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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/memcontrol.h | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched/mm.h | 4 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h index cc110cc8fdfc..8006bc3bd7bf 100644 --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h @@ -1796,6 +1796,15 @@ bool mem_cgroup_kmem_disabled(void); int __memcg_kmem_charge_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order); void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(struct page *page, int order); +/* + * The returned objcg pointer is safe to use without additional + * protection within a scope. The scope is defined either by + * the current task (similar to the "current" global variable) + * or by set_active_memcg() pair. + * Please, use obj_cgroup_get() to get a reference if the pointer + * needs to be used outside of the local scope. + */ +struct obj_cgroup *current_obj_cgroup(void); struct obj_cgroup *get_obj_cgroup_from_current(void); struct obj_cgroup *get_obj_cgroup_from_folio(struct folio *folio); diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h index 8d89c8c4fac1..9a19f1b42f64 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h @@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct mem_cgroup *, int_active_memcg); * __GFP_ACCOUNT allocations till the end of the scope will be charged to the * given memcg. * + * Please, make sure that caller has a reference to the passed memcg structure, + * so its lifetime is guaranteed to exceed the scope between two + * set_active_memcg() calls. + * * NOTE: This function can nest. Users must save the return value and * reset the previous value after their own charging scope is over. */ |