When use_hierarchy is enabled, we acquire an extra reference count in our parent during cgroup creation. We don't release it, though, if any failure exist in the creation process. Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 357324c..72a008e 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -6166,6 +6166,8 @@ mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup *cont) * call __mem_cgroup_free, so return directly */ mem_cgroup_put(memcg); + if (parent->use_hierarchy) + mem_cgroup_put(parent); } return error; } -- 1.8.1 -- 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>