From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
To: Hongfu Li <hongfu.li@linux.dev>
Cc: hannes@cmpxchg.org, roman.gushchin@linux.dev,
shakeel.butt@linux.dev, muchun.song@linux.dev,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/memcontrol: remove unused memcg parameter in calculate_high_delay()
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:12:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ao2Gyjq7VvqCGnZD@tiehlicka> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825120153.1405-1-hongfu.li@linux.dev>
On Tue 25-08-26 20:01:53, Hongfu Li wrote:
> From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
>
> The memcg argument of calculate_high_delay() is never referenced in
> its function body. The delay calculation only depends on nr_pages
> and max_overage, and both callers have already obtained max_overage
> from the same memcg.
>
> Drop this unused parameter and update the two call sites inside
> __mem_cgroup_handle_over_high().
>
> Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Thanks!
> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 7 +++----
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 11b85f4b6828..8bdb6988e7f0 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -2515,8 +2515,7 @@ static u64 swap_find_max_overage(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> * Get the number of jiffies that we should penalise a mischievous cgroup which
> * is exceeding its memory.high by checking both it and its ancestors.
> */
> -static unsigned long calculate_high_delay(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> - unsigned int nr_pages,
> +static unsigned long calculate_high_delay(unsigned int nr_pages,
> u64 max_overage)
> {
> unsigned long penalty_jiffies;
> @@ -2594,10 +2593,10 @@ void __mem_cgroup_handle_over_high(gfp_t gfp_mask)
> * memory.high is breached and reclaim is unable to keep up. Throttle
> * allocators proactively to slow down excessive growth.
> */
> - penalty_jiffies = calculate_high_delay(memcg, nr_pages,
> + penalty_jiffies = calculate_high_delay(nr_pages,
> mem_find_max_overage(memcg));
>
> - penalty_jiffies += calculate_high_delay(memcg, nr_pages,
> + penalty_jiffies += calculate_high_delay(nr_pages,
> swap_find_max_overage(memcg));
>
> /*
> --
> 2.54.0
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-25 12:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-25 12:01 [PATCH] mm/memcontrol: remove unused memcg parameter in calculate_high_delay() Hongfu Li
2026-08-25 12:12 ` Michal Hocko [this message]
2026-08-25 16:14 ` Gregory Price
2026-08-26 0:26 ` SJ Park
2026-08-26 18:35 ` Shakeel Butt
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