On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:25:17AM +0800, Yejune Deng wrote: > @@ -3045,12 +3044,7 @@ static inline void *____cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags) > } > > STATS_INC_ALLOCMISS(cachep); > - objp = cache_alloc_refill(cachep, flags); > - /* > - * the 'ac' may be updated by cache_alloc_refill(), > - * and kmemleak_erase() requires its correct value. > - */ > - ac = cpu_cache_get(cachep); > + objp = cache_alloc_refill(cachep, ac, flags); I think passing 'ac' in is fine (probably? I don't know this code deeply), but deleting this call to 'ac' is clearly wrong. The comment even tells you that! I just verified the code, and the comment is correct.