Re: [PATCH] memcg: consolidate private id refcount get/put helpers

[Chen Ridong <chenridong@huaweicloud.com>]

On 2026/2/13 18:03, Kairui Song wrote:
> From: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
> 
> We currently have two different sets of helpers for getting or putting
> the private IDs' refcount for order 0 and large folios. This is
> redundant. Just use one and always acquire the refcount of the swapout
> folio size unless it's zero, and put the refcount using the folio size
> if the charge failed, since the folio size can't change. Then there is
> no need to update the refcount for tail pages.
> 
> Same for freeing, then only one pair of get/put helper is needed now.
> 
> The performance might be slightly better, too: both "inc unless zero"
> and "add unless zero" use the same cmpxchg implementation. For large
> folios, we saved an atomic operation. And for both order 0 and large
> folios, we saved a branch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol-v1.c |  5 +----
>  mm/memcontrol-v1.h |  4 ++--
>  mm/memcontrol.c    | 29 +++++++----------------------
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> index 0e3d972fad33..c28a060abc64 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> @@ -635,11 +635,8 @@ void memcg1_swapout(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry)
>  	 * have an ID allocated to it anymore, charge the closest online
>  	 * ancestor for the swap instead and transfer the memory+swap charge.
>  	 */
> -	swap_memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg);
>  	nr_entries = folio_nr_pages(folio);
> -	/* Get references for the tail pages, too */
> -	if (nr_entries > 1)
> -		mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(swap_memcg, nr_entries - 1);
> +	swap_memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg, nr_entries);
>  	mod_memcg_state(swap_memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, nr_entries);
>  
>  	swap_cgroup_record(folio, mem_cgroup_private_id(swap_memcg), entry);
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
> index 49933925b4ba..dbbd0e13d4ff 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.h
> @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ unsigned long memcg_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int event);
>  unsigned long memcg_page_state_output(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int item);
>  int memory_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
>  
> -void mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n);
> -struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
> +struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> +						    unsigned int n);
>  
>  /* Cgroup v1-specific declarations */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 007413a53b45..4425ef51feae 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -3564,13 +3564,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_private_id_remove(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -void __maybe_unused mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> -					   unsigned int n)
> -{
> -	refcount_add(n, &memcg->id.ref);
> -}
> -
> -static void mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
> +static inline void mem_cgroup_private_id_put(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
>  {
>  	if (refcount_sub_and_test(n, &memcg->id.ref)) {
>  		mem_cgroup_private_id_remove(memcg);
> @@ -3580,14 +3574,9 @@ static void mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned in
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static inline void mem_cgroup_private_id_put(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int n)
>  {
> -	mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(memcg, 1);
> -}
> -
> -struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> -{
> -	while (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&memcg->id.ref)) {
> +	while (!refcount_add_not_zero(n, &memcg->id.ref)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * The root cgroup cannot be destroyed, so it's refcount must
>  		 * always be >= 1.
> @@ -3888,7 +3877,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_css_offline(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
>  
>  	drain_all_stock(memcg);
>  
> -	mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg);
> +	mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg, 1);
>  }
>  
>  static void mem_cgroup_css_released(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
> @@ -5170,19 +5159,15 @@ int __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry)
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg);
> +	memcg = mem_cgroup_private_id_get_online(memcg, nr_pages);
>  
>  	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) &&
>  	    !page_counter_try_charge(&memcg->swap, nr_pages, &counter)) {
>  		memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP_MAX);
>  		memcg_memory_event(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP_FAIL);
> -		mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg);
> +		mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg, nr_pages);
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
> -
> -	/* Get references for the tail pages, too */
> -	if (nr_pages > 1)
> -		mem_cgroup_private_id_get_many(memcg, nr_pages - 1);
>  	mod_memcg_state(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, nr_pages);
>  
>  	swap_cgroup_record(folio, mem_cgroup_private_id(memcg), entry);
> @@ -5211,7 +5196,7 @@ void __mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr_pages)
>  				page_counter_uncharge(&memcg->swap, nr_pages);
>  		}
>  		mod_memcg_state(memcg, MEMCG_SWAP, -nr_pages);
> -		mem_cgroup_private_id_put_many(memcg, nr_pages);
> +		mem_cgroup_private_id_put(memcg, nr_pages);
>  	}
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
>  }
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 9fff1ab283e0982c2b8e73f1d2246fd38caf40c8
> change-id: 20260213-memcg-privid-6ba2773b5ca2
> 
> Best regards,

Reviewed-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huaweicloud.com>

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Best regards,
Ridong