(objcg, stock, obj_size, true);
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 36d067d6e7c0..789bd292075f 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static inline bool need_kmalloc_no_objext(void)
*/
struct slabobj_ext {
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
- struct obj_cgroup *objcg;
+ struct obj_cgroup *_objcg;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING
union codetag_ref ref;
@@ -661,6 +661,13 @@ slab_obj_ext(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, unsigned long obj_exts,
return kasan_reset_tag(obj_ext);
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+static inline struct obj_cgroup **slab_obj_ext_objcgp(struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext)
+{
+ return &obj_ext->_objcg;
+}
+#endif
+
int alloc_slab_obj_exts(struct slab *slab, struct kmem_cache *s,
gfp_t gfp, unsigned int alloc_flags);

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 5e3f53bcd0d3..48e10198a3ce 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ bool memcg_slab_post_charge(void *p, gfp_t flags)
if (obj_exts) {
get_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
obj_ext = slab_obj_ext(s, slab, obj_exts, p);
- if (unlikely(obj_ext->objcg)) {
+ if (unlikely(*slab_obj_ext_objcgp(obj_ext))) {
put_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
return true;
}

--
2.55.0