The patch titled Subject: mm/vmalloc: prevent RCU stalls in kasan_release_vmalloc_node has been added to the -mm mm-new branch. Its filename is mm-vmalloc-prevent-rcu-stalls-in-kasan_release_vmalloc_node.patch
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------------------------------------------------------ From: Deepanshu Kartikey kartikey406@gmail.com Subject: mm/vmalloc: prevent RCU stalls in kasan_release_vmalloc_node Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:06:12 +0530
When CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER is enabled, freeing KASAN shadow pages during vmalloc cleanup triggers expensive stack unwinding that acquires RCU read locks. Processing a large purge_list without rescheduling can cause the task to hold CPU for extended periods (10+ seconds), leading to RCU stalls and potential OOM conditions.
The issue manifests in purge_vmap_node() -> kasan_release_vmalloc_node() where iterating through hundreds or thousands of vmap_area entries and freeing their associated shadow pages causes:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P6229/1:b..l ... task:kworker/0:17 state:R running task stack:28840 pid:6229 ... kasan_release_vmalloc_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299 purge_vmap_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299
Each call to kasan_release_vmalloc() can free many pages, and with page_owner tracking, each free triggers save_stack() which performs stack unwinding under RCU read lock. Without yielding, this creates an unbounded RCU critical section.
Add periodic cond_resched() calls within the loop to allow: - RCU grace periods to complete - Other tasks to run - Scheduler to preempt when needed
The fix uses need_resched() for immediate response under load, with a batch count of 32 as a guaranteed upper bound to prevent worst-case stalls even under light load.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260112103612.627247-1-kartikey406@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey kartikey406@gmail.com Reported-by: syzbot+d8d4c31d40f868eaea30@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d8d4c31d40f868eaea30 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260112084723.622910-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/T/ [v1] Suggested-by: Uladzislau Rezki urezki@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) urezki@gmail.com Cc: Hillf Danton hdanton@sina.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org ---
mm/vmalloc.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmalloc-prevent-rcu-stalls-in-kasan_release_vmalloc_node +++ a/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -2273,11 +2273,14 @@ decay_va_pool_node(struct vmap_node *vn, reclaim_list_global(&decay_list); }
+#define KASAN_RELEASE_BATCH_SIZE 32 + static void kasan_release_vmalloc_node(struct vmap_node *vn) { struct vmap_area *va; unsigned long start, end; + unsigned int batch_count = 0;
start = list_first_entry(&vn->purge_list, struct vmap_area, list)->va_start; end = list_last_entry(&vn->purge_list, struct vmap_area, list)->va_end; @@ -2287,6 +2290,11 @@ kasan_release_vmalloc_node(struct vmap_n kasan_release_vmalloc(va->va_start, va->va_end, va->va_start, va->va_end, KASAN_VMALLOC_PAGE_RANGE); + + if (need_resched() || (++batch_count >= KASAN_RELEASE_BATCH_SIZE)) { + cond_resched(); + batch_count = 0; + } }
kasan_release_vmalloc(start, end, start, end, KASAN_VMALLOC_TLB_FLUSH); _
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kartikey406@gmail.com are
mm-swap_cgroup-fix-kernel-bug-in-swap_cgroup_record.patch mm-vmalloc-prevent-rcu-stalls-in-kasan_release_vmalloc_node.patch ocfs2-validate-i_refcount_loc-when-refcount-flag-is-set.patch ocfs2-validate-inline-data-i_size-during-inode-read.patch ocfs2-add-check-for-free-bits-before-allocation-in-ocfs2_move_extent.patch