The patch titled Subject: mm: swap: use mem_cgroup_is_root() instead of deferencing css->parent has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-swap-use-mem_cgroup_is_root-instead-of-deferencing-css-parent.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-swap-use-mem_cgroup_is_root-instead-of-deferencing-css-parent.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-swap-use-mem_cgroup_is_root-instead-of-deferencing-css-parent.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: swap: use mem_cgroup_is_root() instead of deferencing css->parent mem_cgroup_is_root() is the preferred API to check if memcg is root or not. Use it instead of deferencing css->parent. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1547232913-118148-1-git-send-email-yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/swap.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/include/linux/swap.h~mm-swap-use-mem_cgroup_is_root-instead-of-deferencing-css-parent +++ a/include/linux/swap.h @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static inline int mem_cgroup_swappiness( return vm_swappiness; /* root ? */ - if (mem_cgroup_disabled() || !memcg->css.parent) + if (mem_cgroup_disabled() || mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) return vm_swappiness; return memcg->swappiness; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-swap-check-if-swap-backing-device-is-congested-or-not.patch mm-swap-add-comment-for-swap_vma_readahead.patch mm-swap-use-mem_cgroup_is_root-instead-of-deferencing-css-parent.patch