+ mm-vmscan-fix-unintended-mtc-nmask-mutation-in-alloc_demote_folio.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-vmscan-fix-unintended-mtc-nmask-mutation-in-alloc_demote_folio.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/vmscan: fix unintended mtc->nmask mutation in alloc_demote_folio()
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-vmscan-fix-unintended-mtc-nmask-mutation-in-alloc_demote_folio.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-vmscan-fix-unintended-mtc-nmask-mutation-in-alloc_demote_folio.patch

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From: Bing Jiao <bingjiao@google.com>
Subject: mm/vmscan: fix unintended mtc->nmask mutation in alloc_demote_folio()
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 05:25:17 +0000

In alloc_demote_folio(), mtc->nmask is set to NULL for the first
allocation.  If that succeeds, it returns without restoring mtc->nmask to
allowed_mask.  For subsequent allocations from the migrate_pages() batch,
mtc->nmask will be NULL.  If the target node then becomes full, the
fallback allocation will use nmask = NULL, allocating from any node
allowed by the task cpuset, which for kswapd is all nodes.

To address this issue, use a local copy of the mtc structure with nmask =
NULL for the first allocation attempt specifically, ensuring the original
mtc remains unmodified.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260303052519.109244-1-bingjiao@google.com
Fixes: 320080272892 ("mm/demotion: demote pages according to allocation fallback order")
Signed-off-by: Bing Jiao <bingjiao@google.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
Cc: Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/vmscan.c |   14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-vmscan-fix-unintended-mtc-nmask-mutation-in-alloc_demote_folio
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -966,13 +966,11 @@ static void folio_check_dirty_writeback(
 static struct folio *alloc_demote_folio(struct folio *src,
 		unsigned long private)
 {
+	struct migration_target_control *mtc, target_nid_mtc;
 	struct folio *dst;
-	nodemask_t *allowed_mask;
-	struct migration_target_control *mtc;
 
 	mtc = (struct migration_target_control *)private;
 
-	allowed_mask = mtc->nmask;
 	/*
 	 * make sure we allocate from the target node first also trying to
 	 * demote or reclaim pages from the target node via kswapd if we are
@@ -982,15 +980,13 @@ static struct folio *alloc_demote_folio(
 	 * a demotion of cold pages from the target memtier. This can result
 	 * in the kernel placing hot pages in slower(lower) memory tiers.
 	 */
-	mtc->nmask = NULL;
-	mtc->gfp_mask |= __GFP_THISNODE;
-	dst = alloc_migration_target(src, (unsigned long)mtc);
+	target_nid_mtc = *mtc;
+	target_nid_mtc.nmask = NULL;
+	target_nid_mtc.gfp_mask |= __GFP_THISNODE;
+	dst = alloc_migration_target(src, (unsigned long)&target_nid_mtc);
 	if (dst)
 		return dst;
 
-	mtc->gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_THISNODE;
-	mtc->nmask = allowed_mask;
-
 	return alloc_migration_target(src, (unsigned long)mtc);
 }
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from bingjiao@google.com are

mm-vmscan-fix-unintended-mtc-nmask-mutation-in-alloc_demote_folio.patch