[PATCH 5/6] memcg: group the read-mostly fields of struct mem_cgroup

From: Shakeel Butt

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 23:08:12 EST


These fields are set when the memcg is created and only read after
that:

vmstats_percpu read on every stat update
vmstats
zswap_max, zswap_writeback
private_id read on every eviction and refault
kmemcg_id read on every list_lru lookup
oom_group

Put them in one cache line group at the end of the struct, right
before nodeinfo[]. nodeinfo[] is read-mostly too but it is a flexible
array, so it cannot sit inside a group. The group ends without padding
so the two share a line.

This also drops the ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp on vmstats_percpu
added by commit c1afbd5de131 ("mm/memcontrol: avoid false sharing
between vmstats and events"). That only aligned the start of the
field. cgwb_domain followed it on the same line and is written on
every writeout completion. A group boundary covers both sides.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
mm/memcontrol.c | 17 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 635929a1f13b..d0f3458f9250 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ struct obj_cgroup {
struct mem_cgroup {
struct cgroup_subsys_state css;

- /* Private memcg ID. Used to ID objects that outlive the cgroup */
- int private_id;
-
/* Accounted resources */
struct page_counter memory; /* Both v1 & v2 */

@@ -259,30 +256,6 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
#endif
__cacheline_group_end_aligned(memcg_cold);

-#ifdef CONFIG_ZSWAP
- unsigned long zswap_max;
-
- /*
- * Prevent pages from this memcg from being written back from zswap to
- * swap, and from being swapped out on zswap store failures.
- */
- bool zswap_writeback;
-#endif
-
- /*
- * Should the OOM killer kill all belonging tasks, had it kill one?
- */
- bool oom_group;
-
- /* memory.stat */
- struct memcg_vmstats *vmstats;
-
- int kmemcg_id;
-
- /* Keep the hot per-CPU stats pointer away from memory event counters. */
- struct memcg_vmstats_percpu __percpu *vmstats_percpu
- ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
/* v1 only. Not grouped: v1 is legacy, sorting it is not worth it. */

@@ -322,6 +295,41 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
int swappiness;
#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_V1 */

+ /*
+ * Set when the memcg is created and cleared when it is offlined.
+ * Never written on a hot path.
+ */
+ __cacheline_group_begin_aligned(memcg_read_mostly);
+ /* Read on every stat update */
+ struct memcg_vmstats_percpu __percpu *vmstats_percpu;
+
+ /* memory.stat */
+ struct memcg_vmstats *vmstats;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZSWAP
+ unsigned long zswap_max;
+#endif
+
+ /* Private memcg ID. Used to ID objects that outlive the cgroup */
+ int private_id;
+
+ int kmemcg_id;
+
+ /*
+ * Should the OOM killer kill all belonging tasks, had it kill one?
+ */
+ bool oom_group;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZSWAP
+ /*
+ * Prevent pages from this memcg from being written back from zswap to
+ * swap, and from being swapped out on zswap store failures.
+ */
+ bool zswap_writeback;
+#endif
+ /* Not padded: nodeinfo[] is read-mostly too, let it share the line. */
+ __cacheline_group_end(memcg_read_mostly);
+
struct mem_cgroup_per_node *nodeinfo[];
};

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b2cc82c936ed..4a5a30439a03 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5779,6 +5779,23 @@ static void __init memcg_struct_check(void)
CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_cold,
mm_list);
#endif
+
+ CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_read_mostly,
+ vmstats_percpu);
+ CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_read_mostly,
+ vmstats);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZSWAP
+ CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_read_mostly,
+ zswap_max);
+ CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_read_mostly,
+ zswap_writeback);
+#endif
+ CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_read_mostly,
+ private_id);
+ CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_read_mostly,
+ kmemcg_id);
+ CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct mem_cgroup, memcg_read_mostly,
+ oom_group);
}

int __init mem_cgroup_init(void)
--
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