diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 743a104..00efba1 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -177,6 +177,30 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
+ * This is the main placeholder for memcg-related information in kmem caches.
+ * struct kmem_cache will hold a pointer to it, so the memory cost while
+ * disabled is 1 pointer. The runtime cost while enabled, gets bigger than it
+ * would otherwise be if that would be bundled in kmem_cache: we'll need an
+ * extra pointer chase. But the trade off clearly lays in favor of not
+ * penalizing non-users.
+ *
+ * Both the root cache and the child caches will have it. For the root cache,
+ * this will hold a dynamically allocated array large enough to hold
+ * information about the currently limited memcgs in the system.
+ *
+ * Child caches will hold extra metadata needed for its operation. Fields are:
+ *
+ * @memcg: pointer to the memcg this cache belongs to
+ */
+struct memcg_cache_params {
+	bool is_root_cache;
+	union {
+		struct kmem_cache *memcg_caches[0];
+		struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	};
+};
+
+/*
  * Common kmalloc functions provided by all allocators
  */
 void * __must_check __krealloc(const void *, size_t, gfp_t);
diff --git a/include/linux/slab_def.h b/include/linux/slab_def.h
index 45c0356..8bb6e0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab_def.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 	 */
 	int obj_offset;
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+	struct memcg_cache_params *memcg_params;
+#endif
 
 /* 6) per-cpu/per-node data, touched during every alloc/free */
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index df448ad..961e72e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 	struct kobject kobj;	/* For sysfs */
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+	struct memcg_cache_params *memcg_params;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 1cb9c9e..49e7a8b 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -100,4 +100,17 @@
 void slabinfo_show_stats(struct seq_file *m, struct kmem_cache *s);
 ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+static inline bool is_root_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	return !s->memcg_params || s->memcg_params->is_root_cache;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool is_root_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
+#endif
 #endif