Subject: + memcg-fix-mutex-not-unlocked-on-memcg_create_kmem_cache-fail-path.patch added to -mm tree To: vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx,mhocko@xxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:01:41 -0800 The patch titled Subject: memcg: fix mutex not unlocked on memcg_create_kmem_cache fail path has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is memcg-fix-mutex-not-unlocked-on-memcg_create_kmem_cache-fail-path.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/memcg-fix-mutex-not-unlocked-on-memcg_create_kmem_cache-fail-path.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/memcg-fix-mutex-not-unlocked-on-memcg_create_kmem_cache-fail-path.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: memcg: fix mutex not unlocked on memcg_create_kmem_cache fail path Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-fix-mutex-not-unlocked-on-memcg_create_kmem_cache-fail-path mm/memcontrol.c --- a/mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-fix-mutex-not-unlocked-on-memcg_create_kmem_cache-fail-path +++ a/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -3400,7 +3400,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_destroy_cache(struct kme static struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *s) { - struct kmem_cache *new; + struct kmem_cache *new = NULL; static char *tmp_name = NULL; static DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex); /* protects tmp_name */ @@ -3416,7 +3416,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_k if (!tmp_name) { tmp_name = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL); if (!tmp_name) - return NULL; + goto out; } rcu_read_lock(); @@ -3426,12 +3426,11 @@ static struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_k new = kmem_cache_create_memcg(memcg, tmp_name, s->object_size, s->align, (s->flags & ~SLAB_PANIC), s->ctor, s); - if (new) new->allocflags |= __GFP_KMEMCG; else new = s; - +out: mutex_unlock(&mutex); return new; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch memcg-fix-mutex-not-unlocked-on-memcg_create_kmem_cache-fail-path.patch mm-vmscan-respect-numa-policy-mask-when-shrinking-slab-on-direct-reclaim.patch mm-vmscan-move-call-to-shrink_slab-to-shrink_zones.patch mm-vmscan-remove-shrink_control-arg-from-do_try_to_free_pages.patch mm-memcontrolc-memcg_create_kmem_cache-tweaks.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html