The root hasn't been removed from the root_list, so the list can't be NULL. However, if it had been removed, attempting to destroy it once more is not possible. Let's replace this with WARN_ON_ONCE() for clarity. Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c index 1fb7f56..3053d42 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -1345,10 +1345,9 @@ static void cgroup_destroy_root(struct cgroup_root *root) spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock); - if (!list_empty(&root->root_list)) { - list_del(&root->root_list); - cgroup_root_count--; - } + WARN_ON_ONCE(list_empty(&root->root_list)); + list_del(&root->root_list); + cgroup_root_count--; cgroup_favor_dynmods(root, false); cgroup_exit_root_id(root); -- 1.8.3.1