1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index e5657788fedd..ea1966db34f2 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -475,13 +475,17 @@ static int validate_change(const struct cpuset *cur, const struct cpuset *trial)
 
         /*
          * Cpusets with tasks - existing or newly being attached - can't
-         * have empty cpus_allowed or mems_allowed.
+         * be changed to have empty cpus_allowed or mems_allowed.
          */
         ret = -ENOSPC;
-        if ((cgroup_task_count(cur->css.cgroup) || cur->attach_in_progress) &&
-            (cpumask_empty(trial->cpus_allowed) &&
-             nodes_empty(trial->mems_allowed)))
-                goto out;
+        if ((cgroup_task_count(cur->css.cgroup) || cur->attach_in_progress)) {
+                if (!cpumask_empty(cur->cpus_allowed) &&
+                    cpumask_empty(trial->cpus_allowed))
+                        goto out;
+                if (!nodes_empty(cur->mems_allowed) &&
+                    nodes_empty(trial->mems_allowed))
+                        goto out;
+        }
 
         ret = 0;
 out:
@@ -1608,11 +1612,13 @@ static int cpuset_write_u64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, u64 val)
 {
         struct cpuset *cs = cgroup_cs(cgrp);
         cpuset_filetype_t type = cft->private;
-        int retval = -ENODEV;
+        int retval = 0;
 
         mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
-        if (!is_cpuset_online(cs))
+        if (!is_cpuset_online(cs)) {
+                retval = -ENODEV;
                 goto out_unlock;
+        }
 
         switch (type) {
         case FILE_CPU_EXCLUSIVE: