The patch titled Subject: mm/vmscan: fix demotion targets checks in reclaim/demotion has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-vmscan-fix-demotion-targets-checks-in-reclaim-demotion.patch
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------------------------------------------------------ From: Bing Jiao bingjiao@google.com Subject: mm/vmscan: fix demotion targets checks in reclaim/demotion Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 07:56:54 +0000
Fix two bugs in demote_folio_list() and can_demote() due to incorrect demotion target checks in reclaim/demotion.
Commit 7d709f49babc ("vmscan,cgroup: apply mems_effective to reclaim") introduces the cpuset.mems_effective check and applies it to can_demote(). However:
1. It does not apply this check in demote_folio_list(), which leads to situations where pages are demoted to nodes that are explicitly excluded from the task's cpuset.mems.
2. It checks only the nodes in the immediate next demotion hierarchy and does not check all allowed demotion targets in can_demote(). This can cause pages to never be demoted if the nodes in the next demotion hierarchy are not set in mems_effective.
These bugs break resource isolation provided by cpuset.mems. This is visible from userspace because pages can either fail to be demoted entirely or are demoted to nodes that are not allowed in multi-tier memory systems.
To address these bugs, update cpuset_node_allowed() and mem_cgroup_node_allowed() to return effective_mems, allowing directly logic-and operation against demotion targets. Also update can_demote() and demote_folio_list() accordingly.
Bug 1 reproduction: Assume a system with 4 nodes, where nodes 0-1 are top-tier and nodes 2-3 are far-tier memory. All nodes have equal capacity.
Test script: echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/numa/demotion_enabled mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test echo +cpuset > /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.subtree_control echo "0-2" > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cpuset.mems echo $$ > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.procs swapoff -a # Expectation: Should respect node 0-2 limit. # Observation: Node 3 shows significant allocation (MemFree drops) stress-ng --oomable --vm 1 --vm-bytes 150% --mbind 0,1
Bug 2 reproduction: Assume a system with 6 nodes, where nodes 0-2 are top-tier, node 3 is a far-tier node, and nodes 4-5 are the farthest-tier nodes. All nodes have equal capacity.
Test script: echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/numa/demotion_enabled mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test echo +cpuset > /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.subtree_control echo "0-2,4-5" > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cpuset.mems echo $$ > /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.procs swapoff -a # Expectation: Pages are demoted to Nodes 4-5 # Observation: No pages are demoted before oom. stress-ng --oomable --vm 1 --vm-bytes 150% --mbind 0,1,2
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260106075703.1420072-1-bingjiao@google.com Fixes: 7d709f49babc ("vmscan,cgroup: apply mems_effective to reclaim") Signed-off-by: Bing Jiao bingjiao@google.com Reviewed-by: Gregory Price gourry@gourry.net Cc: Axel Rasmussen axelrasmussen@google.com Cc: David Hildenbrand david@kernel.org Cc: Johannes Weiner hannes@cmpxchg.org Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Cc: Michal Hocko mhocko@kernel.org Cc: "Michal Koutn��" mkoutny@suse.com Cc: Michal Koutn�� mkoutny@suse.com Cc: Muchun Song muchun.song@linux.dev Cc: Qi Zheng zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com Cc: Roman Gushchin roman.gushchin@linux.dev Cc: Shakeel Butt shakeel.butt@linux.dev Cc: Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org Cc: Waiman Long longman@redhat.com Cc: Wei Xu weixugc@google.com Cc: Yuanchu Xie yuanchu@google.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org ---
include/linux/cpuset.h | 6 +-- include/linux/memcontrol.h | 6 +-- kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------ mm/memcontrol.c | 16 +++++++++- mm/vmscan.c | 30 +++++++++++-------- 5 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h~mm-vmscan-fix-demotion-targets-checks-in-reclaim-demotion +++ a/include/linux/cpuset.h @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static inline void set_mems_allowed(node task_unlock(current); }
-extern bool cpuset_node_allowed(struct cgroup *cgroup, int nid); +extern void cpuset_nodes_allowed(struct cgroup *cgroup, nodemask_t *mask); #else /* !CONFIG_CPUSETS */
static inline bool cpusets_enabled(void) { return false; } @@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ static inline bool read_mems_allowed_ret return false; }
-static inline bool cpuset_node_allowed(struct cgroup *cgroup, int nid) +static inline void cpuset_nodes_allowed(struct cgroup *cgroup, nodemask_t *mask) { - return true; + nodes_copy(*mask, node_states[N_MEMORY]); } #endif /* !CONFIG_CPUSETS */
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h~mm-vmscan-fix-demotion-targets-checks-in-reclaim-demotion +++ a/include/linux/memcontrol.h @@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ static inline void count_objcg_events(st rcu_read_unlock(); }
-bool mem_cgroup_node_allowed(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid); +void mem_cgroup_node_filter_allowed(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, nodemask_t *mask);
void mem_cgroup_show_protected_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
@@ -1815,9 +1815,9 @@ static inline ino_t page_cgroup_ino(stru return 0; }
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_node_allowed(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid) +static inline void mem_cgroup_node_filter_allowed(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, + nodemask_t *mask) { - return true; }
static inline void mem_cgroup_show_protected_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c~mm-vmscan-fix-demotion-targets-checks-in-reclaim-demotion +++ a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c @@ -4416,40 +4416,58 @@ bool cpuset_current_node_allowed(int nod return allowed; }
-bool cpuset_node_allowed(struct cgroup *cgroup, int nid) +/** + * cpuset_nodes_allowed - return effective_mems mask from a cgroup cpuset. + * @cgroup: pointer to struct cgroup. + * @mask: pointer to struct nodemask_t to be returned. + * + * Returns effective_mems mask from a cgroup cpuset if it is cgroup v2 and + * has cpuset subsys. Otherwise, returns node_states[N_MEMORY]. + * + * This function intentionally avoids taking the cpuset_mutex or callback_lock + * when accessing effective_mems. This is because the obtained effective_mems + * is stale immediately after the query anyway (e.g., effective_mems is updated + * immediately after releasing the lock but before returning). + * + * As a result, returned @mask may be empty because cs->effective_mems can be + * rebound during this call. Besides, nodes in @mask are not guaranteed to be + * online due to hot plugins. Callers should check the mask for validity on + * return based on its subsequent use. + **/ +void cpuset_nodes_allowed(struct cgroup *cgroup, nodemask_t *mask) { struct cgroup_subsys_state *css; struct cpuset *cs; - bool allowed;
/* * In v1, mem_cgroup and cpuset are unlikely in the same hierarchy * and mems_allowed is likely to be empty even if we could get to it, - * so return true to avoid taking a global lock on the empty check. + * so return directly to avoid taking a global lock on the empty check. */ - if (!cpuset_v2()) - return true; + if (!cgroup || !cpuset_v2()) { + nodes_copy(*mask, node_states[N_MEMORY]); + return; + }
css = cgroup_get_e_css(cgroup, &cpuset_cgrp_subsys); - if (!css) - return true; + if (!css) { + nodes_copy(*mask, node_states[N_MEMORY]); + return; + }
/* - * Normally, accessing effective_mems would require the cpuset_mutex - * or callback_lock - but node_isset is atomic and the reference - * taken via cgroup_get_e_css is sufficient to protect css. - * - * Since this interface is intended for use by migration paths, we - * relax locking here to avoid taking global locks - while accepting - * there may be rare scenarios where the result may be innaccurate. + * The reference taken via cgroup_get_e_css is sufficient to + * protect css, but it does not imply safe accesses to effective_mems. * - * Reclaim and migration are subject to these same race conditions, and - * cannot make strong isolation guarantees, so this is acceptable. + * Normally, accessing effective_mems would require the cpuset_mutex + * or callback_lock - but the correctness of this information is stale + * immediately after the query anyway. We do not acquire the lock + * during this process to save lock contention in exchange for racing + * against mems_allowed rebinds. */ cs = container_of(css, struct cpuset, css); - allowed = node_isset(nid, cs->effective_mems); + nodes_copy(*mask, cs->effective_mems); css_put(css); - return allowed; }
/** --- a/mm/memcontrol.c~mm-vmscan-fix-demotion-targets-checks-in-reclaim-demotion +++ a/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -5624,9 +5624,21 @@ subsys_initcall(mem_cgroup_swap_init);
#endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
-bool mem_cgroup_node_allowed(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid) +void mem_cgroup_node_filter_allowed(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, nodemask_t *mask) { - return memcg ? cpuset_node_allowed(memcg->css.cgroup, nid) : true; + nodemask_t allowed; + + if (!memcg) + return; + + /* + * Since this interface is intended for use by migration paths, and + * reclaim and migration are subject to race conditions such as changes + * in effective_mems and hot-unpluging of nodes, inaccurate allowed + * mask is acceptable. + */ + cpuset_nodes_allowed(memcg->css.cgroup, &allowed); + nodes_and(*mask, *mask, allowed); }
void mem_cgroup_show_protected_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) --- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-vmscan-fix-demotion-targets-checks-in-reclaim-demotion +++ a/mm/vmscan.c @@ -344,19 +344,21 @@ static void flush_reclaim_state(struct s static bool can_demote(int nid, struct scan_control *sc, struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { - int demotion_nid; + struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid); + nodemask_t allowed_mask;
- if (!numa_demotion_enabled) + if (!pgdat || !numa_demotion_enabled) return false; if (sc && sc->no_demotion) return false;
- demotion_nid = next_demotion_node(nid); - if (demotion_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE) + node_get_allowed_targets(pgdat, &allowed_mask); + if (nodes_empty(allowed_mask)) return false;
- /* If demotion node isn't in the cgroup's mems_allowed, fall back */ - return mem_cgroup_node_allowed(memcg, demotion_nid); + /* Filter out nodes that are not in cgroup's mems_allowed. */ + mem_cgroup_node_filter_allowed(memcg, &allowed_mask); + return !nodes_empty(allowed_mask); }
static inline bool can_reclaim_anon_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, @@ -1019,7 +1021,8 @@ static struct folio *alloc_demote_folio( * Folios which are not demoted are left on @demote_folios. */ static unsigned int demote_folio_list(struct list_head *demote_folios, - struct pglist_data *pgdat) + struct pglist_data *pgdat, + struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id); unsigned int nr_succeeded; @@ -1033,7 +1036,6 @@ static unsigned int demote_folio_list(st */ .gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT, - .nid = target_nid, .nmask = &allowed_mask, .reason = MR_DEMOTION, }; @@ -1041,10 +1043,14 @@ static unsigned int demote_folio_list(st if (list_empty(demote_folios)) return 0;
- if (target_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE) - return 0; - node_get_allowed_targets(pgdat, &allowed_mask); + mem_cgroup_node_filter_allowed(memcg, &allowed_mask); + if (nodes_empty(allowed_mask)) + return false; + + if (!node_isset(target_nid, allowed_mask)) + target_nid = node_random(&allowed_mask); + mtc.nid = target_nid;
/* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */ migrate_pages(demote_folios, alloc_demote_folio, NULL, @@ -1566,7 +1572,7 @@ keep: /* 'folio_list' is always empty here */
/* Migrate folios selected for demotion */ - nr_demoted = demote_folio_list(&demote_folios, pgdat); + nr_demoted = demote_folio_list(&demote_folios, pgdat, memcg); nr_reclaimed += nr_demoted; stat->nr_demoted += nr_demoted; /* Folios that could not be demoted are still in @demote_folios */ _
Patches currently in -mm which might be from bingjiao@google.com are
mm-vmscan-fix-demotion-targets-checks-in-reclaim-demotion.patch