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-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 0b38b6ad547d..5de0a9035b5f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -6360,11 +6360,16 @@ static unsigned long effective_protection(unsigned long usage,
* We're using unprotected memory for the weight so that if
* some cgroups DO claim explicit protection, we don't protect
* the same bytes twice.
+ *
+ * Check both usage and parent_usage against the respective
+ * protected values. One should imply the other, but they
+ * aren't read atomically - make sure the division is sane.
*/
if (!(cgrp_dfl_root.flags & CGRP_ROOT_MEMORY_RECURSIVE_PROT))
return ep;
-
- if (parent_effective > siblings_protected && usage > protected) {
+ if (parent_effective > siblings_protected &&
+ parent_usage > siblings_protected &&
+ usage > protected) {
unsigned long unclaimed;
unclaimed = parent_effective - siblings_protected;