From: Hui Zhu <hui.zhu@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>,
Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>,
Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@google.com>, Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v4] mm: assert exclusive nid/zonenum bits at the page/folio access sites
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:39:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625053958.918738-1-hui.zhu@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@kylinos.cn>
KCSAN reports a data race between page_to_nid()/folio_pgdat() reading
page->flags and folio_trylock()/folio_lock() concurrently doing
test_and_set_bit_lock(PG_locked, ...) on the same word, e.g.:
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __lruvec_stat_mod_folio / shmem_get_folio_gfp
The node id and zone id occupy fixed bit-ranges of page->flags that
are set once at page init and never modified afterwards, so they can
never overlap with the low PG_locked/PG_waiters bits touched by the
folio lock path.
ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(mdf.f, ...) inside memdesc_nid()/memdesc_zonenum()
checks a by-value copy of the flags word, not the actual shared
page->flags/folio->flags being modified concurrently, so it doesn't
reliably assert anything about the real race. Move the assertion to
page_to_nid(), folio_nid(), page_zonenum() and folio_zonenum(), where
flags is dereferenced directly from the page/folio.
On CONFIG_NUMA=n, NODES_MASK is 0 and the old memdesc_nid() body
folded to a constant, so page->flags/folio->flags was never actually
read. ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS() is a real runtime check that can't be
folded away, so doing it unconditionally would add a pointless read
of page->flags/folio->flags and a check that can never fire. Keep
page_to_nid()/folio_nid() as plain "return 0" static inline stubs
under CONFIG_NUMA=n instead.
Signed-off-by: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@kylinos.cn>
---
Changelog:
v4:
According to the comments of Andrew and Sashiko, set
page_to_nid()/folio_nid() as static inline stubs returning 0
under CONFIG_NUMA=n.
v3:
According to the comments of Andrew and Sashiko, move
ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS out of memdesc_nid()/memdesc_zonenum()
into the page/folio call sites.
v2:
According to the comments of David, remove useless comments and use
ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS() in memdesc_nid() instead of data_race() in
page_to_nid().
include/linux/mm.h | 9 +++++++++
include/linux/mmzone.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 485df9c2dbdd..56b39194605a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2294,15 +2294,24 @@ static inline int memdesc_nid(memdesc_flags_t mdf)
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
static inline int page_to_nid(const struct page *page)
{
+ ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(PF_POISONED_CHECK(page)->flags,
+ NODES_MASK << NODES_PGSHIFT);
return memdesc_nid(PF_POISONED_CHECK(page)->flags);
}
static inline int folio_nid(const struct folio *folio)
{
+ ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(folio->flags,
+ NODES_MASK << NODES_PGSHIFT);
return memdesc_nid(folio->flags);
}
+#else
+#define page_to_nid(page) (0)
+#define folio_nid(folio) (0)
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
/* page access time bits needs to hold at least 4 seconds */
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index ca2712187147..56dffa966343 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1274,17 +1274,18 @@ static inline bool zone_is_empty(const struct zone *zone)
static inline enum zone_type memdesc_zonenum(memdesc_flags_t flags)
{
- ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(flags.f, ZONES_MASK << ZONES_PGSHIFT);
return (flags.f >> ZONES_PGSHIFT) & ZONES_MASK;
}
static inline enum zone_type page_zonenum(const struct page *page)
{
+ ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(page->flags, ZONES_MASK << ZONES_PGSHIFT);
return memdesc_zonenum(page->flags);
}
static inline enum zone_type folio_zonenum(const struct folio *folio)
{
+ ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(folio->flags, ZONES_MASK << ZONES_PGSHIFT);
return memdesc_zonenum(folio->flags);
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-25 5:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-25 5:39 Hui Zhu [this message]
2026-06-25 6:46 ` [PATCH v4] mm: assert exclusive nid/zonenum bits at the page/folio access sites David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-25 6:50 ` kernel test robot
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