From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 296F02BD012; Wed, 4 Feb 2026 15:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770219131; cv=none; b=Go7uTb+J5S/ksczlcCXrS19vKAQ63lGjo8upey8GyWqrBn9igiG4ydy/ey4wCXoZTJaJD+rQwmfe3FmG+mA4xqKYPrcDC/fFoWvm+7s7pIw9BorxsTPZwGy1Fvr0lf2//udlQlgoaZGDEWXX1ZAaNgN1/Of3Jo/za3mb+zaoQXA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770219131; c=relaxed/simple; bh=iWya0oychxCZJCBPR3bkhKQcZAPvtANoywQxiLw0Hvo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=iGcmtD3m2yMDNyEV3r70t2OIC1pIdWMzJiP2IrZYdIfuNK49R+9M6FWPRyzqEn3rJukMriIfJLil9A5lkag+LBGKjhczlYDblVntsLsWgAxCd7eiMfE7jya0AeQ275m5uXOh1AC4vdiyQMB3ZpV5xnImVPHMLZi2VsLrlXBmA48= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=PbPbWVSS; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="PbPbWVSS" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 53850C4CEF7; Wed, 4 Feb 2026 15:32:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1770219130; bh=iWya0oychxCZJCBPR3bkhKQcZAPvtANoywQxiLw0Hvo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=PbPbWVSSowzLCvwq8qIbYxvjQkdheybir0M7rEkIFb1VQyYDA/F0E9OJSWcWAbWif b83xw/XMe/jL4DpXYft6RLgWs3D+/gLozn0d2fR9dCOQvNyOpLPe45/nSJXxe6pArq 9m9L9xGuQ/2l0Rh3Y/PjiDXV5r6xjwrhxT+tLNvI= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Laveesh Bansal , Jan Kara , Christian Brauner Subject: [PATCH 6.18 059/122] writeback: fix 100% CPU usage when dirtytime_expire_interval is 0 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 15:40:41 +0100 Message-ID: <20260204143853.979717049@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260204143851.857060534@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260204143851.857060534@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Laveesh Bansal commit 543467d6fe97e27e22a26e367fda972dbefebbff upstream. When vm.dirtytime_expire_seconds is set to 0, wakeup_dirtytime_writeback() schedules delayed work with a delay of 0, causing immediate execution. The function then reschedules itself with 0 delay again, creating an infinite busy loop that causes 100% kworker CPU usage. Fix by: - Only scheduling delayed work in wakeup_dirtytime_writeback() when dirtytime_expire_interval is non-zero - Cancelling the delayed work in dirtytime_interval_handler() when the interval is set to 0 - Adding a guard in start_dirtytime_writeback() for defensive coding Tested by booting kernel in QEMU with virtme-ng: - Before fix: kworker CPU spikes to ~73% - After fix: CPU remains at normal levels - Setting interval back to non-zero correctly resumes writeback Fixes: a2f4870697a5 ("fs: make sure the timestamps for lazytime inodes eventually get written") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220227 Signed-off-by: Laveesh Bansal Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260106145059.543282-2-laveeshb@laveeshbansal.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -2471,7 +2471,8 @@ static void wakeup_dirtytime_writeback(s wb_wakeup(wb); } rcu_read_unlock(); - schedule_delayed_work(&dirtytime_work, dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ); + if (dirtytime_expire_interval) + schedule_delayed_work(&dirtytime_work, dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ); } static int dirtytime_interval_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, @@ -2480,8 +2481,12 @@ static int dirtytime_interval_handler(co int ret; ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos); - if (ret == 0 && write) - mod_delayed_work(system_percpu_wq, &dirtytime_work, 0); + if (ret == 0 && write) { + if (dirtytime_expire_interval) + mod_delayed_work(system_percpu_wq, &dirtytime_work, 0); + else + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dirtytime_work); + } return ret; } @@ -2498,7 +2503,8 @@ static const struct ctl_table vm_fs_writ static int __init start_dirtytime_writeback(void) { - schedule_delayed_work(&dirtytime_work, dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ); + if (dirtytime_expire_interval) + schedule_delayed_work(&dirtytime_work, dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ); register_sysctl_init("vm", vm_fs_writeback_table); return 0; }