[PATCH] memcg: don't do cleanup manually if mem_cgroup_css_online()fails

From: Li Zefan
Date: Tue Apr 02 2013 - 03:35:59 EST


If memcg_init_kmem() returns -errno when a memcg is being created,
mem_cgroup_css_online() will decrement memcg and its parent's refcnt,
(but strangely there's no mem_cgroup_put() for mem_cgroup_get() called
in memcg_propagate_kmem()).

But then cgroup core will call mem_cgroup_css_free() to do cleanup...

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 11 +----------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index e80504e..e927fc6 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -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;
}

--
1.8.0.2

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