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mm/vmalloc: take vmap_purge_lock in shrinker
authorUladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:26:46 +0000 (21:26 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:24:27 +0000 (23:24 -0700)
commitec05f51f1e65bce95528543eb73fda56fd201d94
tree54fbbfbfbcd82cf9d015e8647215016d99cfff43
parent615d9bb2ccad42f9e21d837431e401db2e471195
mm/vmalloc: take vmap_purge_lock in shrinker

decay_va_pool_node() can be invoked concurrently from two paths:
__purge_vmap_area_lazy() when pools are being purged, and the shrinker via
vmap_node_shrink_scan().

However, decay_va_pool_node() is not safe to run concurrently, and the
shrinker path currently lacks serialization, leading to races and possible
leaks.

Protect decay_va_pool_node() by taking vmap_purge_lock in the shrinker
path to ensure serialization with purge users.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260413192646.14683-1-urezki@gmail.com
Fixes: 7679ba6b36db ("mm: vmalloc: add a shrinker to drain vmap pools")
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
Cc: chenyichong <chenyichong@uniontech.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/vmalloc.c