From: "Qi Zheng" <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
To: "Altan Hacigumus" <ahacigu.linux@gmail.com>, <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>, <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
<linux-mm@kvack.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<david@fromorbit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/shrinker: Fix refcount leak in shrink_slab_memcg()
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:55:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <881336a6-fc6b-4f29-b5ae-eede42e9dc18@bytedance.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260204033553.50039-1-ahacigu.linux@gmail.com>
On 2/4/26 11:35 AM, Altan Hacigumus 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>
You identified and fixed this issue independently, not based on my
suggestion, so this tag is unnecessary. ;)
(I guess Andrew can help remove this tag)
Thanks,
Qi
> 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>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use clear_bit() to remove shrinker from bitmap instead of just skipping
> ---
> mm/shrinker.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/shrinker.c b/mm/shrinker.c
> index 4a93fd433689..68dc7b4242f2 100644
> --- a/mm/shrinker.c
> +++ b/mm/shrinker.c
> @@ -544,8 +544,11 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab_memcg(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
>
> /* Call non-slab shrinkers even though kmem is disabled */
> if (!memcg_kmem_online() &&
> - !(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NONSLAB))
> + !(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NONSLAB)) {
> + clear_bit(offset, unit->map);
> + shrinker_put(shrinker);
> continue;
> + }
>
> ret = do_shrink_slab(&sc, shrinker, priority);
> if (ret == SHRINK_EMPTY) {
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-04 3:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-03 7:37 [PATCH] " 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 [this message]
2026-02-04 4:00 ` Muchun Song
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