Re: [PATCH slab/for-next 05/14] net: skbuff: specify SLAB_MAY_ACCOUNT for skbuff_head_cache

From: Harry Yoo

Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 09:47:06 EST


Hi Jakub,

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 12:19:41PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:46:46 +0100 Harry Yoo (Meta) wrote:
> > AF_UNIX sets sk->sk_allocation to GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, so skbs can be
> > allocated from skbuff_head_cache with __GFP_ACCOUNT. Specify
> > SLAB_MAY_ACCOUNT when the object may be charged to a memcg.
> > __GFP_ACCOUNT without SLAB_MAY_ACCOUNT will not be allowed.
>
> Could you please skip this for the first batch and resend
> later to net-next?

Apologies. Wasn't keen to the net-next development process.

I can resubmit later, but hmm, actually, do you mind if we let it go
through slab/for-next with Acked-by: from networking folks?

It's only few lines of change and it'll create a lot of dependency for
pull requests if each patch goes through each subsystem's tree...

Thanks!

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Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon