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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 239f69ed1ac1..babbaf49ee36 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -919,20 +919,23 @@ struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
return NULL;
+ /*
+ * Page cache insertions can happen without an
+ * actual mm context, e.g. during disk probing
+ * on boot, loopback IO, acct() writes etc.
+ *
+ * No need to css_get on root memcg as the reference
+ * counting is disabled on the root level in the
+ * cgroup core. See CSS_NO_REF.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!mm))
+ return root_mem_cgroup;
+
rcu_read_lock();
do {
- /*
- * Page cache insertions can happen without an
- * actual mm context, e.g. during disk probing
- * on boot, loopback IO, acct() writes etc.
- */
- if (unlikely(!mm))
+ memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
+ if (unlikely(!memcg))
memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
- else {
- memcg = mem_cgroup_from_task(rcu_dereference(mm->owner));
- if (unlikely(!memcg))
- memcg = root_mem_cgroup;
- }
} while (!css_tryget(&memcg->css));
rcu_read_unlock();
return memcg;