linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 06/17] cgroup: Fix reference counting bug in cgroup_procs

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 15:20:19 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, kernel-team@...com, pjt@...gle.com,
        luto@...capital.net, efault@....de
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 06/17] cgroup: Fix reference counting bug in
 cgroup_procs_write()

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 09:34:05AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> The cgroup_procs_write_start() took a reference to the task structure
> which was not properly released within cgroup_procs_write() and so
> on. So a put_task_struct() call is added to cgroup_procs_write_finish()
> to match the get_task_struct() in cgroup_procs_write_start() to fix
> this reference counting error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Thanks!

-- 
tejun