[PATCH] mm/percpu-km: fix bitmap overflow and accounting in pcpu_create_chunk()

From: Zi Yan

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 15:12:44 EST


In pcpu_create_chunk(), nr_pages is the total contiguous backing
allocation, i.e., nr_units * pcpu_unit_pages, but pcpu_chunk_populated()
uses it to set chunk->populated, whose size is pcpu_unit_pages, bitmap.
Since bit N in chunk->populated means page offset N inside every unit is
backed. When nr_units > 1, the function writes beyond chunk->populated. Fix
it by using chunk->nr_pages.

It also fixes the global pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages accounting, since
pcpu_balance_free() only iterates up to chunk->nr_pages.

Commit a63d4ac4ab609 ("percpu: make percpu-km set chunk->populated bitmap
properly") introduced the bitmap overflow issue. Later,
commit b539b87fed37f ("percpu: implmeent pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages and
chunk->nr_populated") added pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages and caused the
accounting issue.

Fixes: a63d4ac4ab609 ("percpu: make percpu-km set chunk->populated bitmap properly")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260703-keep-subpage-private-zero-at-free-v2-0-2970fe777dd6%40nvidia.com?part=1
Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
To make nr_units > 1 in percpu-km, we need SMP && !MMU && NEED_PER_CPU_KM.
RISC-V can have SMP && !MMU. SH J2 can have it too. The kconfig analysis is
done by Codex.
---
mm/percpu-km.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/percpu-km.c b/mm/percpu-km.c
index 7ffe84adadb9d..65fd5580e4472 100644
--- a/mm/percpu-km.c
+++ b/mm/percpu-km.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static struct pcpu_chunk *pcpu_create_chunk(gfp_t gfp)
chunk->base_addr = page_address(pages);

spin_lock_irqsave(&pcpu_lock, flags);
- pcpu_chunk_populated(chunk, 0, nr_pages);
+ pcpu_chunk_populated(chunk, 0, chunk->nr_pages);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pcpu_lock, flags);

pcpu_stats_chunk_alloc();

---
base-commit: 59e34180e138a293260301c139cf7ee800978533
change-id: 20260709-fix-pcpu_create_chunk-in-percpu-km-6dfa8f28b175

Best regards,
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Yan, Zi