mm/memcg: use kmem_cache when alloc memcg
When tracing mem_cgroup_alloc() with kmalloc ftrace, we observe:
kmalloc: call_site=mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0xd8/0x5b4 ptr=
000000003e4c3799
bytes_req=2312 bytes_alloc=4096 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO node=-1
accounted=false
The output indicates that while allocating mem_cgroup struct (2312 bytes),
the slab allocator actually provides 4096-byte chunks. This occurs because:
1. The slab allocator predefines bucket sizes from 64B to 8096B
2. The mem_cgroup allocation size (2312B) falls between the 2KB and 4KB
slabs
3. The allocator rounds up to the nearest larger slab (4KB), resulting in
~1KB wasted memory per allocation
This patch introduces a dedicated kmem_cache for mem_cgroup structs,
achieving precise memory allocation. Post-patch ftrace verification shows:
kmem_cache_alloc: call_site=mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0xbc/0x5d4
ptr=
00000000695c1806 bytes_req=2312 bytes_alloc=2368
gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO node=-1 accounted=false
Each memcg alloc offer 2368bytes(include hw cacheline align), compare to
4096, avoid waste.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250425031935.76411-3-link@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Huan Yang <link@vivo.com>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Francesco Valla <francesco@valla.it>
Cc: guoweikang <guoweikang.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Huang Shijie <shijie@os.amperecomputing.com>
Cc: KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Raul E Rangel <rrangel@chromium.org>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>