linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: memcg: keep root group unchanged if fail to create new

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Message-ID: <CAJd=RBB_AoJmyPd7gfHn+Kk39cn-+Wn-pFvU0ZWRZhw2fxoihw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:19:12 +0800
From:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
To:	Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: memcg: keep root group unchanged if fail to create new

If the request is not to create root group and we fail to meet it, we'd leave
the root unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
---

--- a/mm/memcontrol.c	Fri Dec  9 21:57:40 2011
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c	Sun Dec 11 09:04:48 2011
@@ -4849,8 +4849,10 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *
 		enable_swap_cgroup();
 		parent = NULL;
 		root_mem_cgroup = memcg;
-		if (mem_cgroup_soft_limit_tree_init())
+		if (mem_cgroup_soft_limit_tree_init()) {
+			root_mem_cgroup = NULL;
 			goto free_out;
+		}
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 			struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock =
 						&per_cpu(memcg_stock, cpu);
@@ -4888,7 +4890,6 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *
 	return &memcg->css;
 free_out:
 	__mem_cgroup_free(memcg);
-	root_mem_cgroup = NULL;
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
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