When cgroup_mount() fails to allocate an id for the root, it didn't set ret before jumping to unlock_drop ending up returning 0 after a failure. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/cgroup.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index e2f46ba..364aeb22 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -1566,10 +1566,10 @@ static struct dentry *cgroup_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex); mutex_lock(&cgroup_root_mutex); - root_cgrp->id = idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, root_cgrp, - 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL); - if (root_cgrp->id < 0) + ret = idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, root_cgrp, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL); + if (ret < 0) goto unlock_drop; + root_cgrp->id = ret; /* Check for name clashes with existing mounts */ ret = -EBUSY; -- 1.8.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html