From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>,
Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>,
Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
chenhuacai@kernel.org, jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com,
linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.19-5.10] MIPS: Loongson: Make cpumask_of_node() robust against NUMA_NO_NODE
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:04:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260219020422.1539798-29-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260219020422.1539798-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
[ Upstream commit d55d3fe2d1470ac5b6e93efe7998b728013c9fc8 ]
The arch definition of cpumask_of_node() cannot handle NUMA_NO_NODE - which
is a valid index - so add a check for this.
Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:
Good. `NUMA_NO_NODE` is defined as `-1`.
## 3. Bug Mechanism
The bug is clear:
- `NUMA_NO_NODE` = `-1`
- The old macro: `&__node_cpumask[node]` with `node = -1` results in
`&__node_cpumask[-1]`
- This is an **out-of-bounds array access** at index -1, reading memory
before the start of the array
- This is undefined behavior in C and could lead to:
- Returning garbage data (incorrect CPU mask)
- Kernel crash/oops if the memory before the array is unmapped
- Subtle corruption or incorrect scheduling decisions
The fix returns `cpu_all_mask` when `NUMA_NO_NODE` is passed, which is
the semantically correct behavior: "no specific node" means "all CPUs
are valid."
## 4. Consistency with Other Architectures
The investigation confirmed that multiple architectures already handle
this case:
- **PowerPC**: checks for `-1`, returns `cpu_all_mask`
- **SPARC64**: checks for `-1`, returns `cpu_all_mask`
- **MIPS IP27**: checks for `-1`, returns `cpu_all_mask`
- **asm-generic/numa.h**: checks for `NUMA_NO_NODE`, returns
`cpu_all_mask`
- **arm64**: had a similar fix applied (commit `a194c5f2d2b3a`)
This fix brings the MIPS Loongson implementation in line with the
established pattern.
## 5. Scope and Risk Assessment
- **One line changed** in a macro definition
- **One file touched** (architecture-specific topology header)
- **Extremely low risk** - only adds a conditional check; the existing
behavior is preserved for all valid node values
- **Well-established pattern** - identical to what other architectures
already do
- **Reviewed by Loongson maintainer** (Huacai Chen)
## 6. User Impact
- Without this fix, any caller of `cpumask_of_node(NUMA_NO_NODE)` on
MIPS Loongson triggers **out-of-bounds array access**
- This is an actual memory safety bug, not a theoretical issue
- `NUMA_NO_NODE` is a valid value returned by various kernel APIs (e.g.,
`dev_to_node()` for devices without NUMA affinity)
- Impact: potential kernel crash, undefined behavior, or incorrect
scheduling/memory allocation decisions
## 7. Stable Criteria Evaluation
| Criteria | Assessment |
|----------|-----------|
| Obviously correct | YES - matches pattern used by 4+ other
architectures |
| Fixes real bug | YES - out-of-bounds array access with index -1 |
| Important issue | YES - memory safety / potential crash |
| Small and contained | YES - single line change |
| No new features | Correct - pure bug fix |
| Tested | YES - reviewed by subsystem maintainer, identical pattern in
other archs |
## Verification
- Verified `NUMA_NO_NODE` is defined as `(-1)` in
`include/linux/nodemask_types.h:15`
- Verified `__node_cpumask[]` is indexed by `node` directly in the old
macro, so passing -1 causes out-of-bounds access
- Verified via git log that similar fixes exist for LoongArch
(`94b0c831eda77`) and arm64 (`a194c5f2d2b3a`)
- Verified that PowerPC, SPARC64, and MIPS IP27 already have the same
NUMA_NO_NODE guard pattern
- Verified the generic implementation in `include/asm-generic/numa.h`
also checks for NUMA_NO_NODE
- Verified the fix returns `cpu_all_mask` which is consistent with all
other architecture implementations
- Verified the change is a single-line macro modification with no
dependencies on other commits
## Conclusion
This is a textbook stable backport candidate. It fixes a real out-of-
bounds memory access bug (array index -1) with a minimal, obviously
correct one-line change that follows an established pattern used by
multiple other architectures. The fix was reviewed by the Loongson
maintainer. The risk of regression is effectively zero since the fix
only adds a guard for a specific invalid input while preserving existing
behavior for all valid inputs.
**YES**
arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/topology.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/topology.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/topology.h
index 3414a1fd17835..89bb4deab98a6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/topology.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/topology.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#define cpu_to_node(cpu) (cpu_logical_map(cpu) >> 2)
extern cpumask_t __node_cpumask[];
-#define cpumask_of_node(node) (&__node_cpumask[node])
+#define cpumask_of_node(node) ((node) == NUMA_NO_NODE ? cpu_all_mask : &__node_cpumask[node])
struct pci_bus;
extern int pcibus_to_node(struct pci_bus *);
--
2.51.0
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