[PATCH 05/11] mm: memcontrol: constify the mem_cgroup accessors

From: Tal Zussman

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 15:36:57 EST


mem_cgroup_id(), parent_mem_cgroup(), mem_cgroup_is_root(),
mem_cgroup_is_descendant(), memcg_kmem_id(), and the other memcg
accessors only read from the memcg. Constify them, along with
mem_cgroup_shrink_is_root()'s shrink_control.

mem_cgroup_print_oom_context()'s task stays non-const, as
task_cgroup() takes a non-const task.

Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
mm/memcontrol.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 4b7cc97e45b2..bda969b3e1d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static inline bool PageMemcgKmem(const struct page *page)
return folio_memcg_kmem(page_folio(page));
}

-static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return (memcg == root_mem_cgroup);
}
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
* and do not honour sc->memcg can use this to early-return 0 in per-memcg
* contexts.
*/
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_shrink_is_root(struct shrink_control *sc)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_shrink_is_root(const struct shrink_control *sc)
{
return !sc->memcg || mem_cgroup_is_root(sc->memcg);
}
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_iter_break(struct mem_cgroup *, struct mem_cgroup *);
void mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
int (*)(struct task_struct *, void *), void *arg);

-static inline unsigned short mem_cgroup_private_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline unsigned short mem_cgroup_private_id(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
return 0;
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static inline unsigned short mem_cgroup_private_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
}
struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_private_id(unsigned short id);

-static inline u64 mem_cgroup_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline u64 mem_cgroup_id(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return memcg ? cgroup_id(memcg->css.cgroup) : 0;
}
@@ -844,13 +844,13 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *lruvec_memcg(const struct lruvec *lruvec)
*
* Returns the parent memcg, or NULL if this is the root.
*/
-static inline struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return mem_cgroup_from_css(memcg->css.parent);
}

-static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_descendant(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
- struct mem_cgroup *root)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_descendant(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ const struct mem_cgroup *root)
{
if (root == memcg)
return true;
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_descendant(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
}

static inline bool mm_match_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,
- struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+ const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
struct mem_cgroup *task_memcg;
bool match = false;
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_handle_over_high(gfp_t gfp_mask)

unsigned long mem_cgroup_get_max(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);

-void mem_cgroup_print_oom_context(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+void mem_cgroup_print_oom_context(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
struct task_struct *p);

void mem_cgroup_print_oom_meminfo(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
@@ -1080,12 +1080,12 @@ static inline bool PageMemcgKmem(const struct page *page)
return false;
}

-static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return true;
}

-static inline bool mem_cgroup_shrink_is_root(struct shrink_control *sc)
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_shrink_is_root(const struct shrink_control *sc)
{
return true;
}
@@ -1187,13 +1187,13 @@ static inline struct lruvec *folio_lruvec(const struct folio *folio)
return &pgdat->__lruvec;
}

-static inline struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return NULL;
}

static inline bool mm_match_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,
- struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+ const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return true;
}
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
{
}

-static inline unsigned short mem_cgroup_private_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline unsigned short mem_cgroup_private_id(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return 0;
}
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_private_id(unsigned short id)
return NULL;
}

-static inline u64 mem_cgroup_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline u64 mem_cgroup_id(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return 0;
}
@@ -1337,7 +1337,8 @@ static inline unsigned long mem_cgroup_get_max(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
}

static inline void
-mem_cgroup_print_oom_context(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct task_struct *p)
+mem_cgroup_print_oom_context(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ struct task_struct *p)
{
}

@@ -1773,7 +1774,7 @@ static inline void memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order)
* A helper for accessing memcg's kmem_id, used for getting
* corresponding LRU lists.
*/
-static inline int memcg_kmem_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline int memcg_kmem_id(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return memcg ? memcg->kmemcg_id : -1;
}
@@ -1845,7 +1846,7 @@ static inline bool memcg_kmem_online(void)
return false;
}

-static inline int memcg_kmem_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+static inline int memcg_kmem_id(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return -1;
}
@@ -1912,7 +1913,7 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_zswap_writeback_enabled(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
bool mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize(bool wait);

-static inline bool task_in_memcg_oom(struct task_struct *p)
+static inline bool task_in_memcg_oom(const struct task_struct *p)
{
return p->memcg_in_oom;
}
@@ -1930,7 +1931,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_exit_user_fault(void)
}

#else /* CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 */
-static inline bool task_in_memcg_oom(struct task_struct *p)
+static inline bool task_in_memcg_oom(const struct task_struct *p)
{
return false;
}
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index e2845f761e37..35f924c9f2a3 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,8 @@ static void memory_stat_format(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct seq_buf *s)
* NOTE: @memcg and @p's mem_cgroup can be different when hierarchy is
* enabled
*/
-void mem_cgroup_print_oom_context(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct task_struct *p)
+void mem_cgroup_print_oom_context(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ struct task_struct *p)
{
rcu_read_lock();


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