linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: handle shrinker registration failure in sget

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Date:   Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:47:35 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: handle shrinker registration failure in sget_userns

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 12:52:47PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> @@ -503,12 +504,18 @@ struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type *type,
>  		s = alloc_super(type, (flags & ~SB_SUBMOUNT), user_ns);
>  		if (!s)
>  			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +		if (register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink)) {
> +			spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
> +			destroy_unused_super(s);
> +			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

Have you even tested that?  What the hell is that spin_unlock() doing there?