On Tue 21-11-17 15:05:00, Michal Hocko wrote: > [Cc Al and Dave - email thread starts http://lkml.kernel.org/r/001a113f996099503a055e793dd3@xxxxxxxxxx] [...] > Something like the totally untested and possibly wrong > --- > diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c > index 994db21f59bf..1eb850413fdf 100644 > --- a/fs/super.c > +++ b/fs/super.c > @@ -506,6 +506,11 @@ struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type *type, > s = alloc_super(type, (flags & ~SB_SUBMOUNT), user_ns); > if (!s) > return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > + if (register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink)) { > + up_write(&s->s_umount); > + destroy_super(s); > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > + } > goto retry; > } > > @@ -522,7 +527,6 @@ struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type *type, > hlist_add_head(&s->s_instances, &type->fs_supers); > spin_unlock(&sb_lock); > get_filesystem(type); > - register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink); > return s; > } This is not complete. I thought we would unregister the shrinker somewher in destroy_super path but this is not the case. I will send another patch along with other shrinkers registration fixes in a separate thread. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>