Update to pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages in pcpu_alloc() is currently done without holding pcpu_lock. This can lead to bad updates to the variable. Add missing lock calls. Fixes: b539b87fed37 ("percpu: implmeent pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages and chunk->nr_populated") Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/percpu.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c index 0686f566d347..232356a2d914 100644 --- a/mm/percpu.c +++ b/mm/percpu.c @@ -1011,8 +1011,11 @@ static void __percpu *pcpu_alloc(size_t size, size_t align, bool reserved, mutex_unlock(&pcpu_alloc_mutex); } - if (chunk != pcpu_reserved_chunk) + if (chunk != pcpu_reserved_chunk) { + spin_lock_irqsave(&pcpu_lock, flags); pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages -= occ_pages; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pcpu_lock, flags); + } if (pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages < PCPU_EMPTY_POP_PAGES_LOW) pcpu_schedule_balance_work(); -- 2.11.0.483.g087da7b7c-goog -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>