Perhaps Memory Resource Controller is the best term? From the memory cgroup documentation [0]:
> NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has generically been referred to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory controller used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware.
> NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has generically been referred to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory controller used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware.
[0] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.tx...