From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753832Ab2KSQ3E (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:29:04 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.220.46]:57845 "EHLO mail-pa0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753029Ab2KSQ3B (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:29:01 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:28:55 -0800 From: Tejun Heo To: Li Zefan Cc: containers@lists.linux-foundation.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mhocko@suse.cz, glommer@parallels.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/17] cgroup: remove incorrect dget/dput() pair in cgroup_create_dir() Message-ID: <20121119162855.GD15971@htj.dyndns.org> References: <1352775704-9023-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <1352775704-9023-2-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <50A9E8E4.4050004@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50A9E8E4.4050004@huawei.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 04:08:04PM +0800, Li Zefan wrote: > > diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c > > index 0f8fa6a..d0803f0 100644 > > --- a/kernel/cgroup.c > > +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c > > @@ -2684,9 +2684,7 @@ static int cgroup_create_dir(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct dentry *dentry, > > dentry->d_fsdata = cgrp; > > inc_nlink(parent->d_inode); > > rcu_assign_pointer(cgrp->dentry, dentry); > > - dget(dentry); > > } > > - dput(dentry); > > > > The code has been there since cgroup was merged into mainline! I know. Sometimes it's scary how many latent bugs we have in the kernel and how long many of them have been around. At other times, it's comforting. I mean, there's a pretty good chance that other people don't notice my screw ups, right? :P -- tejun