[PATCH v2 06/13] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext.objcg access

From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 10:42:44 EST


In preparation for changes to the structure, abstract getting and
setting the objcg field with slab_obj_ext_objcg() and
slab_obj_ext_set_objcg().
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 | 14 ++++++++------
mm/slab.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
mm/slub.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
index 6577bd76954e..05b5482c8150 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_objcg(&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..cb1e97b4edc1 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_objcg(obj_ext);
+ if (objcg) {
put_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
return obj_cgroup_memcg(objcg);
}
@@ -3614,8 +3614,10 @@ bool __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
obj_exts = slab_obj_exts(slab);
get_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
obj_ext = slab_obj_ext(s, slab, obj_exts, p[i]);
+
obj_cgroup_get(objcg);
- obj_ext->objcg = objcg;
+ slab_obj_ext_set_objcg(obj_ext, objcg);
+
put_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
}

@@ -3633,11 +3635,11 @@ void __memcg_slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
struct obj_stock_pcp *stock;

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

- obj_ext->objcg = NULL;
+ slab_obj_ext_set_objcg(obj_ext, NULL);

stock = trylock_stock();
__refill_obj_stock(objcg, stock, obj_size, true);
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 64cec02b5016..1d1771f97aca 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;
@@ -662,6 +662,19 @@ 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_objcg(struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext)
+{
+ return obj_ext->_objcg;
+}
+
+static inline void slab_obj_ext_set_objcg(struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext,
+ struct obj_cgroup *objcg)
+{
+ obj_ext->_objcg = 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 aa99d7eb6a4d..f2ffadde879d 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ 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_objcg(obj_ext))) {
put_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
return true;
}

--
2.55.0