list_add() corruption messages reported from shmem_fill_super()'s recently introduced percpu_counter_init(): shmem_put_super() needs to remember to percpu_counter_destroy(). And also check error from percpu_counter_init(). Reported to fix oopses in __free_pipe_info() but I cannot work that out! Reported-and-bisected-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/shmem.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- 2.6.36-rc1/mm/shmem.c 2010-08-16 00:18:01.000000000 -0700 +++ linux/mm/shmem.c 2010-08-17 14:42:56.000000000 -0700 @@ -2325,7 +2325,10 @@ static int shmem_show_options(struct seq static void shmem_put_super(struct super_block *sb) { - kfree(sb->s_fs_info); + struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(sb); + + percpu_counter_destroy(&sbinfo->used_blocks); + kfree(sbinfo); sb->s_fs_info = NULL; } @@ -2367,7 +2370,8 @@ int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block #endif spin_lock_init(&sbinfo->stat_lock); - percpu_counter_init(&sbinfo->used_blocks, 0); + if (percpu_counter_init(&sbinfo->used_blocks, 0)) + goto failed; sbinfo->free_inodes = sbinfo->max_inodes; sb->s_maxbytes = SHMEM_MAX_BYTES; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html