On Tue 02-04-13 14:16:00, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Tue 02-04-13 15:35:28, Li Zefan wrote: > [...] > > @@ -6247,16 +6247,7 @@ mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup *cont) > > > > error = memcg_init_kmem(memcg, &mem_cgroup_subsys); > > mutex_unlock(&memcg_create_mutex); > > - if (error) { > > - /* > > - * We call put now because our (and parent's) refcnts > > - * are already in place. mem_cgroup_put() will internally > > - * call __mem_cgroup_free, so return directly > > - */ > > - mem_cgroup_put(memcg); > > - if (parent->use_hierarchy) > > - mem_cgroup_put(parent); > > - } > > + > > return error; > > } > > The mem_cgroup_put(parent) part is incorrect because mem_cgroup_put goes > up the hierarchy already but I do not think mem_cgroup_put(memcg) should > go away as well. Who is going to free the last reference then? > > Maybe I am missing something but we have: OK, I was missing something but "there is one reference without put" still holds... cgroup_create css = ss->css_alloc(cgrp) mem_cgroup_css_alloc atomic_set(&memcg->refcnt, 1) online_css(ss, cgrp) mem_cgroup_css_online memcg_init_kmem mem_cgroup_get # refcnt = 2 memcg_update_all_caches memcg_update_cache_size # fails with ENOMEM goto err_destroy err_destroy: cgroup_destroy_locked(cgrp) offline_css mem_cgroup_css_offline There is one mem_cgroup_put from mem_cgroup_css_free from cgroup_diput but besides that I do not see any put after the patch is applied. So I think you really need to drop only the mem_cgroup_put on parent part. -- 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>