Re: [RFC PATCH 02/11] mm/mempolicy: swap cond reference counting logic in do_get_mempolicy
From: Michal Hocko
Date: Tue Nov 28 2023 - 09:07:23 EST
On Wed 22-11-23 16:11:51, Gregory Price wrote:
[...]
> @@ -982,11 +991,11 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
> }
>
> out:
> - mpol_cond_put(pol);
> + mpol_put(pol);
> if (vma)
> mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> if (pol_refcount)
> - mpol_put(pol_refcount);
> + mpol_cond_put(pol_refcount);
Maybe I am just misreading the patch but pol_refcount should be always
NULL with this patch
> return err;
> }
>
> --
> 2.39.1
>
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs