From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>,
Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@arm.com>,
"David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] mm/mmu_notifier: finish non-blocking interval invalidation on error
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 10:35:55 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261114153537.3690930-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261114153537.3690930-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
[ Upstream commit 6d65925777ecae9d7a571a327e41c63f3940a0c7 ]
When an ordinary MMU notifier rejects a non-blocking invalidation, the
interval invalidation started beforehand is left unfinished: the caller
skips mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(). Subsequent interval notifier
operations can then wait forever.
The only in-tree trigger is nouveau SVM, which uses both notifier types
and rejects non-blocking invalidations. Reaping via the OOM reaper or
process_mrelease() can therefore leave the GPU fault worker stuck,
holding a reference that prevents the dying process's address space
and memory from being freed.
End the interval invalidation when an ordinary notifier fails a
non-blocking invalidation, like mn_itree_invalidate() already does when
an interval notifier fails. Make that handling clearer in the
documentation of mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start_nonblock().
Fix generated by an LLM and sent by Josef Bacik in private.
Fixes: 99cb252f5e68 ("mm/mmu_notifier: add an interval tree notifier")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
[ david: simplify description, update function doc ]
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@arm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261031-fixes_core-v3-28-d6437171ecc3@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 3 ++-
mm/mmu_notifier.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
index 786f0f8707981..eb232d62324c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier_range *range)
/*
* This version of mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() avoids blocking, but it
* can return an error if a notifier can't proceed without blocking, in which
- * case you're not allowed to modify PTEs in the specified range.
+ * case you're not allowed to modify PTEs in the specified range or call
+ * mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end().
*
* This is mainly intended for OOM handling.
*/
diff --git a/mm/mmu_notifier.c b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
index fa5b60f51e463..6deeb5d0ed25a 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
@@ -537,16 +537,25 @@ int __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier_range *range)
{
struct mmu_notifier_subscriptions *subscriptions =
range->mm->notifier_subscriptions;
- int ret;
+ const bool has_itree = subscriptions->has_itree;
+ int ret = 0;
- if (subscriptions->has_itree) {
+ if (has_itree) {
ret = mn_itree_invalidate(subscriptions, range);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
if (!hlist_empty(&subscriptions->list))
- return mn_hlist_invalidate_range_start(subscriptions, range);
- return 0;
+ ret = mn_hlist_invalidate_range_start(subscriptions, range);
+
+ /*
+ * On error, the non-blocking caller is not allowed to call
+ * invalidate_range_end(), as in mn_itree_invalidate().
+ */
+ if (ret && has_itree && !mmu_notifier_range_blockable(range))
+ mn_itree_inv_end(subscriptions);
+
+ return ret;
}
static void
--
2.53.0
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2026-11-10 1:23 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/mmu_notifier: finish non-blocking interval invalidation on error" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-14 15:35 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] mm: document mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start_nonblock() Sasha Levin
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