From 0b045bd1c1c2819b33f4522e3efa4666d1ecf1a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe JAILLET Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:43:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mm/backing-dev.c: fix an error handling path in 'cgwb_create()' If the 'kmalloc' fails, we must go through the existing error handling path. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET Fixes: 52ebea749aae ("writeback: make backing_dev_info host cgroup-specific bdi_writebacks") Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- mm/backing-dev.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index f028a9a472fd9b..e19606bb41a0b5 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -569,8 +569,10 @@ static int cgwb_create(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, /* need to create a new one */ wb = kmalloc(sizeof(*wb), gfp); - if (!wb) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!wb) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out_put; + } ret = wb_init(wb, bdi, blkcg_css->id, gfp); if (ret)