The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable(a)vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025101650-dreamless-dry-49d5@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:30:15 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] padata: Reset next CPU when reorder sequence wraps around
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->cpu
to the first one when pd->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: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon(a)gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert(a)gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index f85f8bd788d0..833740d75483 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -291,8 +291,12 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct padata_priv *padata)
struct padata_serial_queue *squeue;
int cb_cpu;
- cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, pd->cpumask.pcpu);
processed++;
+ /* When sequence wraps around, reset to the first CPU. */
+ if (unlikely(processed == 0))
+ cpu = cpumask_first(pd->cpumask.pcpu);
+ else
+ cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, pd->cpumask.pcpu);
cb_cpu = padata->cb_cpu;
squeue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->squeue, cb_cpu);
The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable(a)vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025101650-feline-ellipse-6256@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:30:15 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] padata: Reset next CPU when reorder sequence wraps around
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->cpu
to the first one when pd->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: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon(a)gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert(a)gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index f85f8bd788d0..833740d75483 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -291,8 +291,12 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct padata_priv *padata)
struct padata_serial_queue *squeue;
int cb_cpu;
- cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, pd->cpumask.pcpu);
processed++;
+ /* When sequence wraps around, reset to the first CPU. */
+ if (unlikely(processed == 0))
+ cpu = cpumask_first(pd->cpumask.pcpu);
+ else
+ cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, pd->cpumask.pcpu);
cb_cpu = padata->cb_cpu;
squeue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->squeue, cb_cpu);
The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable(a)vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025101649-sector-ruined-1f7a@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 501302d5cee0d8e8ec2c4a5919c37e0df9abc99b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:30:15 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] padata: Reset next CPU when reorder sequence wraps around
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->cpu
to the first one when pd->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: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon(a)gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert(a)gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index f85f8bd788d0..833740d75483 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -291,8 +291,12 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct padata_priv *padata)
struct padata_serial_queue *squeue;
int cb_cpu;
- cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, pd->cpumask.pcpu);
processed++;
+ /* When sequence wraps around, reset to the first CPU. */
+ if (unlikely(processed == 0))
+ cpu = cpumask_first(pd->cpumask.pcpu);
+ else
+ cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, pd->cpumask.pcpu);
cb_cpu = padata->cb_cpu;
squeue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->squeue, cb_cpu);
Since the commit c1f3f9797c1f ("can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL
pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode"), the automatic restart
delay can only be set for devices that implement the restart handler struct
can_priv::do_set_mode. As it makes no sense to configure a automatic
restart for devices that doesn't support it.
However, since systemd commit 13ce5d4632e3 ("network/can: properly handle
CAN.RestartSec=0") [1], systemd-networkd correctly handles a restart delay
of "0" (i.e. the restart is disabled). Which means that a disabled restart
is always configured in the kernel.
On systems with both changes active this causes that CAN interfaces that
don't implement a restart handler cannot be brought up by systemd-networkd.
Solve this problem by allowing a delay of "0" to be configured, even if the
device does not implement a restart handler.
[1] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/13ce5d4632e395521e6205c954493c7fc…
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrei Lalaev <andrey.lalaev(a)gmail.com>
Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl(a)pengutronix.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251020-certain-arrogant-vole-of-sunshine-1418…
Fixes: c1f3f9797c1f ("can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode")
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl(a)pengutronix.de>
---
drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
index 0591406b6f32..6f83b87d54fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
@@ -452,7 +452,9 @@ static int can_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
}
if (data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS]) {
- if (!priv->do_set_mode) {
+ unsigned int restart_ms = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS]);
+
+ if (restart_ms != 0 && !priv->do_set_mode) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
"Device doesn't support restart from Bus Off");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -461,7 +463,7 @@ static int can_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
/* Do not allow changing restart delay while running */
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
return -EBUSY;
- priv->restart_ms = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS]);
+ priv->restart_ms = restart_ms;
}
if (data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART]) {
---
base-commit: ffff5c8fc2af2218a3332b3d5b97654599d50cde
change-id: 20251020-netlink-fix-restart-6016f4d93e38
Best regards,
--
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl(a)pengutronix.de>
Since the commit c1f3f9797c1f ("can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL
pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode"), the automatic restart
delay can only be set for devices that implement the restart handler struct
can_priv::do_set_mode. As it makes no sense to configure a automatic
restart for devices that doesn't support it.
However, since systemd commit 13ce5d4632e3 ("network/can: properly handle
CAN.RestartSec=0") [1], systemd-networkd correctly handles a restart delay
of "0" (i.e. the restart is disabled). Which means that a disabled restart
is always configured in the kernel.
On systems with both changes active this causes that CAN interfaces that
don't implement a restart handler cannot be brought up by systemd-networkd.
Solve this problem by allowing a delay of "0" to be configured, even if the
device does not implement a restart handler.
[1] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/13ce5d4632e395521e6205c954493c7fc…
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrei Lalaev <andrey.lalaev(a)gmail.com>
Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl(a)pengutronix.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251020-certain-arrogant-vole-of-sunshine-1418…
Fixes: c1f3f9797c1f ("can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251020-netlink-fix-restart-v1-1-3f53c7f8520b@pen…
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl(a)pengutronix.de>
---
drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
index 0591406b6f32..6f83b87d54fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
@@ -452,7 +452,9 @@ static int can_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
}
if (data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS]) {
- if (!priv->do_set_mode) {
+ unsigned int restart_ms = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS]);
+
+ if (restart_ms != 0 && !priv->do_set_mode) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
"Device doesn't support restart from Bus Off");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -461,7 +463,7 @@ static int can_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
/* Do not allow changing restart delay while running */
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
return -EBUSY;
- priv->restart_ms = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS]);
+ priv->restart_ms = restart_ms;
}
if (data[IFLA_CAN_RESTART]) {
--
2.51.0
Hi. This is supposed to be a patch, but I think it's worth discussing
how it should be backported to -stable, so I've labeled it as [DISCUSSION].
The bug described below was unintentionally fixed in v6.5 and not
backported to -stable. So technically I would need to use "Option 3" [A],
but since the original patch [B] did not intend to fix a bug (and it's also
part of a larger patch series), it looks quite different from the patch below,
and I'm not sure what the backport should look like.
I think there are probably two options:
1. Provide the description of the original patch along with a very long,
detailed explanation of why the patch deviates from the upstream version, or
2. Post the patch below with a clarification that it was fixed upstream
by commit 670ddd8cdcbd1.
Any thoughts?
[A] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html#opt…
[B] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/725a42a9-91e9-c868-925-e3a5fd40bb4f@google.com
(Upstream commit 670ddd8cdcbd1)
In any case, no matter how we backport this, it needs some review and
feedback would be appreciated. The patch applies to v6.1 and v5.15, and
v5.10 but not v5.4.
From cf45867ab8e48b42160b7253390db7bdecef1455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo(a)oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:05:40 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] mm, numa: fix bad pmd by atomically checking is_swap_pmd() in
change_prot_numa()
It was observed that a bad pmd is seen when automatic NUMA balancing
is marking page table entries as prot_numa:
[2437548.196018] mm/pgtable-generic.c:50: bad pmd 00000000af22fc02(dffffffe71fbfe02)
With some kernel modification, the call stack was dumped:
[2437548.235022] Call Trace:
[2437548.238234] <TASK>
[2437548.241060] dump_stack_lvl+0x46/0x61
[2437548.245689] panic+0x106/0x2e5
[2437548.249497] pmd_clear_bad+0x3c/0x3c
[2437548.253967] change_pmd_range.isra.0+0x34d/0x3a7
[2437548.259537] change_p4d_range+0x156/0x20e
[2437548.264392] change_protection_range+0x116/0x1a9
[2437548.269976] change_prot_numa+0x15/0x37
[2437548.274774] task_numa_work+0x1b8/0x302
[2437548.279512] task_work_run+0x62/0x95
[2437548.283882] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x1a4/0x1a9
[2437548.289277] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf4/0xfc
[2437548.294751] ? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x81
[2437548.300677] irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x5/0x25
[2437548.306153] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x1b
This is due to a race condition between change_prot_numa() and
THP migration because the kernel doesn't check is_swap_pmd() and
pmd_trans_huge() atomically:
change_prot_numa() THP migration
======================================================================
- change_pmd_range()
-> is_swap_pmd() returns false,
meaning it's not a PMD migration
entry.
- do_huge_pmd_numa_page()
-> migrate_misplaced_page() sets
migration entries for the THP.
- change_pmd_range()
-> pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge()
-> pmd_none() and pmd_trans_huge() returns false
- pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge()
-> pmd_bad() returns true for the migration entry!
For the race condition described above to occur:
1) AutoNUMA must be unmapping a range of pages, with at least part of the
range already unmapped by AutoNUMA.
2) While AutoNUMA is in the process of unmapping, a NUMA hinting fault
occurs within that range, specifically when we are about to unmap
the PMD entry, between the is_swap_pmd() and pmd_trans_huge() checks.
So this is a really rare race condition and it's observed that it takes
usually a few days of autonuma-intensive testing to trigger.
A bit of history on a similar race condition in the past:
In fact, a similar race condition caused by not checking pmd_trans_huge()
atomically was reported [1] in 2017. However, instead of the patch [1],
another patch series [3] fixed the problem [2] by not clearing the pmd
entry but invaliding it instead (so that pmd_trans_huge() would still
return true).
Despite patch series [3], the bad pmd error continued to be reported
in mainline. As a result, [1] was resurrected [4] and it landed mainline
in 2020 in a hope that it would resolve the issue. However, now it turns
out that [3] was not sufficient.
Fix this race condition by checking is_swap_pmd() and pmd_trans_huge()
atomically. With that, the kernel should see either
pmd_trans_huge() == true, or is_swap_pmd() == true when another task is
migrating the page concurrently.
This bug was introduced when THP migration support was added. More
specifically, by commit 84c3fc4e9c56 ("mm: thp: check pmd migration entry
in common path")).
It is unintentionally fixed since v6.5 by commit 670ddd8cdcbd1
("mm/mprotect: delete pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge()") while
removing pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge() function. But it's not
backported to -stable because it was fixed unintentionally.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20170410094825.2yfo5zehn7pchg6a@techsingul… [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/8A6309F4-DB76-48FA-BE7F-BF9536A4C4E5@cs.ru… [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20170302151034.27829-1-kirill.shutemov@lin… [3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20200216191800.22423-1-aquini@redhat.com [4]
Fixes: 84c3fc4e9c56 ("mm: thp: check pmd migration entry in common path")
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo(a)oracle.com>
---
mm/mprotect.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 668bfaa6ed2a..c0e796c0f9b0 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static inline int pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge(pmd_t *pmd)
if (pmd_none(pmdval))
return 1;
- if (pmd_trans_huge(pmdval))
+ if (is_swap_pmd(pmdval) || pmd_trans_huge(pmdval))
return 0;
if (unlikely(pmd_bad(pmdval))) {
pmd_clear_bad(pmd);
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
* Hence, it's necessary to atomically read the PMD value
* for all the checks.
*/
- if (!is_swap_pmd(*pmd) && !pmd_devmap(*pmd) &&
+ if (!pmd_devmap(*pmd) &&
pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge(pmd))
goto next;
--
2.43.0