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diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 1097d80..d0e57a3 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,19 @@ struct lruvec *mem_cgroup_lru_add_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
memcg = pc->mem_cgroup;
+
+ /*
+ * Surreptitiously switch any uncharged page to root:
+ * an uncharged page off lru does nothing to secure
+ * its former mem_cgroup from sudden removal.
+ *
+ * Our caller holds lru_lock, and PageCgroupUsed is updated
+ * under page_cgroup lock: between them, they make all uses
+ * of pc->mem_cgroup safe.
+ */
+ if (!PageCgroupUsed(pc) && memcg != root_mem_cgroup)
+ pc->mem_cgroup = memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
+
mz = page_cgroup_zoneinfo(memcg, page);
/* compound_order() is stabilized through lru_lock */
MEM_CGROUP_ZSTAT(mz, lru) += 1 << compound_order(page);
@@ -3029,23 +3042,6 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_end(void)
batch->memcg = NULL;
}
-/*
- * A function for resetting pc->mem_cgroup for newly allocated pages.
- * This function should be called if the newpage will be added to LRU
- * before start accounting.
- */
-void mem_cgroup_reset_owner(struct page *newpage)
-{
- struct page_cgroup *pc;
-
- if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
- return;
-
- pc = lookup_page_cgroup(newpage);
- VM_BUG_ON(PageCgroupUsed(pc));
- pc->mem_cgroup = root_mem_cgroup;
-}
-
#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
/*
* called after __delete_from_swap_cache() and drop "page" account.
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