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-rw-r--r--include/linux/gfp.h9
-rw-r--r--include/linux/memcontrol.h2
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c3
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 075b014448f5..1dd59abe541d 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define ___GFP_HARDWALL		0x20000u
 #define ___GFP_THISNODE		0x40000u
 #define ___GFP_ATOMIC		0x80000u
+#define ___GFP_ACCOUNT		0x100000u
 #define ___GFP_NOTRACK		0x200000u
 #define ___GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM	0x400000u
 #define ___GFP_OTHER_NODE	0x800000u
@@ -72,11 +73,15 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  *
  * __GFP_THISNODE forces the allocation to be satisified from the requested
  *   node with no fallbacks or placement policy enforcements.
+ *
+ * __GFP_ACCOUNT causes the allocation to be accounted to kmemcg (only relevant
+ *   to kmem allocations).
  */
 #define __GFP_RECLAIMABLE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_RECLAIMABLE)
 #define __GFP_WRITE	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE)
 #define __GFP_HARDWALL   ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_HARDWALL)
 #define __GFP_THISNODE	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_THISNODE)
+#define __GFP_ACCOUNT	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ACCOUNT)
 
 /*
  * Watermark modifiers -- controls access to emergency reserves
@@ -195,6 +200,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  * GFP_KERNEL is typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires
  *   ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone for direct access but can direct reclaim.
  *
+ * GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT is the same as GFP_KERNEL, except the allocation is
+ *   accounted to kmemcg.
+ *
  * GFP_NOWAIT is for kernel allocations that should not stall for direct
  *   reclaim, start physical IO or use any filesystem callback.
  *
@@ -234,6 +242,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  */
 #define GFP_ATOMIC	(__GFP_HIGH|__GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
 #define GFP_KERNEL	(__GFP_RECLAIM | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS)
+#define GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ACCOUNT)
 #define GFP_NOWAIT	(__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
 #define GFP_NOIO	(__GFP_RECLAIM)
 #define GFP_NOFS	(__GFP_RECLAIM | __GFP_IO)
diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 2103f36b3bd3..c9d9a8e7b45f 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -773,6 +773,8 @@ static inline bool __memcg_kmem_bypass(gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	if (!memcg_kmem_enabled())
 		return true;
+	if (!(gfp & __GFP_ACCOUNT))
+		return true;
 	if (in_interrupt() || (!current->mm) || (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
 		return true;
 	return false;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 9d666df5ef95..ca58bfcdadac 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3402,7 +3402,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__free_page_frag);
 
 /*
  * alloc_kmem_pages charges newly allocated pages to the kmem resource counter
- * of the current memory cgroup.
+ * of the current memory cgroup if __GFP_ACCOUNT is set, other than that it is
+ * equivalent to alloc_pages.
  *
  * It should be used when the caller would like to use kmalloc, but since the
  * allocation is large, it has to fall back to the page allocator.