We don't need to call free_kmem_cache_nodes() immediately when failing
to allocate a kmem_cache_node, because when we return 0,
do_kmem_cache_create() calls __kmem_cache_release() which also performs
free_kmem_cache_nodes().

Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
---
 mm/slub.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 30003763d224c2704a4b93082b8b47af12dcffc5..9f671ec76131c4b0b28d5d568aa45842b5efb6d4 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5669,10 +5669,8 @@ static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		n = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_node,
 						GFP_KERNEL, node);
 
-		if (!n) {
-			free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
+		if (!n)
 			return 0;
-		}
 
 		init_kmem_cache_node(n);
 		s->node[node] = n;

-- 
2.51.0

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> We don't need to call free_kmem_cache_nodes() immediately when failing
> to allocate a kmem_cache_node, because when we return 0,
> do_kmem_cache_create() calls __kmem_cache_release() which also performs
> free_kmem_cache_nodes().
>
> Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>

> ---
>  mm/slub.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 30003763d224c2704a4b93082b8b47af12dcffc5..9f671ec76131c4b0b28d5d568aa45842b5efb6d4 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -5669,10 +5669,8 @@ static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
>                 n = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache_node,
>                                                 GFP_KERNEL, node);
>
> -               if (!n) {
> -                       free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
> +               if (!n)
>                         return 0;
> -               }
>
>                 init_kmem_cache_node(n);
>                 s->node[node] = n;
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>