this patch fix two errors, firstly avoid kfree blk_root, secondly not free(blkcg) ,if blkcg alloc fail(blkcg == NULL), just unlock that mutex; Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <zhangweiping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-cgroup.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c index 0480892..d3f56ba 100644 --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c @@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css) blkcg = kzalloc(sizeof(*blkcg), GFP_KERNEL); if (!blkcg) { ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - goto free_blkcg; + goto unlock; } } @@ -1111,8 +1111,10 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css) for (i--; i >= 0; i--) if (blkcg->cpd[i]) blkcg_policy[i]->cpd_free_fn(blkcg->cpd[i]); -free_blkcg: - kfree(blkcg); + + if (blkcg != &blkcg_root) + kfree(blkcg); +unlock: mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex); return ret; } -- 2.9.4