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mm/slab: add rcu_barrier() to kvfree_rcu_barrier_on_cache()
authorVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:52:39 +0000 (07:52 +0100)
committerVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:55:41 +0000 (17:55 +0100)
commitb55b423e8518361124ff0a9e15df431b3682ee4f
treea70e751f4c4d77fc21fc382ba03346370af1f609
parentd5dc831eb36cac45c072145ecc45e193737e7814
mm/slab: add rcu_barrier() to kvfree_rcu_barrier_on_cache()

After we submit the rcu_free sheaves to call_rcu() we need to make sure
the rcu callbacks complete. kvfree_rcu_barrier() does that via
flush_all_rcu_sheaves() but kvfree_rcu_barrier_on_cache() doesn't. Fix
that.

This currently causes no issues because the caches with sheaves we have
are never destroyed. The problem flagged by kernel test robot was
reported for a patch that enables sheaves for (almost) all caches, and
occurred only with CONFIG_KASAN. Harry Yoo found the root cause [1]:

  It turns out the object freed by sheaf_flush_unused() was in KASAN
  percpu quarantine list (confirmed by dumping the list) by the time
  __kmem_cache_shutdown() returns an error.

  Quarantined objects are supposed to be flushed by kasan_cache_shutdown(),
  but things go wrong if the rcu callback (rcu_free_sheaf_nobarn()) is
  processed after kasan_cache_shutdown() finishes.

  That's why rcu_barrier() in __kmem_cache_shutdown() didn't help,
  because it's called after kasan_cache_shutdown().

  Calling rcu_barrier() in kvfree_rcu_barrier_on_cache() guarantees
  that it'll be added to the quarantine list before kasan_cache_shutdown()
  is called. So it's a valid fix!

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/aWd6f3jERlrB5yeF@hyeyoo/

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202601121442.c530bed3-lkp@intel.com
Fixes: 0f35040de593 ("mm/slab: introduce kvfree_rcu_barrier_on_cache() for cache destruction")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
mm/slab_common.c