From: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, david@kernel.org,
osalvador@suse.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org,
georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com, djakov@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 06:09:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513130900.2204499-1-georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
If __add_memory_block() fails at xa_store() (under memory pressure
for example), device_unregister() is called, which eventually
triggers memory_block_release() with mem->altmap still set, causing
a WARN_ON(mem->altmap).
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 76 at drivers/base/memory.c:96 memory_block_release+0x28/0x30
Call trace:
memory_block_release+0x28/0x30 (P)
kobject_put+0xc8/0x1bc
device_unregister+0x2c/0x68
add_memory_block+0x1b4/0x214
create_memory_block_devices+0x9c/0xfc
create_altmaps_and_memory_blocks+0x130/0x1cc
add_memory_resource+0x10c/0x21c
add_memory_driver_managed+0xb8/0xe8
virtio_mem_add_memory+0xa4/0x194 [virtio_mem]
virtio_mem_sbm_plug_and_add_mb+0xc8/0x16c [virtio_mem]
virtio_mem_run_wq+0xea8/0x1088 [virtio_mem]
process_scheduled_works+0x18c/0x300
worker_thread+0x1dc/0x2b8
kthread+0x1ac/0x1f4
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Fix this by delaying the assignment of mem->altmap until after
__add_memory_block() has succeeded.
Fixes: 1a8c64e11043 ("mm/memory_hotplug: embed vmem_altmap details in memory block")
Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
drivers/base/memory.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 11d57cfa8d72..78e9600e6d45 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -807,7 +807,6 @@ static int add_memory_block(unsigned long block_id, int nid, unsigned long state
mem->start_section_nr = block_id * sections_per_block;
mem->state = state;
mem->nid = nid;
- mem->altmap = altmap;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mem->group_next);
#ifndef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -825,6 +824,8 @@ static int add_memory_block(unsigned long block_id, int nid, unsigned long state
if (ret)
return ret;
+ mem->altmap = altmap;
+
if (group) {
mem->group = group;
list_add(&mem->group_next, &group->memory_blocks);
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-13 13:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 13:09 Georgi Djakov [this message]
2026-05-13 13:14 ` [PATCH] drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-13 13:20 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-13 16:01 ` Georgi Djakov
2026-05-13 16:07 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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