[PATCH] dma-contiguous: fix truncation of numa_cma / cma_pernuma sizes >= 2G

From: Alexander Graf

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 18:43:21 EST


numa_cma=0:4G reserves nothing at all. dma_numa_cma_reserve() copies the
requested size into a local int before handing it to
cma_declare_contiguous_nid(), so 0x100000000 truncates to zero and the
loop skips the node silently. Both parameters are documented in
kernel-parameters.txt as nn[MG], so that is the syntax the documentation
invites.

Which bits survive decides what a request turns into: 4G, 8G and 16G
reserve nothing, 2G, 3G and 6G sign-extend into a size the allocator
rejects with a warning, and 5G quietly reserves 1G.

It reaches further than those parameters. On a CMA_SIZE_PERNUMA kernel
with no per-node parameter, dma_numa_cma_reserve() takes the per-node
size from the default area, so a plain cma=4G on a multi-node machine
feeds that size through the same local and loses every per-node area.

numa_cma_size[] and pernuma_size_bytes are both phys_addr_t, so use it
for the local too, and give early_numa_cma() separate variables for the
node id and the size while in there.

Fixes: d5cae2261b86 ("dma-contiguous: simplify numa cma area handling")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Kiro:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <graf@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/dma/contiguous.c | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
index f754079a287d..66093460584e 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
@@ -140,21 +140,22 @@ static bool numa_cma_configured __initdata;
static int __init early_numa_cma(char *p)
{
int nid, count = 0;
- unsigned long tmp;
+ unsigned long node;
+ phys_addr_t size;
char *s = p;

while (*s) {
- if (sscanf(s, "%lu%n", &tmp, &count) != 1)
+ if (sscanf(s, "%lu%n", &node, &count) != 1)
break;

if (s[count] == ':') {
- if (tmp >= MAX_NUMNODES)
+ if (node >= MAX_NUMNODES)
break;
- nid = array_index_nospec(tmp, MAX_NUMNODES);
+ nid = array_index_nospec(node, MAX_NUMNODES);

s += count + 1;
- tmp = memparse(s, &s);
- numa_cma_size[nid] = tmp;
+ size = memparse(s, &s);
+ numa_cma_size[nid] = size;

if (*s == ',')
s++;
@@ -207,9 +208,10 @@ static void __init dma_numa_cma_reserve(void)
pernuma_size_bytes = cma_get_size(dma_contiguous_default_area);

for_each_node(nid) {
- int size, ret;
+ phys_addr_t size;
char name[CMA_MAX_NAME];
struct cma **cma;
+ int ret;

if (!node_online(nid)) {
if (pernuma_size_bytes || numa_cma_size[nid])

base-commit: 26260251022fbc2f248a3d747a9b2b961b18d2d8
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2.47.1