Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: fix hugetlb cgroup refcounting during mremap

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On Sat, 13 Nov 2021 22:44:10 +0700 Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When hugetlb_vm_op_open() is called during copy_vma(), we may take the
> reference to resv_map->css. Later, when clearing the reservation pointer
> of old_vma after transferring it to new_vma, we forget to drop the
> reference to resv_map->css. This leads to a reference leak of css.
> 
> Fixes this by adding a check to drop reservation css  reference in
> clear_vma_resv_huge_pages()

Thanks.  I added cc:stable to this (550a7d60bd5e35a was merged a year
ago) and I've queued it for 5.16-rc2, pending suitable reviewer feedback.





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