linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: rename mem_cgroup_from_slab

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Message-ID: <84c222c0-daf4-4135-9f99-6edf6601c92e@suse.cz>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:36:03 +0100
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
 Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
 Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>, Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: rename mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj()

On 12/10/25 16:43, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> In addition to slab objects, this function is used for resolving
> non-slab kernel pointers. This has caused confusion in recent
> refactoring work. Rename it to mem_cgroup_from_virt(), sticking with
> terminology established by the virt_to_<foo>() converters.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20251113161424.GB3465062@cmpxchg.org/
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>