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<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>padata: Reset next CPU when reorder sequence wraps around</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T13:00:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xiao Liang</name>
<email>shaw.leon@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-20T15:41:31+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b ]

When seq_nr wraps around, the next reorder job with seq 0 is hashed to
the first CPU in padata_do_serial(). Correspondingly, need reset pd-&gt;cpu
to the first one when pd-&gt;processed wraps around. Otherwise, if the
number of used CPUs is not a power of 2, padata_find_next() will be
checking a wrong list, hence deadlock.

Fixes: 6fc4dbcf0276 ("padata: Replace delayed timer with immediate workqueue in padata_reorder")
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang &lt;shaw.leon@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu &lt;herbert@gondor.apana.org.au&gt;
[ moved from padata_reorder() to padata_find_next() function ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b ]

When seq_nr wraps around, the next reorder job with seq 0 is hashed to
the first CPU in padata_do_serial(). Correspondingly, need reset pd-&gt;cpu
to the first one when pd-&gt;processed wraps around. Otherwise, if the
number of used CPUs is not a power of 2, padata_find_next() will be
checking a wrong list, hence deadlock.

Fixes: 6fc4dbcf0276 ("padata: Replace delayed timer with immediate workqueue in padata_reorder")
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang &lt;shaw.leon@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu &lt;herbert@gondor.apana.org.au&gt;
[ moved from padata_reorder() to padata_find_next() function ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vincent Guittot</name>
<email>vincent.guittot@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-08T13:12:14+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 17e3e88ed0b6318fde0d1c14df1a804711cab1b5 ]

The check for some lost idle pelt time should be always done when
pick_next_task_fair() fails to pick a task and not only when we call it
from the fair fast-path.

The case happens when the last running task on rq is a RT or DL task. When
the latter goes to sleep and the /Sum of util_sum of the rq is at the max
value, we don't account the lost of idle time whereas we should.

Fixes: 67692435c411 ("sched: Rework pick_next_task() slow-path")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 17e3e88ed0b6318fde0d1c14df1a804711cab1b5 ]

The check for some lost idle pelt time should be always done when
pick_next_task_fair() fails to pick a task and not only when we call it
from the fair fast-path.

The case happens when the last running task on rq is a RT or DL task. When
the latter goes to sleep and the /Sum of util_sum of the rq is at the max
value, we don't account the lost of idle time whereas we should.

Fixes: 67692435c411 ("sched: Rework pick_next_task() slow-path")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/balancing: Rename newidle_balance() =&gt; sched_balance_newidle()</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-08T11:18:16+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 7d058285cd77cc1411c91efd1b1673530bb1bee8 ]

Standardize scheduler load-balancing function names on the
sched_balance_() prefix.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde &lt;sshegde@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240308111819.1101550-11-mingo@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: 17e3e88ed0b6 ("sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 7d058285cd77cc1411c91efd1b1673530bb1bee8 ]

Standardize scheduler load-balancing function names on the
sched_balance_() prefix.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde &lt;sshegde@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240308111819.1101550-11-mingo@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: 17e3e88ed0b6 ("sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/fair: Trivial correction of the newidle_balance() comment</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Barry Song</name>
<email>song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-02T22:06:41+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 5b78f2dc315354c05300795064f587366a02c6ff ]

idle_balance() has been renamed to newidle_balance(). To differentiate
with nohz_idle_balance, it seems refining the comment will be helpful
for the readers of the code.

Signed-off-by: Barry Song &lt;song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201202220641.22752-1-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com
Stable-dep-of: 17e3e88ed0b6 ("sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 5b78f2dc315354c05300795064f587366a02c6ff ]

idle_balance() has been renamed to newidle_balance(). To differentiate
with nohz_idle_balance, it seems refining the comment will be helpful
for the readers of the code.

Signed-off-by: Barry Song &lt;song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201202220641.22752-1-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com
Stable-dep-of: 17e3e88ed0b6 ("sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Make newidle_balance() static again</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chen Yu</name>
<email>yu.c.chen@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-04-21T10:50:34+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit d91cecc156620ec75d94c55369509c807c3d07e6 ]

After Commit 6e2df0581f56 ("sched: Fix pick_next_task() vs 'change'
pattern race"), there is no need to expose newidle_balance() as it
is only used within fair.c file. Change this function back to static again.

No functional change.

Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Yu &lt;yu.c.chen@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/83cd3030b031ca5d646cd5e225be10e7a0fdd8f5.1587464698.git.yu.c.chen@intel.com
Stable-dep-of: 17e3e88ed0b6 ("sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit d91cecc156620ec75d94c55369509c807c3d07e6 ]

After Commit 6e2df0581f56 ("sched: Fix pick_next_task() vs 'change'
pattern race"), there is no need to expose newidle_balance() as it
is only used within fair.c file. Change this function back to static again.

No functional change.

Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Yu &lt;yu.c.chen@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/83cd3030b031ca5d646cd5e225be10e7a0fdd8f5.1587464698.git.yu.c.chen@intel.com
Stable-dep-of: 17e3e88ed0b6 ("sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>gaoxiang17</name>
<email>gaoxiang17@xiaomi.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-02T02:21:23+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 006568ab4c5ca2309ceb36fa553e390b4aa9c0c7 ]

__task_pid_nr_ns
        ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
        pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);
                if (pid &amp;&amp; ns-&gt;level &lt;= pid-&gt;level) {

Sometimes null is returned for task_active_pid_ns. Then it will trigger kernel panic in pid_nr_ns.

For example:
	Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000058
	Mem abort info:
	ESR = 0x0000000096000007
	EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
	SET = 0, FnV = 0
	EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
	FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
	Data abort info:
	ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
	CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
	GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
	user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000002175aa000
	[0000000000000058] pgd=08000002175ab003, p4d=08000002175ab003, pud=08000002175ab003, pmd=08000002175be003, pte=0000000000000000
	pstate: 834000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
	pc : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0
	lr : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x24/0xd0
	sp : ffffffc08001bd10
	x29: ffffffc08001bd10 x28: ffffffd4422b2000 x27: 0000000000000001
	x26: ffffffd442821168 x25: ffffffd442821000 x24: 00000f89492eab31
	x23: 00000000000000c0 x22: ffffff806f5693c0 x21: ffffff806f5693c0
	x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000
	x17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 00000000023a1adc
	x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000007ef6d8 x12: 001167c391c78800
	x11: 00ffffffffffffff x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000001
	x8 : ffffff80816fa3c0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 49534d702d535449
	x5 : ffffffc080c4c2c0 x4 : ffffffd43ee128c8 x3 : ffffffd43ee124dc
	x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ffffff806f5693c0
	Call trace:
	__task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0
	...
	__handle_irq_event_percpu+0xd4/0x284
	handle_irq_event+0x48/0xb0
	handle_fasteoi_irq+0x160/0x2d8
	generic_handle_domain_irq+0x44/0x60
	gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x114
	call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x74
	do_interrupt_handler+0x4c/0x84
	el1_interrupt+0x34/0x58
	el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
	el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c
	account_kernel_stack+0x60/0x144
	exit_task_stack_account+0x1c/0x80
	do_exit+0x7e4/0xaf8
	...
	get_signal+0x7bc/0x8d8
	do_notify_resume+0x128/0x828
	el0_svc+0x6c/0x70
	el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
	el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
	Code: 35fffe54 911a02a8 f9400108 b4000128 (b9405a69)
	---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
	Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt

Signed-off-by: gaoxiang17 &lt;gaoxiang17@xiaomi.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250802022123.3536934-1-gxxa03070307@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Baoquan He &lt;bhe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 006568ab4c5ca2309ceb36fa553e390b4aa9c0c7 ]

__task_pid_nr_ns
        ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
        pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);
                if (pid &amp;&amp; ns-&gt;level &lt;= pid-&gt;level) {

Sometimes null is returned for task_active_pid_ns. Then it will trigger kernel panic in pid_nr_ns.

For example:
	Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000058
	Mem abort info:
	ESR = 0x0000000096000007
	EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
	SET = 0, FnV = 0
	EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
	FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
	Data abort info:
	ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
	CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
	GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
	user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000002175aa000
	[0000000000000058] pgd=08000002175ab003, p4d=08000002175ab003, pud=08000002175ab003, pmd=08000002175be003, pte=0000000000000000
	pstate: 834000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
	pc : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0
	lr : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x24/0xd0
	sp : ffffffc08001bd10
	x29: ffffffc08001bd10 x28: ffffffd4422b2000 x27: 0000000000000001
	x26: ffffffd442821168 x25: ffffffd442821000 x24: 00000f89492eab31
	x23: 00000000000000c0 x22: ffffff806f5693c0 x21: ffffff806f5693c0
	x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000
	x17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 00000000023a1adc
	x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000007ef6d8 x12: 001167c391c78800
	x11: 00ffffffffffffff x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000001
	x8 : ffffff80816fa3c0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 49534d702d535449
	x5 : ffffffc080c4c2c0 x4 : ffffffd43ee128c8 x3 : ffffffd43ee124dc
	x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ffffff806f5693c0
	Call trace:
	__task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0
	...
	__handle_irq_event_percpu+0xd4/0x284
	handle_irq_event+0x48/0xb0
	handle_fasteoi_irq+0x160/0x2d8
	generic_handle_domain_irq+0x44/0x60
	gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x114
	call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x74
	do_interrupt_handler+0x4c/0x84
	el1_interrupt+0x34/0x58
	el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
	el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c
	account_kernel_stack+0x60/0x144
	exit_task_stack_account+0x1c/0x80
	do_exit+0x7e4/0xaf8
	...
	get_signal+0x7bc/0x8d8
	do_notify_resume+0x128/0x828
	el0_svc+0x6c/0x70
	el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
	el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
	Code: 35fffe54 911a02a8 f9400108 b4000128 (b9405a69)
	---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
	Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt

Signed-off-by: gaoxiang17 &lt;gaoxiang17@xiaomi.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250802022123.3536934-1-gxxa03070307@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Baoquan He &lt;bhe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yuan Chen</name>
<email>chenyuan@kylinos.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-14T13:00:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=07926ce598a95de6fd874a74fb510e2ebdfd0aae'/>
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[ Upstream commit 9cf9aa7b0acfde7545c1a1d912576e9bab28dc6f ]

There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to
NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash.

[1135630.084782] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000710a04630000
...
[1135630.260314] pstate: 404003c9 (nZcv DAIF +PAN -UAO)
[1135630.269239] pc : kprobe_perf_func+0x30/0x260
[1135630.277643] lr : kprobe_dispatcher+0x44/0x60
[1135630.286041] sp : ffffaeff4977fa40
[1135630.293441] x29: ffffaeff4977fa40 x28: ffffaf015340e400
[1135630.302837] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000
[1135630.312257] x25: ffffaf029ed108a8 x24: ffffaf015340e528
[1135630.321705] x23: ffffaeff4977fc50 x22: ffffaeff4977fc50
[1135630.331154] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffaeff4977fc50
[1135630.340586] x19: ffffaf015340e400 x18: 0000000000000000
[1135630.349985] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[1135630.359285] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000
[1135630.368445] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[1135630.377473] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000
[1135630.386411] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.395252] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.403963] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.412545] x3 : 0000710a04630000 x2 : 0000000000000006
[1135630.421021] x1 : ffffaeff4977fc50 x0 : 0000710a04630000
[1135630.429410] Call trace:
[1135630.434828]  kprobe_perf_func+0x30/0x260
[1135630.441661]  kprobe_dispatcher+0x44/0x60
[1135630.448396]  aggr_pre_handler+0x70/0xc8
[1135630.454959]  kprobe_breakpoint_handler+0x140/0x1e0
[1135630.462435]  brk_handler+0xbc/0xd8
[1135630.468437]  do_debug_exception+0x84/0x138
[1135630.475074]  el1_dbg+0x18/0x8c
[1135630.480582]  security_file_permission+0x0/0xd0
[1135630.487426]  vfs_write+0x70/0x1c0
[1135630.493059]  ksys_write+0x5c/0xc8
[1135630.498638]  __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30
[1135630.504821]  el0_svc_common+0x78/0x130
[1135630.510838]  el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78
[1135630.516834]  el0_svc+0x8/0x1b0

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c: 1308
0xffff3df8995039ec &lt;kprobe_perf_func+0x2c&gt;:     ldr     x21, [x24,#120]
include/linux/compiler.h: 294
0xffff3df8995039f0 &lt;kprobe_perf_func+0x30&gt;:     ldr     x1, [x21,x0]

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
1308: head = this_cpu_ptr(call-&gt;perf_events);
1309: if (hlist_empty(head))
1310: 	return 0;

crash&gt; struct trace_event_call -o
struct trace_event_call {
  ...
  [120] struct hlist_head *perf_events;  //(call-&gt;perf_event)
  ...
}

crash&gt; struct trace_event_call ffffaf015340e528
struct trace_event_call {
  ...
  perf_events = 0xffff0ad5fa89f088, //this value is correct, but x21 = 0
  ...
}

Race Condition Analysis:

The race occurs between kprobe activation and perf_events initialization:

  CPU0                                    CPU1
  ====                                    ====
  perf_kprobe_init
    perf_trace_event_init
      tp_event-&gt;perf_events = list;(1)
      tp_event-&gt;class-&gt;reg (2)← KPROBE ACTIVE
                                          Debug exception triggers
                                          ...
                                          kprobe_dispatcher
                                            kprobe_perf_func (tk-&gt;tp.flags &amp; TP_FLAG_PROFILE)
                                              head = this_cpu_ptr(call-&gt;perf_events)(3)
                                              (perf_events is still NULL)

Problem:
1. CPU0 executes (1) assigning tp_event-&gt;perf_events = list
2. CPU0 executes (2) enabling kprobe functionality via class-&gt;reg()
3. CPU1 triggers and reaches kprobe_dispatcher
4. CPU1 checks TP_FLAG_PROFILE - condition passes (step 2 completed)
5. CPU1 calls kprobe_perf_func() and crashes at (3) because
   call-&gt;perf_events is still NULL

CPU1 sees that kprobe functionality is enabled but does not see that
perf_events has been assigned.

Add pairing read and write memory barriers to guarantee that if CPU1
sees that kprobe functionality is enabled, it must also see that
perf_events has been assigned.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251001022025.44626-1-chenyuan_fl@163.com/

Fixes: 50d780560785 ("tracing/kprobes: Add probe handler dispatcher to support perf and ftrace concurrent use")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen &lt;chenyuan@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
[ Dropped ftrace changes + context ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 9cf9aa7b0acfde7545c1a1d912576e9bab28dc6f ]

There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to
NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash.

[1135630.084782] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000710a04630000
...
[1135630.260314] pstate: 404003c9 (nZcv DAIF +PAN -UAO)
[1135630.269239] pc : kprobe_perf_func+0x30/0x260
[1135630.277643] lr : kprobe_dispatcher+0x44/0x60
[1135630.286041] sp : ffffaeff4977fa40
[1135630.293441] x29: ffffaeff4977fa40 x28: ffffaf015340e400
[1135630.302837] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000
[1135630.312257] x25: ffffaf029ed108a8 x24: ffffaf015340e528
[1135630.321705] x23: ffffaeff4977fc50 x22: ffffaeff4977fc50
[1135630.331154] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffaeff4977fc50
[1135630.340586] x19: ffffaf015340e400 x18: 0000000000000000
[1135630.349985] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[1135630.359285] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000
[1135630.368445] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[1135630.377473] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000
[1135630.386411] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.395252] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.403963] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.412545] x3 : 0000710a04630000 x2 : 0000000000000006
[1135630.421021] x1 : ffffaeff4977fc50 x0 : 0000710a04630000
[1135630.429410] Call trace:
[1135630.434828]  kprobe_perf_func+0x30/0x260
[1135630.441661]  kprobe_dispatcher+0x44/0x60
[1135630.448396]  aggr_pre_handler+0x70/0xc8
[1135630.454959]  kprobe_breakpoint_handler+0x140/0x1e0
[1135630.462435]  brk_handler+0xbc/0xd8
[1135630.468437]  do_debug_exception+0x84/0x138
[1135630.475074]  el1_dbg+0x18/0x8c
[1135630.480582]  security_file_permission+0x0/0xd0
[1135630.487426]  vfs_write+0x70/0x1c0
[1135630.493059]  ksys_write+0x5c/0xc8
[1135630.498638]  __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30
[1135630.504821]  el0_svc_common+0x78/0x130
[1135630.510838]  el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78
[1135630.516834]  el0_svc+0x8/0x1b0

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c: 1308
0xffff3df8995039ec &lt;kprobe_perf_func+0x2c&gt;:     ldr     x21, [x24,#120]
include/linux/compiler.h: 294
0xffff3df8995039f0 &lt;kprobe_perf_func+0x30&gt;:     ldr     x1, [x21,x0]

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
1308: head = this_cpu_ptr(call-&gt;perf_events);
1309: if (hlist_empty(head))
1310: 	return 0;

crash&gt; struct trace_event_call -o
struct trace_event_call {
  ...
  [120] struct hlist_head *perf_events;  //(call-&gt;perf_event)
  ...
}

crash&gt; struct trace_event_call ffffaf015340e528
struct trace_event_call {
  ...
  perf_events = 0xffff0ad5fa89f088, //this value is correct, but x21 = 0
  ...
}

Race Condition Analysis:

The race occurs between kprobe activation and perf_events initialization:

  CPU0                                    CPU1
  ====                                    ====
  perf_kprobe_init
    perf_trace_event_init
      tp_event-&gt;perf_events = list;(1)
      tp_event-&gt;class-&gt;reg (2)← KPROBE ACTIVE
                                          Debug exception triggers
                                          ...
                                          kprobe_dispatcher
                                            kprobe_perf_func (tk-&gt;tp.flags &amp; TP_FLAG_PROFILE)
                                              head = this_cpu_ptr(call-&gt;perf_events)(3)
                                              (perf_events is still NULL)

Problem:
1. CPU0 executes (1) assigning tp_event-&gt;perf_events = list
2. CPU0 executes (2) enabling kprobe functionality via class-&gt;reg()
3. CPU1 triggers and reaches kprobe_dispatcher
4. CPU1 checks TP_FLAG_PROFILE - condition passes (step 2 completed)
5. CPU1 calls kprobe_perf_func() and crashes at (3) because
   call-&gt;perf_events is still NULL

CPU1 sees that kprobe functionality is enabled but does not see that
perf_events has been assigned.

Add pairing read and write memory barriers to guarantee that if CPU1
sees that kprobe functionality is enabled, it must also see that
perf_events has been assigned.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251001022025.44626-1-chenyuan_fl@163.com/

Fixes: 50d780560785 ("tracing/kprobes: Add probe handler dispatcher to support perf and ftrace concurrent use")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen &lt;chenyuan@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
[ Dropped ftrace changes + context ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues</title>
<updated>2025-10-02T11:34:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chen Ridong</name>
<email>chenridong@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-19T01:07:24+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=cabadd7fd15f97090f752fd22dd7f876a0dc3dc4'/>
<id>cabadd7fd15f97090f752fd22dd7f876a0dc3dc4</id>
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[ Upstream commit 79f919a89c9d06816dbdbbd168fa41d27411a7f9 ]

A hung task can occur during [1] LTP cgroup testing when repeatedly
mounting/unmounting perf_event and net_prio controllers with
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1. The hang manifests in
cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline() during root destruction.

Related case:
cgroup_fj_function_perf_event cgroup_fj_function.sh perf_event
cgroup_fj_function_net_prio cgroup_fj_function.sh net_prio

Call Trace:
	cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline+0x14c/0x1e8
	cgroup_destroy_root+0x3c/0x2c0
	css_free_rwork_fn+0x248/0x338
	process_one_work+0x16c/0x3b8
	worker_thread+0x22c/0x3b0
	kthread+0xec/0x100
	ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Root Cause:

CPU0                            CPU1
mount perf_event                umount net_prio
cgroup1_get_tree                cgroup_kill_sb
rebind_subsystems               // root destruction enqueues
				// cgroup_destroy_wq
// kill all perf_event css
                                // one perf_event css A is dying
                                // css A offline enqueues cgroup_destroy_wq
                                // root destruction will be executed first
                                css_free_rwork_fn
                                cgroup_destroy_root
                                cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline
                                // some perf descendants are dying
                                // cgroup_destroy_wq max_active = 1
                                // waiting for css A to die

Problem scenario:
1. CPU0 mounts perf_event (rebind_subsystems)
2. CPU1 unmounts net_prio (cgroup_kill_sb), queuing root destruction work
3. A dying perf_event CSS gets queued for offline after root destruction
4. Root destruction waits for offline completion, but offline work is
   blocked behind root destruction in cgroup_destroy_wq (max_active=1)

Solution:
Split cgroup_destroy_wq into three dedicated workqueues:
cgroup_offline_wq – Handles CSS offline operations
cgroup_release_wq – Manages resource release
cgroup_free_wq – Performs final memory deallocation

This separation eliminates blocking in the CSS free path while waiting for
offline operations to complete.

[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/runtest/controllers
Fixes: 334c3679ec4b ("cgroup: reimplement rebind_subsystems() using cgroup_apply_control() and friends")
Reported-by: Gao Yingjie &lt;gaoyingjie@uniontech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Teju Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
[ Upstream commit 79f919a89c9d06816dbdbbd168fa41d27411a7f9 ]

A hung task can occur during [1] LTP cgroup testing when repeatedly
mounting/unmounting perf_event and net_prio controllers with
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1. The hang manifests in
cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline() during root destruction.

Related case:
cgroup_fj_function_perf_event cgroup_fj_function.sh perf_event
cgroup_fj_function_net_prio cgroup_fj_function.sh net_prio

Call Trace:
	cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline+0x14c/0x1e8
	cgroup_destroy_root+0x3c/0x2c0
	css_free_rwork_fn+0x248/0x338
	process_one_work+0x16c/0x3b8
	worker_thread+0x22c/0x3b0
	kthread+0xec/0x100
	ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Root Cause:

CPU0                            CPU1
mount perf_event                umount net_prio
cgroup1_get_tree                cgroup_kill_sb
rebind_subsystems               // root destruction enqueues
				// cgroup_destroy_wq
// kill all perf_event css
                                // one perf_event css A is dying
                                // css A offline enqueues cgroup_destroy_wq
                                // root destruction will be executed first
                                css_free_rwork_fn
                                cgroup_destroy_root
                                cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline
                                // some perf descendants are dying
                                // cgroup_destroy_wq max_active = 1
                                // waiting for css A to die

Problem scenario:
1. CPU0 mounts perf_event (rebind_subsystems)
2. CPU1 unmounts net_prio (cgroup_kill_sb), queuing root destruction work
3. A dying perf_event CSS gets queued for offline after root destruction
4. Root destruction waits for offline completion, but offline work is
   blocked behind root destruction in cgroup_destroy_wq (max_active=1)

Solution:
Split cgroup_destroy_wq into three dedicated workqueues:
cgroup_offline_wq – Handles CSS offline operations
cgroup_release_wq – Manages resource release
cgroup_free_wq – Performs final memory deallocation

This separation eliminates blocking in the CSS free path while waiting for
offline operations to complete.

[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/runtest/controllers
Fixes: 334c3679ec4b ("cgroup: reimplement rebind_subsystems() using cgroup_apply_control() and friends")
Reported-by: Gao Yingjie &lt;gaoyingjie@uniontech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Teju Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>genirq: Provide new interfaces for affinity hints</title>
<updated>2025-10-02T11:34:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2021-09-03T15:24:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=7b2a67322aff353c70ba215b7c7f15df6810f274'/>
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[ Upstream commit 65c7cdedeb3026fabcc967a7aae2f755ad4d0783 ]

The discussion about removing the side effect of irq_set_affinity_hint() of
actually applying the cpumask (if not NULL) as affinity to the interrupt,
unearthed a few unpleasantries:

  1) The modular perf drivers rely on the current behaviour for the very
     wrong reasons.

  2) While none of the other drivers prevents user space from changing
     the affinity, a cursorily inspection shows that there are at least
     expectations in some drivers.

#1 needs to be cleaned up anyway, so that's not a problem

#2 might result in subtle regressions especially when irqbalanced (which
   nowadays ignores the affinity hint) is disabled.

Provide new interfaces:

  irq_update_affinity_hint()  - Only sets the affinity hint pointer
  irq_set_affinity_and_hint() - Set the pointer and apply the affinity to
                                the interrupt

Make irq_set_affinity_hint() a wrapper around irq_apply_affinity_hint() and
document it to be phased out.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal &lt;nitesh@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei &lt;ming.lei@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210501021832.743094-1-jesse.brandeburg@intel.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210903152430.244937-2-nitesh@redhat.com
Stable-dep-of: 915470e1b44e ("i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
[ Upstream commit 65c7cdedeb3026fabcc967a7aae2f755ad4d0783 ]

The discussion about removing the side effect of irq_set_affinity_hint() of
actually applying the cpumask (if not NULL) as affinity to the interrupt,
unearthed a few unpleasantries:

  1) The modular perf drivers rely on the current behaviour for the very
     wrong reasons.

  2) While none of the other drivers prevents user space from changing
     the affinity, a cursorily inspection shows that there are at least
     expectations in some drivers.

#1 needs to be cleaned up anyway, so that's not a problem

#2 might result in subtle regressions especially when irqbalanced (which
   nowadays ignores the affinity hint) is disabled.

Provide new interfaces:

  irq_update_affinity_hint()  - Only sets the affinity hint pointer
  irq_set_affinity_and_hint() - Set the pointer and apply the affinity to
                                the interrupt

Make irq_set_affinity_hint() a wrapper around irq_apply_affinity_hint() and
document it to be phased out.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal &lt;nitesh@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei &lt;ming.lei@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210501021832.743094-1-jesse.brandeburg@intel.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210903152430.244937-2-nitesh@redhat.com
Stable-dep-of: 915470e1b44e ("i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>genirq: Export affinity setter for modules</title>
<updated>2025-10-02T11:34:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-18T09:17:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=4dbabe8e6659d72b5315ebb53ea5b05d73ba0475'/>
<id>4dbabe8e6659d72b5315ebb53ea5b05d73ba0475</id>
<content type='text'>
[ Upstream commit 4d80d6ca5d77fde9880da8466e5b64f250e5bf82 ]

Perf modules abuse irq_set_affinity_hint() to set the affinity of system
PMU interrupts just because irq_set_affinity() was not exported.

The fact that irq_set_affinity_hint() actually sets the affinity is a
non-documented side effect and the name is clearly saying it's a hint.

To clean this up, export the real affinity setter.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210518093117.968251441@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 915470e1b44e ("i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
[ Upstream commit 4d80d6ca5d77fde9880da8466e5b64f250e5bf82 ]

Perf modules abuse irq_set_affinity_hint() to set the affinity of system
PMU interrupts just because irq_set_affinity() was not exported.

The fact that irq_set_affinity_hint() actually sets the affinity is a
non-documented side effect and the name is clearly saying it's a hint.

To clean this up, export the real affinity setter.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210518093117.968251441@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 915470e1b44e ("i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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