Re: [syzbot] [mm?] WARNING in mas_nomem

From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 12:12:30 EST


On 7/31/26 17:59, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> On 26/07/31 12:30AM, syzbot wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> syzbot found the following issue on:
>>
>> HEAD commit: cc2b5f627e8c Add linux-next specific files for 20260714
>> git tree: linux-next
>> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15ce5632580000
>> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=2290ccbf984c524f
>> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=78a7af91b68fc6394771
>> compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
>> syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=179151b9580000
>>
>> Downloadable assets:
>> disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/6836f8efb1da/disk-cc2b5f62.raw.xz
>> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0109d3477cc7/vmlinux-cc2b5f62.xz
>> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/c2e49e350bbf/bzImage-cc2b5f62.xz
>>
>> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
>> Reported-by: syzbot+78a7af91b68fc6394771@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> !mas->sheaf && !mas->alloc
>> WARNING: lib/maple_tree.c:5751 at mas_nomem+0x1cc/0x210 lib/maple_tree.c:5751, CPU#0: udevd/5627
>> Modules linked in:
>> CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5627 Comm: udevd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
>> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
>> RIP: 0010:mas_nomem+0x1cc/0x210 lib/maple_tree.c:5751
>> Code: 4c 89 ff e8 d6 85 ea f6 49 c7 07 00 00 00 00 b0 01 e9 95 fe ff ff e8 f3 2d 7e f6 90 0f 0b 90 e9 2b ff ff ff e8 e5 2d 7e f6 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 77 fe ff ff 89 d1 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c ce fe
>> RSP: 0018:ffffc9000562f8f0 EFLAGS: 00010293
>> RAX: ffffffff8b4775cb RBX: 1ffff92000ac5fbf RCX: ffff8880366e3e80
>> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
>> RBP: 0000000000000cc0 R08: 00000000ffffffff R09: 1ffffffff1ca1a86
>> R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1ca1a87 R12: dffffc0000000000
>> R13: ffffc9000562fe18 R14: ffffc9000562fde0 R15: ffffc9000562fdf8
>> FS: 00007f9021203880(0000) GS:ffff8881259f2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>> CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>> CR2: 000056467bb0d750 CR3: 0000000046416000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
>> Call Trace:
>> <TASK>
>> mas_store_gfp+0x37a/0x820 lib/maple_tree.c:4987
>> vma_iter_clear_gfp include/linux/mm.h:1674 [inline]
>> do_vmi_align_munmap+0x30c/0x4d0 mm/vma.c:1644
>> do_vmi_munmap+0x252/0x2d0 mm/vma.c:1697
>> __vm_munmap+0x241/0x3e0 mm/vma.c:3347
>> __do_sys_munmap mm/mmap.c:1079 [inline]
>> __se_sys_munmap mm/mmap.c:1076 [inline]
>> __x64_sys_munmap+0x60/0x70 mm/mmap.c:1076
>> do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
>> do_syscall_64+0x17b/0x530 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:85
>> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
>> RIP: 0033:0x7f9021368097
>> Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 61 2d 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 0b 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 31 2d 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
>> RSP: 002b:00007ffeaf32d0a8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000000b
>> RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000056467bad9bf0 RCX: 00007f9021368097
>> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000009480e8 RDI: 00007f90208ba000
>> RBP: 000056467bad9910 R08: 000056467baec140 R09: 0000000000000006
>> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00005646569e2588
>> R13: 00007ffeaf32d130 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
>> </TASK>
>
>
> Okay, so I'm going to change this warn_on again.
>
> The plan is to:
> 1. Make mas_erase() and mtree_erase() use __NO_FAIL on retry.

__GFP_NOFAIL to be precise.

> 2. Remove the warning so that any failures won't cause the warning.
> 3. Make mas_store() use __NO_FAIL on retry, like mas_erase().
> 4. Add the check for locks that cannot sleep to mas_store().
>
> Basically any caller that cannot correctly return the failure will avoid
> failing by allocating with __NO_FAIL. This means the warning is not
> necessary.

Sounds good.

> Thanks to Vlastimil and Pedro for the help on the plan.
>
> Summary of previous conversation is here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260618152451.GE231643@xxxxxxxx/

Yeah, unfortunately, "too small to fail" is a lie, because in some cases it
can fail (such as the task itself becoming oom killer victim) or any of the
other conditions that can cause __alloc_pages_may_oom() return with
*did_some_progress == 0.

And syzbot knows how to remind us of this, using fault injection.

>
> Cheers,
> Liam