On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 17:39:41 +0900, Harry Yoo wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 02:40:14PM +0800, 李龙兴 wrote: > > Dear Linux kernel developers and maintainers, > > > > We would like to report a new kernel bug found by our tool. WARNING in > > mempool_alloc_noprof. Details are as follows. > > > > Kernel commit: v6.12.11 > > Kernel config: see attachment > > report: see attachment > > > > We are currently analyzing the root cause and working on a > > reproducible PoC. We will provide further updates in this thread as > > soon as we have more information. > > > > Best regards, > > Longxing Li > > > > ------------[ cut here ]------------ > > WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 362734 at mm/page_alloc.c:4234 > > __alloc_pages_slowpath mm/page_alloc.c:4234 [inline] > > WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 362734 at mm/page_alloc.c:4234 > > __alloc_pages_noprof+0x2025/0x25a0 mm/page_alloc.c:4766 > > Modules linked in: > > CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 362734 Comm: syz-executor.5 Not tainted 6.12.11 #1 > > Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 > > RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages_slowpath mm/page_alloc.c:4234 [inline] > > RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages_noprof+0x2025/0x25a0 mm/page_alloc.c:4766 > > page allocator triggers a warning when __GFP_NOFAIL is set but > __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is not set. Good catch! > > > Code: 10 00 00 00 44 8b 74 24 48 41 89 c5 0f b6 c0 44 8b a4 24 84 00 > > 00 00 89 44 24 28 e9 e5 f6 ff ff 90 0f 0b 90 e9 f1 f6 ff ff 90 <0f> 0b > > 90 e9 1e fb ff ff e8 2e a4 38 09 e9 5e ed ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 > > RSP: 0000:ffffc9003ce9e7d0 EFLAGS: 00010246 > > RAX: 0000000000008000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffc9003ce9e8fc > > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ffff88813fff99c8 > > RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000000000000028d R09: 0000000000000000 > > R10: ffff88807fffbc17 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000009a800 > > R13: 000000000009a800 R14: 1ffff920079d3d0e R15: 0000000000000001 > > FS: 00007f1784eff640(0000) GS:ffff888135e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > > CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > > CR2: 000055bb25a85a28 CR3: 0000000096938000 CR4: 0000000000752ef0 > > PKRU: 55555554 > > Call Trace: > > > > alloc_pages_mpol_noprof+0x2c9/0x610 mm/mempolicy.c:2269 > > mempool_alloc_noprof+0x176/0x390 mm/mempool.c:402 > > the user of the mempool (f2fs_encrypt_one_page) passed __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM, > but mempool temporarily cleared it, but not __GFP_NOFAIL: > gfp_temp = gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM|__GFP_IO) > > Hmm perhaps mempool should clear __GFP_NOFAIL as well when clearing > __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM? Right. Clearing __GFP_NOFAIL together with __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM should fix it, IIUC. I saw that Vernon's patch does exactly that. > > > fscrypt_alloc_bounce_page+0x28/0x60 fs/crypto/crypto.c:59 > > fscrypt_encrypt_pagecache_blocks.cold+0x567/0x6da fs/crypto/crypto.c:202 > > f2fs_encrypt_one_page+0x187/0x630 fs/f2fs/data.c:2516 > > f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x7b4/0x1900 fs/f2fs/data.c:2706 > > f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x1454/0x1c30 fs/f2fs/data.c:2872 > > f2fs_write_cache_pages+0xd6e/0x24e0 fs/f2fs/data.c:3166 > > __f2fs_write_data_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3321 [inline] > > f2fs_write_data_pages+0x4af/0xdd0 fs/f2fs/data.c:3348 > > do_writepages+0x1a3/0x7f0 mm/page-writeback.c:2683 > > filemap_fdatawrite_wbc mm/filemap.c:398 [inline] > > filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x148/0x1c0 mm/filemap.c:388 > > __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xb3/0xf0 mm/filemap.c:431 > > file_write_and_wait_range+0xca/0x140 mm/filemap.c:788 > > f2fs_do_sync_file+0x2dc/0x1ed0 fs/f2fs/file.c:278 > > f2fs_sync_file+0x13a/0x1a0 fs/f2fs/file.c:395 > > vfs_fsync_range+0x136/0x220 fs/sync.c:188 > > generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2871 [inline] > > f2fs_file_write_iter+0x12ba/0x2370 fs/f2fs/file.c:5057 > > new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:590 [inline] > > vfs_write+0x5ae/0x1150 fs/read_write.c:683 > > ksys_write+0x12f/0x260 fs/read_write.c:736 > > do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] > > do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 > > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f > > RIP: 0033:0x471ecd > > Code: c3 e8 17 28 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 > > 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d > > 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 > > RSP: 002b:00007f1784eff058 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 > > RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000059bf80 RCX: 0000000000471ecd > > RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00000000200003c0 RDI: 0000000000000004 > > RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 > > R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000059bf8c > > R13: 000000000000000b R14: 000000000059bf80 R15: 00007f1784edf000 > > > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/17HbDTI_iPjA72SkV5MnO-_w7IQZ9HIHW/view?usp=drive_link > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/19pMiWedcVz8nFrj9jiJXuCjyPbNjYQqq/view?usp=drive_link >