Re: [PATCH] memcg: cache obj_stock by memcg, not by objcg pointer

[Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>]

On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 11:42:39AM -0700, Shakeel Butt wrote:
[...]
> > Will sharing the reserve between per-node sibling objcgs without updating
> > stock->cached_objcg break the page multiple invariant in
> > obj_cgroup_release()?
> > 
> > If an allocation for objcg_B consumes bytes originally funded by objcg_A,
> > and the stock is later drained, those borrowed bytes are flushed into
> > objcg_A->nr_charged_bytes.
> > 
> > When obj_cgroup_release() is invoked, nr_charged_bytes will not be an
> > exact multiple of PAGE_SIZE. Will this trigger
> > WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_bytes & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) and truncate the remainder,
> > permanently leaking the page charge from the memcg?
> 
> This is actually a very good point and need more thought.
> 

I think we can handle this simply by taking over objcg->nr_charged_bytes into
the stock.