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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/slab.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/slab.h | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index eb2bf4629157..3be2a5ed4936 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -547,6 +547,35 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru, gfp_t gfpflags) __assume_slab_alignment __malloc; #define kmem_cache_alloc_lru(...) alloc_hooks(kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof(__VA_ARGS__)) +/** + * kmem_cache_charge - memcg charge an already allocated slab memory + * @objp: address of the slab object to memcg charge + * @gfpflags: describe the allocation context + * + * kmem_cache_charge allows charging a slab object to the current memcg, + * primarily in cases where charging at allocation time might not be possible + * because the target memcg is not known (i.e. softirq context) + * + * The objp should be pointer returned by the slab allocator functions like + * kmalloc (with __GFP_ACCOUNT in flags) or kmem_cache_alloc. The memcg charge + * behavior can be controlled through gfpflags parameter, which affects how the + * necessary internal metadata can be allocated. Including __GFP_NOFAIL denotes + * that overcharging is requested instead of failure, but is not applied for the + * internal metadata allocation. + * + * There are several cases where it will return true even if the charging was + * not done: + * More specifically: + * + * 1. For !CONFIG_MEMCG or cgroup_disable=memory systems. + * 2. Already charged slab objects. + * 3. For slab objects from KMALLOC_NORMAL caches - allocated by kmalloc() + * without __GFP_ACCOUNT + * 4. Allocating internal metadata has failed + * + * Return: true if charge was successful otherwise false. + */ +bool kmem_cache_charge(void *objp, gfp_t gfpflags); void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *objp); kmem_buckets *kmem_buckets_create(const char *name, slab_flags_t flags, |