The patch titled Subject: memcg: fix NULL mem_cgroup_try_charge has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix-null-mem_cgroup_try_charge.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: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: memcg: fix NULL mem_cgroup_try_charge There is one way out of __mem_cgroup_try_charge() which claims success but still leaves memcg NULL, causing oops thereafter: make sure that it is set to root_mem_cgroup in this case. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix-null-mem_cgroup_try_charge mm/memcontrol.c --- a/mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix-null-mem_cgroup_try_charge +++ a/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -2248,7 +2248,9 @@ again: * task-struct. So, mm->owner can be NULL. */ memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(p); - if (!memcg || mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) { + if (!memcg) + memcg = root_mem_cgroup; + if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) { rcu_read_unlock(); goto done; } _ Subject: Subject: memcg: fix NULL mem_cgroup_try_charge Patches currently in -mm which might be from hughd@xxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch mm-add-free_hot_cold_page_list-helper.patch mm-add-free_hot_cold_page_list-helper-v2.patch mm-add-free_hot_cold_page_list-helper-v3.patch mm-remove-unused-pagevec_free.patch mm-tracepoint-rename-page-free-events.patch mm-tracepoint-fixup-documentation-and-examples.patch mremap-enforce-rmap-src-dst-vma-ordering-in-case-of-vma_merge-succeeding-in-copy_vma.patch mremap-enforce-rmap-src-dst-vma-ordering-in-case-of-vma_merge-succeeding-in-copy_vma-update.patch mm-simplify-find_vma_prev.patch memcg-add-mem_cgroup_replace_page_cache-to-fix-lru-issue.patch mm-memcg-consolidate-hierarchy-iteration-primitives.patch mm-vmscan-distinguish-global-reclaim-from-global-lru-scanning.patch mm-vmscan-distinguish-between-memcg-triggering-reclaim-and-memcg-being-scanned.patch mm-memcg-per-priority-per-zone-hierarchy-scan-generations.patch mm-move-memcg-hierarchy-reclaim-to-generic-reclaim-code.patch mm-memcg-remove-optimization-of-keeping-the-root_mem_cgroup-lru-lists-empty.patch mm-vmscan-convert-global-reclaim-to-per-memcg-lru-lists.patch mm-collect-lru-list-heads-into-struct-lruvec.patch mm-make-per-memcg-lru-lists-exclusive.patch mm-memcg-remove-unused-node-section-info-from-pc-flags.patch mm-memcg-remove-unused-node-section-info-from-pc-flags-fix.patch mm-oom_kill-remove-memcg-argument-from-oom_kill_task.patch mm-unify-remaining-mem_cont-mem-etc-variable-names-to-memcg.patch mm-memcg-clean-up-fault-accounting.patch mm-memcg-lookup_page_cgroup-almost-never-returns-null.patch mm-memcg-lookup_page_cgroup-almost-never-returns-null-fix.patch mm-page_cgroup-check-page_cgroup-arrays-in-lookup_page_cgroup-only-when-necessary.patch mm-memcg-remove-unneeded-checks-from-newpage_charge.patch mm-memcg-remove-unneeded-checks-from-uncharge_page.patch memcg-clean-up-soft_limit_tree-if-allocation-fails.patch memcg-simplify-page-cache-charging.patch memcg-simplify-corner-case-handling-of-lru.patch memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary.patch memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix.patch memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-2.patch memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-2-fix.patch memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-3.patch memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule.patch memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-fix.patch memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge.patch memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix.patch memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix-null-mem_cgroup_try_charge.patch memcg-fix-split_huge_page_refcounts.patch memcg-fix-page-migration-to-reset_owner.patch memcg-fix-mem_cgroup_print_bad_page.patch procfs-add-hidepid=-and-gid=-mount-options-fix.patch radix_tree-remove-radix_tree_indirect_to_ptr.patch radix_tree-take-radix_tree_path-off-stack.patch radix_tree-take-radix_tree_path-off-stack-expand-comment-on-optimization.patch prio_tree-debugging-patch.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