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diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index d5b149a45be1..69c48bec8a63 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -330,7 +330,16 @@ struct super_block *kernfs_pin_sb(struct kernfs_root *root, const void *ns)
void __init kernfs_init(void)
{
+
+ /*
+ * the slab is freed in RCU context, so kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_ino
+ * can access the slab lock free. This could introduce stale nodes,
+ * please see how kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_ino filters out stale
+ * nodes.
+ */
kernfs_node_cache = kmem_cache_create("kernfs_node_cache",
sizeof(struct kernfs_node),
- 0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+ 0,
+ SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
+ NULL);
}