--- /dev/null
+From a41c58a6665cc995e237303b05db42100b71b65e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:11:57 -0800
+Subject: memcg: keep root group unchanged if creation fails
+
+From: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
+
+commit a41c58a6665cc995e237303b05db42100b71b65e upstream.
+
+If the request is to create non-root group and we fail to meet it, we
+should leave the root unchanged.
+
+Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
+Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
+Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
+Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
+Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
+Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
+Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
+Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
+Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
+
+---
+ mm/memcontrol.c | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
++++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
+@@ -4898,9 +4898,9 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *
+ int cpu;
+ enable_swap_cgroup();
+ parent = NULL;
+- root_mem_cgroup = mem;
+ if (mem_cgroup_soft_limit_tree_init())
+ goto free_out;
++ root_mem_cgroup = mem;
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock =
+ &per_cpu(memcg_stock, cpu);
+@@ -4939,7 +4939,6 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *
+ return &mem->css;
+ free_out:
+ __mem_cgroup_free(mem);
+- root_mem_cgroup = NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+ }
+