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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	"Oscar Salvador (SUSE)" <osalvador@kernel.org>,
	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Georgi Djakov <djakov@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:06:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625140604.2429376-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026062556-emcee-reexamine-cc0e@gregkh>

From: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com>

[ Upstream commit a2b8d7827f48ee54a686cb80e4a1d0ff954ec42a ]

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).  This was triggered by modifying virtio-mem driver.

Fix this by delaying the assignment of mem->altmap until after
__add_memory_block() has succeeded.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260514092657.3057141-1-georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com
Fixes: 1a8c64e11043 ("mm/memory_hotplug: embed vmem_altmap details in memory block")
Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@oss.qualcomm.com>
Acked-by: Oscar Salvador (SUSE) <osalvador@kernel.org>
Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Georgi Djakov <djakov@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 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 948e77da1dc3be..2f7e8bab3d10cf 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ static int add_memory_block(unsigned long block_id, unsigned long state,
 	mem->start_section_nr = block_id * sections_per_block;
 	mem->state = state;
 	mem->nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
-	mem->altmap = altmap;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mem->group_next);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -812,6 +811,8 @@ static int add_memory_block(unsigned long block_id, unsigned long state,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	mem->altmap = altmap;
+
 	if (group) {
 		mem->group = group;
 		list_add(&mem->group_next, &group->memory_blocks);
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-06-25 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-25 12:46 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2026-06-25 14:06 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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