+ mm-memcontrol-remove-bogus-null-check-after-mem_cgroup_from_task.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm: memcontrol: remove bogus NULL check after mem_cgroup_from_task()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-memcontrol-remove-bogus-null-check-after-mem_cgroup_from_task.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-memcontrol-remove-bogus-null-check-after-mem_cgroup_from_task.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-memcontrol-remove-bogus-null-check-after-mem_cgroup_from_task.patch

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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: memcontrol: remove bogus NULL check after mem_cgroup_from_task()

That function acts like a typecast - unless NULL is passed in, no NULL can
come out.  task_in_mem_cgroup() callers don't pass NULL tasks.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/memcontrol.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/memcontrol.c~mm-memcontrol-remove-bogus-null-check-after-mem_cgroup_from_task mm/memcontrol.c
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c~mm-memcontrol-remove-bogus-null-check-after-mem_cgroup_from_task
+++ a/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree(c
 bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
 			const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *curr = NULL;
+	struct mem_cgroup *curr;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	bool ret;
 
@@ -1351,8 +1351,7 @@ bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_stru
 		 */
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		curr = mem_cgroup_from_task(task);
-		if (curr)
-			css_get(&curr->css);
+		css_get(&curr->css);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 	/*
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx are

cgroup-kmemleak-add-kmemleak_free-for-cgroup-deallocations.patch
mm-page-writeback-inline-account_page_dirtied-into-single-caller.patch
mm-memcontrol-fix-missed-end-writeback-page-accounting.patch
mm-memcontrol-fix-missed-end-writeback-page-accounting-fix.patch
mm-rmap-split-out-page_remove_file_rmap.patch
slab-print-slabinfo-header-in-seq-show.patch
mm-memcontrol-lockless-page-counters.patch
mm-memcontrol-lockless-page-counters-fix.patch
mm-memcontrol-lockless-page-counters-fix-fix.patch
mm-memcontrol-lockless-page-counters-fix-2.patch
mm-hugetlb_cgroup-convert-to-lockless-page-counters.patch
kernel-res_counter-remove-the-unused-api.patch
kernel-res_counter-remove-the-unused-api-fix.patch
kernel-res_counter-remove-the-unused-api-fix-2.patch
mm-memcontrol-convert-reclaim-iterator-to-simple-css-refcounting.patch
mm-memcontrol-convert-reclaim-iterator-to-simple-css-refcounting-fix.patch
mm-memcontrol-take-a-css-reference-for-each-charged-page.patch
mm-memcontrol-remove-obsolete-kmemcg-pinning-tricks.patch
mm-memcontrol-continue-cache-reclaim-from-offlined-groups.patch
mm-memcontrol-remove-synchroneous-stock-draining-code.patch
mm-vmscan-count-only-dirty-pages-as-congested.patch
memcg-simplify-unreclaimable-groups-handling-in-soft-limit-reclaim.patch
mm-memcontrol-update-mem_cgroup_page_lruvec-documentation.patch
mm-memcontrol-clarify-migration-where-old-page-is-uncharged.patch
memcg-remove-activate_kmem_mutex.patch
mm-memcontrol-micro-optimize-mem_cgroup_split_huge_fixup.patch
mm-memcontrol-uncharge-pages-on-swapout.patch
mm-memcontrol-uncharge-pages-on-swapout-fix.patch
mm-memcontrol-remove-unnecessary-pcg_memsw-memoryswap-charge-flag.patch
mm-memcontrol-remove-unnecessary-pcg_mem-memory-charge-flag.patch
mm-memcontrol-remove-unnecessary-pcg_used-pc-mem_cgroup-valid-flag.patch
mm-memcontrol-remove-unnecessary-pcg_used-pc-mem_cgroup-valid-flag-fix.patch
mm-memcontrol-inline-memcg-move_lock-locking.patch
mm-memcontrol-dont-pass-a-null-memcg-to-mem_cgroup_end_move.patch
mm-memcontrol-fold-mem_cgroup_start_move-mem_cgroup_end_move.patch
mm-memcontrol-fold-mem_cgroup_start_move-mem_cgroup_end_move-fix.patch
memcg-remove-mem_cgroup_reclaimable-check-from-soft-reclaim.patch
mm-memcontrol-do-not-filter-reclaimable-nodes-in-numa-round-robin.patch
memcg-use-generic-slab-iterators-for-showing-slabinfo.patch
mm-memcontrol-shorten-the-page-statistics-update-slowpath.patch
mm-memcontrol-remove-bogus-null-check-after-mem_cgroup_from_task.patch
mm-memcontrol-pull-the-null-check-from-__mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree.patch
mm-memcontrol-drop-bogus-rcu-locking-from-mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree.patch
debugging-keep-track-of-page-owners.patch

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