On 24.11.19 01:39, Roman Gushchin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 05:28:46PM +0100, Christian Borntraeger wrote: >> On 21.11.19 19:45, Roman Gushchin wrote: >>> I see. Do you know, which kmem_cache it is? If not, can you, please, >>> figure it out? >> >> The release function for that ref is kmemcg_cache_shutdown. >> > > Hi Christian! > > Can you, please, test if the following patch resolves the problem? Yes, it does. > > diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c > index 8afa188f6e20..628e5f0ee19e 100644 > --- a/mm/slab_common.c > +++ b/mm/slab_common.c > @@ -888,6 +888,8 @@ static int shutdown_memcg_caches(struct kmem_cache *s) > > static void flush_memcg_workqueue(struct kmem_cache *s) > { > + bool wait_for_children; > + > spin_lock_irq(&memcg_kmem_wq_lock); > s->memcg_params.dying = true; > spin_unlock_irq(&memcg_kmem_wq_lock); > @@ -904,6 +906,13 @@ static void flush_memcg_workqueue(struct kmem_cache *s) > * previous workitems on workqueue are processed. > */ > flush_workqueue(memcg_kmem_cache_wq); > + > + mutex_lock(&slab_mutex); > + wait_for_children = !list_empty(&s->memcg_params.children); > + mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex); Not sure if (for reading) we really need the mutex. > + > + if (wait_for_children) > + rcu_barrier(); > } > #else > static inline int shutdown_memcg_caches(struct kmem_cache *s) > > -- > > Thanks! >