Re: [PATCH 01/17] cgroup: remove incorrect dget/dput() pair incgroup_create_dir()

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Nov 19 2012 - 11:28:52 EST


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

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tejun
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