FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/kmemleak: report RCU-tasks quiescent states during the" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/kmemleak: report RCU-tasks quiescent states during the" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 3541a2b06ecd78ba333188df04368dcf97273d6a
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090345-doorpost-concur-ba65@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 3541a2b06ecd78ba333188df04368dcf97273d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:23:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] mm/kmemleak: report RCU-tasks quiescent states during the
 scan

kmemleak_scan() can run for ages on large debug kernels. It was
causing some soft-lockups which I got fixed with commit
3175fcfec8b16baeb ("mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task
stacks") with our beloved cond_resched().

I've got the fix above deployed in the Meta fleet, and now I am seeing:

  INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
    task:kmemleak state:R ... nvcsw: 274/274 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/3
     scan_block
     scan_gray_list
     kmemleak_scan

and, worse, blocks the callers waiting on that grace period.  Here a BPF
struct_ops map free, which waits via synchronize_rcu_mult(call_rcu,
call_rcu_tasks), is stuck long enough to also trip the hung task check:

  INFO: task kworker/...:bpf_map_free_deferred blocked for 122 seconds
     __wait_rcu_gp
     bpf_struct_ops_map_free

Then I've learned that cond_resched() is not an RCU-tasks quiescent
state, so, we need to use stronger primitives.

Use cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() at the scan reschedule points so the scan
reports an RCU-tasks quiescent state as it proceeds.

Inspired by commit b96285e10aad ("tracing: Have osnoise_main() add a
quiescent state for task rcu").

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260720-kmemleak_rcu_task-v1-1-5b460ade777d@debian.org
Fixes: c4b28963fd79 ("mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index e96e9efd19b0..0a6045c857d6 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ static int scan_large_block(void *start, void *end)
 		if (scan_block(start, next, NULL))
 			return 1;
 		start = next;
-		cond_resched();
+		cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ static void scan_object(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 			scan_block(start, end, object);
 
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&object->lock, flags);
-			cond_resched();
+			cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&object->lock, flags);
 			if (!(object->flags & OBJECT_ALLOCATED))
 				break;
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ static void scan_object(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 				break;
 
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&object->lock, flags);
-			cond_resched();
+			cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&object->lock, flags);
 		} while (object->flags & OBJECT_ALLOCATED);
 	} else {
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ static void scan_gray_list(void)
 	 */
 	object = list_entry(gray_list.next, typeof(*object), gray_list);
 	while (&object->gray_list != &gray_list) {
-		cond_resched();
+		cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 
 		/* may add new objects to the list */
 		if (!scan_should_stop())
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ static void kmemleak_cond_resched(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&kmemleak_lock);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	cond_resched();
+	cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&kmemleak_lock);
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan_task_stacks(void)
 			}
 			put_task_struct(p);
 		}
-		cond_resched();
+		cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 	} while (pid && !stop);
 }
 
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 			struct page *page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
 
 			if (!(pfn & 63))
-				cond_resched();
+				cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 
 			if (!page)
 				continue;

[PATCH 6.12.y 1/2] mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks

[Sasha Levin]

From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>

[ Upstream commit 5d10d4e19e6daa487f0cd0ea6cba472325de92f9 ]

Patch series "mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task", v3.

kmemleak_scan() scans every task stack under one rcu_read_lock() with no
reschedule point, which can trip the soft lockup watchdog on hosts with
very many threads.

That prints the following message, depending on the workload+host
configuration:

      watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#35 stuck for 22s! [kmemleak:537]
       scan_block
       kmemleak_scan
       kmemleak_scan_thread
       kthread

Patch 1 walks the tasks with find_ge_pid() so the scan reschedules between
tasks

Patches 2-3 let the scan loops stop early once a scan is interrupted.

This patch (of 3):

kmemleak_scan() walks every thread and scans its kernel stack under a
single rcu_read_lock() with no reschedule point.  On a host with very many
threads -- amplified by KASAN/lockdep in debug builds -- this loop can hog
a CPU long enough to trip the soft lockup watchdog:

  watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#35 stuck for 22s! [kmemleak:537]
   scan_block
   kmemleak_scan
   kmemleak_scan_thread
   kthread

A cond_resched() cannot be added directly: the loop runs inside an RCU
read-side critical section.

Walk the tasks one PID at a time with find_ge_pid(), taking the RCU read
lock only to look up and pin each task.  The stack is then scanned with no
lock held, so cond_resched() runs between tasks and the scan stops early
on scan_should_stop().  This follows the next_tgid()/task_seq_get_next()
iteration pattern and keeps each RCU critical section short.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260615-kmemleak-stack-resched-v3-0-acecd7d7fd92@debian.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260615-kmemleak-stack-resched-v3-1-acecd7d7fd92@debian.org
Fixes: c4b28963fd79 ("mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Stable-dep-of: 3541a2b06ecd ("mm/kmemleak: report RCU-tasks quiescent states during the scan")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 mm/kmemleak.c | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 4092f38d3fc84..0dcdddb3c33d8 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1499,22 +1499,25 @@ static int scan_should_stop(void)
 
 /*
  * Scan a memory block (exclusive range) for valid pointers and add those
- * found to the gray list.
+ * found to the gray list. Return non-zero if the scan was interrupted.
  */
-static void scan_block(void *_start, void *_end,
-		       struct kmemleak_object *scanned)
+static int scan_block(void *_start, void *_end,
+		      struct kmemleak_object *scanned)
 {
 	unsigned long *ptr;
 	unsigned long *start = PTR_ALIGN(_start, BYTES_PER_POINTER);
 	unsigned long *end = _end - (BYTES_PER_POINTER - 1);
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int stop = 0;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags);
 	for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
 		unsigned long pointer;
 
-		if (scan_should_stop())
+		if (scan_should_stop()) {
+			stop = 1;
 			break;
+		}
 
 		kasan_disable_current();
 		pointer = *(unsigned long *)kasan_reset_tag((void *)ptr);
@@ -1524,22 +1527,28 @@ static void scan_block(void *_start, void *_end,
 		pointer_update_refs(scanned, pointer, OBJECT_PERCPU);
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kmemleak_lock, flags);
+
+	return stop;
 }
 
 /*
  * Scan a large memory block in MAX_SCAN_SIZE chunks to reduce the latency.
+ * Return non-zero if the scan was interrupted.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-static void scan_large_block(void *start, void *end)
+static int scan_large_block(void *start, void *end)
 {
 	void *next;
 
 	while (start < end) {
 		next = min(start + MAX_SCAN_SIZE, end);
-		scan_block(start, next, NULL);
+		if (scan_block(start, next, NULL))
+			return 1;
 		start = next;
 		cond_resched();
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1670,6 +1679,43 @@ static void kmemleak_cond_resched(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 	put_object(object);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Scan all task kernel stacks, rescheduling between tasks. Each task is looked
+ * up and pinned within its own RCU read-side section, so no lock is held across
+ * the scan and the walk cannot trip the soft lockup watchdog.
+ */
+static void kmemleak_scan_task_stacks(void)
+{
+	struct pid *pid;
+	int nr = 1;
+	int stop = 0;
+
+	do {
+		struct task_struct *p = NULL;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		pid = find_ge_pid(nr, &init_pid_ns);
+		if (pid) {
+			nr = pid_nr(pid) + 1;
+			p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+			if (p)
+				get_task_struct(p);
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
+		if (p) {
+			void *stack = try_get_task_stack(p);
+
+			if (stack) {
+				stop = scan_block(stack, stack + THREAD_SIZE, NULL);
+				put_task_stack(p);
+			}
+			put_task_struct(p);
+		}
+		cond_resched();
+	} while (pid && !stop);
+}
+
 /*
  * Scan data sections and all the referenced memory blocks allocated via the
  * kernel's standard allocators. This function must be called with the
@@ -1681,6 +1727,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int __maybe_unused i;
 	int new_leaks = 0;
+	int stop = 0;
 
 	jiffies_last_scan = jiffies;
 
@@ -1724,9 +1771,11 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/* per-cpu sections scanning */
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-		scan_large_block(__per_cpu_start + per_cpu_offset(i),
-				 __per_cpu_end + per_cpu_offset(i));
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+		if (scan_large_block(__per_cpu_start + per_cpu_offset(i),
+				     __per_cpu_end + per_cpu_offset(i)))
+			goto scan_gray;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	/*
@@ -1753,32 +1802,28 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 			/* only scan if page is in use */
 			if (page_count(page) == 0)
 				continue;
-			scan_block(page, page + 1, NULL);
+			stop = scan_block(page, page + 1, NULL);
+			if (stop)
+				break;
 		}
+		if (stop)
+			break;
 	}
 	put_online_mems();
+	if (stop)
+		goto scan_gray;
 
 	/*
 	 * Scanning the task stacks (may introduce false negatives).
 	 */
-	if (kmemleak_stack_scan) {
-		struct task_struct *p, *g;
-
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
-			void *stack = try_get_task_stack(p);
-			if (stack) {
-				scan_block(stack, stack + THREAD_SIZE, NULL);
-				put_task_stack(p);
-			}
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
+	if (kmemleak_stack_scan)
+		kmemleak_scan_task_stacks();
 
 	/*
 	 * Scan the objects already referenced from the sections scanned
 	 * above.
 	 */
+scan_gray:
 	scan_gray_list();
 
 	/*
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH 6.12.y 2/2] mm/kmemleak: report RCU-tasks quiescent states during the scan

[Sasha Levin]

From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>

[ Upstream commit 3541a2b06ecd78ba333188df04368dcf97273d6a ]

kmemleak_scan() can run for ages on large debug kernels. It was
causing some soft-lockups which I got fixed with commit
3175fcfec8b16baeb ("mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task
stacks") with our beloved cond_resched().

I've got the fix above deployed in the Meta fleet, and now I am seeing:

  INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
    task:kmemleak state:R ... nvcsw: 274/274 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/3
     scan_block
     scan_gray_list
     kmemleak_scan

and, worse, blocks the callers waiting on that grace period.  Here a BPF
struct_ops map free, which waits via synchronize_rcu_mult(call_rcu,
call_rcu_tasks), is stuck long enough to also trip the hung task check:

  INFO: task kworker/...:bpf_map_free_deferred blocked for 122 seconds
     __wait_rcu_gp
     bpf_struct_ops_map_free

Then I've learned that cond_resched() is not an RCU-tasks quiescent
state, so, we need to use stronger primitives.

Use cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() at the scan reschedule points so the scan
reports an RCU-tasks quiescent state as it proceeds.

Inspired by commit b96285e10aad ("tracing: Have osnoise_main() add a
quiescent state for task rcu").

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260720-kmemleak_rcu_task-v1-1-5b460ade777d@debian.org
Fixes: c4b28963fd79 ("mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 mm/kmemleak.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 0dcdddb3c33d8..1957bb7c670e7 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static int scan_large_block(void *start, void *end)
 		if (scan_block(start, next, NULL))
 			return 1;
 		start = next;
-		cond_resched();
+		cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ static void scan_object(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 			scan_block(start, end, object);
 
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&object->lock, flags);
-			cond_resched();
+			cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&object->lock, flags);
 			if (!(object->flags & OBJECT_ALLOCATED))
 				break;
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static void scan_object(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 				break;
 
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&object->lock, flags);
-			cond_resched();
+			cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&object->lock, flags);
 		} while (object->flags & OBJECT_ALLOCATED);
 	} else {
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static void scan_gray_list(void)
 	 */
 	object = list_entry(gray_list.next, typeof(*object), gray_list);
 	while (&object->gray_list != &gray_list) {
-		cond_resched();
+		cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 
 		/* may add new objects to the list */
 		if (!scan_should_stop())
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ static void kmemleak_cond_resched(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&kmemleak_lock);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	cond_resched();
+	cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&kmemleak_lock);
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan_task_stacks(void)
 			}
 			put_task_struct(p);
 		}
-		cond_resched();
+		cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 	} while (pid && !stop);
 }
 
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 			struct page *page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
 
 			if (!(pfn & 63))
-				cond_resched();
+				cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
 
 			if (!page)
 				continue;
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH 6.12.y 1/2] mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 02:32:41PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 5d10d4e19e6daa487f0cd0ea6cba472325de92f9 ]
> 
> Patch series "mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task", v3.
> 
> kmemleak_scan() scans every task stack under one rcu_read_lock() with no
> reschedule point, which can trip the soft lockup watchdog on hosts with
> very many threads.
> 
> That prints the following message, depending on the workload+host
> configuration:
> 
>       watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#35 stuck for 22s! [kmemleak:537]
>        scan_block
>        kmemleak_scan
>        kmemleak_scan_thread
>        kthread
> 
> Patch 1 walks the tasks with find_ge_pid() so the scan reschedules between
> tasks
> 
> Patches 2-3 let the scan loops stop early once a scan is interrupted.
> 
> This patch (of 3):
> 
> kmemleak_scan() walks every thread and scans its kernel stack under a
> single rcu_read_lock() with no reschedule point.  On a host with very many
> threads -- amplified by KASAN/lockdep in debug builds -- this loop can hog
> a CPU long enough to trip the soft lockup watchdog:
> 
>   watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#35 stuck for 22s! [kmemleak:537]
>    scan_block
>    kmemleak_scan
>    kmemleak_scan_thread
>    kthread
> 
> A cond_resched() cannot be added directly: the loop runs inside an RCU
> read-side critical section.
> 
> Walk the tasks one PID at a time with find_ge_pid(), taking the RCU read
> lock only to look up and pin each task.  The stack is then scanned with no
> lock held, so cond_resched() runs between tasks and the scan stops early
> on scan_should_stop().  This follows the next_tgid()/task_seq_get_next()
> iteration pattern and keeps each RCU critical section short.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260615-kmemleak-stack-resched-v3-0-acecd7d7fd92@debian.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260615-kmemleak-stack-resched-v3-1-acecd7d7fd92@debian.org
> Fixes: c4b28963fd79 ("mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning")
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
> Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
> Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
> Cc: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
> Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Stable-dep-of: 3541a2b06ecd ("mm/kmemleak: report RCU-tasks quiescent states during the scan")
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> ---
>  mm/kmemleak.c | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
> index 4092f38d3fc84..0dcdddb3c33d8 100644
> --- a/mm/kmemleak.c
> +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
> @@ -1499,22 +1499,25 @@ static int scan_should_stop(void)
>  
>  /*
>   * Scan a memory block (exclusive range) for valid pointers and add those
> - * found to the gray list.
> + * found to the gray list. Return non-zero if the scan was interrupted.
>   */
> -static void scan_block(void *_start, void *_end,
> -		       struct kmemleak_object *scanned)
> +static int scan_block(void *_start, void *_end,
> +		      struct kmemleak_object *scanned)
>  {
>  	unsigned long *ptr;
>  	unsigned long *start = PTR_ALIGN(_start, BYTES_PER_POINTER);
>  	unsigned long *end = _end - (BYTES_PER_POINTER - 1);
>  	unsigned long flags;
> +	int stop = 0;
>  
>  	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags);
>  	for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
>  		unsigned long pointer;
>  
> -		if (scan_should_stop())
> +		if (scan_should_stop()) {
> +			stop = 1;
>  			break;
> +		}
>  
>  		kasan_disable_current();
>  		pointer = *(unsigned long *)kasan_reset_tag((void *)ptr);
> @@ -1524,22 +1527,28 @@ static void scan_block(void *_start, void *_end,
>  		pointer_update_refs(scanned, pointer, OBJECT_PERCPU);
>  	}
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kmemleak_lock, flags);
> +
> +	return stop;
>  }
>  
>  /*
>   * Scan a large memory block in MAX_SCAN_SIZE chunks to reduce the latency.
> + * Return non-zero if the scan was interrupted.
>   */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> -static void scan_large_block(void *start, void *end)
> +static int scan_large_block(void *start, void *end)
>  {
>  	void *next;
>  
>  	while (start < end) {
>  		next = min(start + MAX_SCAN_SIZE, end);
> -		scan_block(start, next, NULL);
> +		if (scan_block(start, next, NULL))
> +			return 1;
>  		start = next;
>  		cond_resched();
>  	}
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -1670,6 +1679,43 @@ static void kmemleak_cond_resched(struct kmemleak_object *object)
>  	put_object(object);
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Scan all task kernel stacks, rescheduling between tasks. Each task is looked
> + * up and pinned within its own RCU read-side section, so no lock is held across
> + * the scan and the walk cannot trip the soft lockup watchdog.
> + */
> +static void kmemleak_scan_task_stacks(void)
> +{
> +	struct pid *pid;
> +	int nr = 1;
> +	int stop = 0;
> +
> +	do {
> +		struct task_struct *p = NULL;
> +
> +		rcu_read_lock();
> +		pid = find_ge_pid(nr, &init_pid_ns);
> +		if (pid) {
> +			nr = pid_nr(pid) + 1;
> +			p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
> +			if (p)
> +				get_task_struct(p);
> +		}
> +		rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +		if (p) {
> +			void *stack = try_get_task_stack(p);
> +
> +			if (stack) {
> +				stop = scan_block(stack, stack + THREAD_SIZE, NULL);
> +				put_task_stack(p);
> +			}
> +			put_task_struct(p);
> +		}
> +		cond_resched();
> +	} while (pid && !stop);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Scan data sections and all the referenced memory blocks allocated via the
>   * kernel's standard allocators. This function must be called with the
> @@ -1681,6 +1727,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
>  	struct zone *zone;
>  	int __maybe_unused i;
>  	int new_leaks = 0;
> +	int stop = 0;
>  
>  	jiffies_last_scan = jiffies;
>  
> @@ -1724,9 +1771,11 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  	/* per-cpu sections scanning */
> -	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
> -		scan_large_block(__per_cpu_start + per_cpu_offset(i),
> -				 __per_cpu_end + per_cpu_offset(i));
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> +		if (scan_large_block(__per_cpu_start + per_cpu_offset(i),
> +				     __per_cpu_end + per_cpu_offset(i)))
> +			goto scan_gray;
> +	}
>  #endif
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -1753,32 +1802,28 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
>  			/* only scan if page is in use */
>  			if (page_count(page) == 0)
>  				continue;
> -			scan_block(page, page + 1, NULL);
> +			stop = scan_block(page, page + 1, NULL);
> +			if (stop)
> +				break;
>  		}
> +		if (stop)
> +			break;
>  	}
>  	put_online_mems();
> +	if (stop)
> +		goto scan_gray;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Scanning the task stacks (may introduce false negatives).
>  	 */
> -	if (kmemleak_stack_scan) {
> -		struct task_struct *p, *g;
> -
> -		rcu_read_lock();
> -		for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
> -			void *stack = try_get_task_stack(p);
> -			if (stack) {
> -				scan_block(stack, stack + THREAD_SIZE, NULL);
> -				put_task_stack(p);
> -			}
> -		}
> -		rcu_read_unlock();
> -	}
> +	if (kmemleak_stack_scan)
> +		kmemleak_scan_task_stacks();
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Scan the objects already referenced from the sections scanned
>  	 * above.
>  	 */
> +scan_gray:
>  	scan_gray_list();
>  
>  	/*
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 
> 

Does not apply