cgroup_create() creates cgrp and assigns the kernfs_node to cgrp->kn, then cgroup_mkdir() populates base and csses cft file by calling css_populate_dir() and cgroup_apply_control_enable() with a valid cgrp->kn. Check for NULL cgrp->kn, will always be false, remove it. Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh.babulal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c index f55a40db065f..5294fbfb4bf4 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static int css_populate_dir(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) struct cftype *cfts, *failed_cfts; int ret; - if ((css->flags & CSS_VISIBLE) || !cgrp->kn) + if (css->flags & CSS_VISIBLE) return 0; if (!css->ss) { base-commit: fdf0eaf11452d72945af31804e2a1048ee1b574c -- 2.34.3