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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 5.10.y 2/2] mm/mmu_notifier: finish non-blocking interval invalidation on error
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 10:42:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261114154209.3700331-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261114154209.3700331-1-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 0346fffecb6c6..3404dff497033 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ 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 b66b9ae21538f..7487d38840f4f 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


      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-14 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-10  1:28 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/mmu_notifier: finish non-blocking interval invalidation on error" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-14 15:42 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/2] mm: document mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start_nonblock() Sasha Levin
2026-11-14 15:42   ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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