[PATCH] debugobjects: do not fill_pool() if pi_blocked_on

From: Helen Koike

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 17:55:07 EST


In RT context, fill_pool() ends up calling rtlock_lock(), which asserts
if pi_blocked_on is set. This can cause an issue in the priority
inheritance logic since the waiter can be overridden.
Do not call it if that is the case.

Fixes: 0af462f19e63 ("debugobject: Ensure pool refill (again)")
Reported-by: syzbot+b8ca586b9fc235f0c0df@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b8ca586b9fc235f0c0df
Signed-off-by: Helen Koike <koike@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/debugobjects.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 12e2e42e6a31..772ddabcbe7d 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -711,6 +711,15 @@ static struct debug_obj *lookup_object_or_alloc(void *addr, struct debug_bucket
return NULL;
}

+static inline bool debug_objects_is_pi_blocked_on(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
+ return current->pi_blocked_on != NULL;
+#else
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
static void debug_objects_fill_pool(void)
{
if (!static_branch_likely(&obj_cache_enabled))
@@ -727,11 +736,12 @@ static void debug_objects_fill_pool(void)

/*
* On RT enabled kernels the pool refill must happen in preemptible
- * context -- for !RT kernels we rely on the fact that spinlock_t and
- * raw_spinlock_t are basically the same type and this lock-type
- * inversion works just fine.
+ * context and not enqueued on an rt_mutex -- for !RT kernels we rely
+ * on the fact that spinlock_t and raw_spinlock_t are basically the
+ * same type and this lock-type inversion works just fine.
*/
- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || preemptible() || system_state < SYSTEM_SCHEDULING) {
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || system_state < SYSTEM_SCHEDULING ||
+ (preemptible() && !debug_objects_is_pi_blocked_on())) {
/*
* Annotate away the spinlock_t inside raw_spinlock_t warning
* by temporarily raising the wait-type to LD_WAIT_CONFIG, matching
--
2.54.0