struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
        unsigned long total;
        bool memcg_aware;
-       int ret, nid;
+       int ret = 0, nid;
 
        count_per_node = kcalloc(nr_node_ids, sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!count_per_node)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       ret = down_read_killable(&shrinker_rwsem);
-       if (ret) {
-               kfree(count_per_node);
-               return ret;
-       }
        rcu_read_lock();
 
        memcg_aware = shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE;
        } while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)) != NULL);
 
        rcu_read_unlock();
-       up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
        kfree(count_per_node);
        return ret;
        struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
        int nid;
        char kbuf[72];
-       ssize_t ret;
 
        read_len = size < (sizeof(kbuf) - 1) ? size : (sizeof(kbuf) - 1);
        if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, read_len))
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       ret = down_read_killable(&shrinker_rwsem);
-       if (ret) {
-               mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
-               return ret;
-       }
-
        sc.nid = nid;
        sc.memcg = memcg;
        sc.nr_to_scan = nr_to_scan;
 
        shrinker->scan_objects(shrinker, &sc);
 
-       up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
        mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
 
        return size;