mm: memcg/slab: stop setting page->mem_cgroup pointer for slab pages
Every slab page charged to a non-root memory cgroup has a pointer to the memory cgroup and holds a reference to it, which protects a non-empty memory cgroup from being released. At the same time the page has a pointer to the corresponding kmem_cache, and also hold a reference to the kmem_cache. And kmem_cache by itself holds a reference to the cgroup. So there is clearly some redundancy, which allows to stop setting the page->mem_cgroup pointer and rely on getting memcg pointer indirectly via kmem_cache. Further it will allow to change this pointer easier, without a need to go over all charged pages. So let's stop setting page->mem_cgroup pointer for slab pages, and stop using the css refcounter directly for protecting the memory cgroup from going away. Instead rely on kmem_cache as an intermediate object. Make sure that vmstats and shrinker lists are working as previously, as well as /proc/kpagecgroup interface. Link: http://lkm...
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