FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ARM: 9472/1: fix race condition on PG_dcache_clean in" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ARM: 9472/1: fix race condition on PG_dcache_clean in" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 75f9a484e817adea211c73f89ed938a2b2f90953
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026050412-hug-headed-1eba@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 75f9a484e817adea211c73f89ed938a2b2f90953 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Ruley <brian.ruley@gehealthcare.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:12:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: 9472/1: fix race condition on PG_dcache_clean in
 __sync_icache_dcache()

This bug was already discovered and fixed for arm64 in
commit 588a513d3425 ("arm64: Fix race condition on PG_dcache_clean in
__sync_icache_dcache()").

Verified with added instrumentation to track dcache flushes in a ring
buffer, as shown by the (distilled) output:

  kernel: SIGILL at b6b80ac0 cpu 1 pid 32663 linux_pte=8eff659f
          hw_pte=8eff6e7e young=1 exec=1
  kernel: dcache flush START   cpu0 pfn=8eff6 ts=48629557020154
  kernel: dcache flush SKIPPED cpu1 pfn=8eff6 ts=48629557020154
  kernel: dcache flush FINISH  cpu0 pfn=8eff6 ts=48629557036154
  audisp-syslog: comm="journalctl" exe="/usr/bin/journalctl" sig=4 [...]

Discussions in the mailing list mentioned that arch/arm is also affected
but the fix was never applied to it [1][2]. Apply the change now, since
the race condition can cause sporadic SIGILL's and SEGV's especially
while under high memory pressure.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/adzMOdySgMIePcue@willie-the-truck [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210514095001.13236-1-catalin.marinas@arm.com [2]
Signed-off-by: Brian Ruley <brian.ruley@gehealthcare.com>
Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: 6012191aa9c6 ("ARM: 6380/1: Introduce __sync_icache_dcache() for VIPT caches")
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
index 19470d938b23..4d7ef5cc36b6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
@@ -304,8 +304,10 @@ void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval)
 	else
 		mapping = NULL;
 
-	if (!test_and_set_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &folio->flags.f))
+	if (!test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &folio->flags.f)) {
 		__flush_dcache_folio(mapping, folio);
+		set_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &folio->flags.f);
+	}
 
 	if (pte_exec(pteval))
 		__flush_icache_all();