1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index a93b885311d8..06b7c2623f99 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -507,6 +507,13 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, uid_t uid,
                 inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_mapping->private_list);
                 info = HUGETLBFS_I(inode);
+                /*
+                 * The policy is initialized here even if we are creating a
+                 * private inode because initialization simply creates an
+                 * an empty rb tree and calls spin_lock_init(), later when we
+                 * call mpol_free_shared_policy() it will just return because
+                 * the rb tree will still be empty.
+                 */
                 mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, NULL);
                 switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
                 default:
@@ -931,13 +938,19 @@ static struct file_system_type hugetlbfs_fs_type = {
 
 static struct vfsmount *hugetlbfs_vfsmount;
 
-static int can_do_hugetlb_shm(void)
+static int can_do_hugetlb_shm(int creat_flags)
 {
-        return capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK) || in_group_p(sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group);
+        if (creat_flags != HUGETLB_SHMFS_INODE)
+                return 0;
+        if (capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
+                return 1;
+        if (in_group_p(sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group))
+                return 1;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag,
-                                                struct user_struct **user)
+                                struct user_struct **user, int creat_flags)
 {
         int error = -ENOMEM;
         struct file *file;
@@ -949,7 +962,7 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag,
         if (!hugetlbfs_vfsmount)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
-        if (!can_do_hugetlb_shm()) {
+        if (!can_do_hugetlb_shm(creat_flags)) {
                 *user = current_user();
                 if (user_shm_lock(size, *user)) {
                         WARN_ONCE(1,