[restoring the CC list, I supect you didn't want this to be a private discussion] On Tue 28-11-23 09:10:18, Gregory Price wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 03:07:10PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > On Wed 22-11-23 16:11:51, Gregory Price wrote: > > [...] > > > @@ -982,11 +991,11 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask, > > > } > > > > > > out: > > > - mpol_cond_put(pol); > > > + mpol_put(pol); > > > if (vma) > > > mmap_read_unlock(mm); > > > if (pol_refcount) > > > - mpol_put(pol_refcount); > > > + mpol_cond_put(pol_refcount); > > > > Maybe I am just misreading the patch but pol_refcount should be always > > NULL with this patch > > > > earlier: > > + pol = pol_refcount = __get_vma_policy(vma, addr, &ilx); > > i can split this into two lines if preferred. > > If addr is not set, then yes pol_refcount is always null. My bad, missed that. Making that two lines would be easier to read but nothing I would insist on of course. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs