Re: [PATCH 01/17] cgroup: remove incorrect dget/dput() pair in cgroup_create_dir()

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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 04:08:04PM +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
> > index 0f8fa6a..d0803f0 100644
> > --- a/kernel/cgroup.c
> > +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
> > @@ -2684,9 +2684,7 @@ static int cgroup_create_dir(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct dentry *dentry,
> >  		dentry->d_fsdata = cgrp;
> >  		inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
> >  		rcu_assign_pointer(cgrp->dentry, dentry);
> > -		dget(dentry);
> >  	}
> > -	dput(dentry);
> >  
> 
> The code has been there since cgroup was merged into mainline!

I know.  Sometimes it's scary how many latent bugs we have in the
kernel and how long many of them have been around.  At other times,
it's comforting.  I mean, there's a pretty good chance that other
people don't notice my screw ups, right?  :P

-- 
tejun
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