While refactoring, f7b2814bb9b6 ("cgroup: factor out cgroup_{apply|finalize}_control() from cgroup_subtree_control_write()") broke error return value from the function. The return value from the last operation is always overridden to zero. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.6+ --- kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -3119,11 +3119,11 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_subtree_control_wr cgrp->subtree_control &= ~disable; ret = cgroup_apply_control(cgrp); - cgroup_finalize_control(cgrp, ret); + if (ret) + goto out_unlock; kernfs_activate(cgrp->kn); - ret = 0; out_unlock: cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn); return ret ?: nbytes; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cgroups" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html