Re: [PATCH] cgroup: avoid creating degenerate allcg_list

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Hey, Greg.

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:26:32AM -0800, Greg Thelen wrote:
> Before this patch init_cgroup_root() created a degenerate list by
> first inserting a element into allcg_list and then initializing the
> inserted list element.  The initialization reset the element's
> prev/next fields forming a degenerate list where allcg_list pointed to
> element, but element pointed to itself.  This problem was introduced
> in 2243076ad128 "cgroup: initialize cgrp->allcg_node in
> init_cgroup_housekeeping()".  CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST reported a list_add
> corruption in cgroup_mkdir() running next-20121127 (ce2931a).
> 
> This patch fixes the problem by performing element initialization
> before insertion.

You're beaten by Li Zhong by 9 hrs.  :)

 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.next/25096

-- 
tejun
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