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From: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>, Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm/slab: skip get_from_any_partial() if !allow_spin
Date: Sat,  7 Feb 2026 02:13:47 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260206171348.35886-2-harry.yoo@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260206171348.35886-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com>

Lockdep complains when get_from_any_partial() is called in an NMI
context, because current->mems_allowed_seq is seqcount_spinlock_t and
not NMI-safe:

  ================================
  WARNING: inconsistent lock state
  6.19.0-rc5-kfree-rcu+ #315 Tainted: G                 N
  --------------------------------
  inconsistent {INITIAL USE} -> {IN-NMI} usage.
  kunit_try_catch/9989 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes:
  ffff889085799820 (&____s->seqcount#3){.-.-}-{0:0}, at: ___slab_alloc+0x58f/0xc00
  {INITIAL USE} state was registered at:
    lock_acquire+0x185/0x320
    kernel_init_freeable+0x391/0x1150
    kernel_init+0x1f/0x220
    ret_from_fork+0x736/0x8f0
    ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
  irq event stamp: 56
  hardirqs last  enabled at (55): [<ffffffff850a68d7>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x27/0x70
  hardirqs last disabled at (56): [<ffffffff850858ca>] __schedule+0x2a8a/0x6630
  softirqs last  enabled at (0): [<ffffffff81536711>] copy_process+0x1dc1/0x6a10
  softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0

  other info that might help us debug this:
   Possible unsafe locking scenario:

         CPU0
         ----
    lock(&____s->seqcount#3);
    <Interrupt>
      lock(&____s->seqcount#3);

   *** DEADLOCK ***

According to Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst, seqcount_t is not
NMI-safe and seqcount_latch_t should be used when read path can interrupt
the write-side critical section. In this case, return NULL and fall back
to slab allocation if !allow_spin.

Fixes: af92793e52c3 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_nolock() and kfree_nolock().")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
 mm/slub.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 102fb47ae013..d46464654c15 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3789,6 +3789,14 @@ static void *get_from_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct partial_context *
 	enum zone_type highest_zoneidx = gfp_zone(pc->flags);
 	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
 
+	/*
+	 * read_mems_allow_begin() accesses current->mems_allowed_seq,
+	 * a seqcount_spinlock_t that is not NMI-safe. Skip allocation
+	 * when GFP flags indicate spinning is not allowed.
+	 */
+	if (!gfpflags_allow_spinning(pc->flags))
+		return NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * The defrag ratio allows a configuration of the tradeoffs between
 	 * inter node defragmentation and node local allocations. A lower
-- 
2.43.0



  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-06 17:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-06 17:13 [PATCH 0/2] mm/slab: fix lockdep warnings with kmalloc_nolock() Harry Yoo
2026-02-06 17:13 ` Harry Yoo [this message]
2026-02-06 18:10   ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/slab: skip get_from_any_partial() if !allow_spin Vlastimil Babka
2026-02-06 19:19     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-02-09  3:18       ` Harry Yoo
2026-02-09 19:03         ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-02-06 17:13 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm/slab: use prandom " Harry Yoo
2026-02-06 18:27   ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-02-06 19:22     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-02-07  1:25       ` Harry Yoo
2026-02-06 17:37 ` [PATCH 0/2] mm/slab: fix lockdep warnings with kmalloc_nolock() Harry Yoo
2026-02-09 19:03   ` Vlastimil Babka

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