From: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
To: Altan Hacigumus <ahacigu.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@fromorbit.com,
zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com, roman.gushchin@linux.dev,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/shrinker: Fix refcount leak in shrink_slab_memcg()
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:00:15 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FEDFC64-4EE4-4FC5-98DB-FAF9182FDFAB@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260204033553.50039-1-ahacigu.linux@gmail.com>
> On Feb 4, 2026, at 11:35, Altan Hacigumus <ahacigu.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When kmem is disabled for memcg, slab-backed shrinkers are skipped.
> However, shrink_slab_memcg() doesn't drop the reference acquired via
> shrinker_try_get() before continuing.
>
> Add the missing shrinker_put().
>
> Also, since memcg_kmem_online() and shrinker flags cannot change
> dynamically, remove the shrinker from the bitmap to avoid unnecessary
> future scans.
>
> Fixes: 50d09da8e119 ("mm: shrinker: make memcg slab shrink lockless")
> Suggested-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
> Acked-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260203073757.135088-1-ahacigu.linux@gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Altan Hacigumus <ahacigu.linux@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-04 4:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-03 7:37 [PATCH] mm/shrinker: Fix refcount leak in shrink_slab_memcg() Altan Hacigumus
2026-02-03 8:17 ` Qi Zheng
2026-02-03 8:43 ` Altan Hacigumus
2026-02-03 9:10 ` Altan Hacigumus
2026-02-04 3:35 ` [PATCH v2] " Altan Hacigumus
2026-02-04 3:55 ` Qi Zheng
2026-02-04 4:00 ` Muchun Song [this message]
2026-04-15 21:27 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-04-16 1:10 ` Altan Hacigumus
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