[PATCH] blk-cgroup: use GFP_NOIO for radix tree preload in blkg_conf_prep

From: Tao Yu

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 02:01:17 EST


blkg_conf_prep() allocates a new blkg with GFP_NOIO after dropping
queue_lock, but still preloads the radix tree node with GFP_KERNEL while
q->blkcg_mutex is held.

GFP_KERNEL may enter direct reclaim and acquire fs_reclaim, which adds
the dependency

q->blkcg_mutex -> fs_reclaim

This completes a circular locking dependency with the existing path

fs_reclaim -> q->q_usage_counter -> q->blkcg_mutex

and triggers a lockdep warning when configuring blkcg policies.

Use GFP_NOIO for radix_tree_preload() so that the preload context matches
the rest of this allocation path and does not recurse into reclaim while
q->blkcg_mutex is held.

Reported-by: syzbot+144a1c0e22e53a08ef5a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=144a1c0e22e53a08ef5a
Fixes: f255c19b3ab46 ("blk-cgroup: Pre-allocate tree node on blkg_conf_prep")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tao Yu <tao1.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-cgroup.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 2b5c29434e426..27e00180e4cc1 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
parent = blkcg_parent(parent);
}

- /* Drop locks to do new blkg allocation with GFP_KERNEL. */
+ /* Drop queue_lock to do new blkg allocation with GFP_NOIO. */
spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);

new_blkg = blkg_alloc(pos, disk, GFP_NOIO);
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
goto fail_exit;
}

- if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_KERNEL)) {
+ if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_NOIO)) {
blkg_free(new_blkg);
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto fail_exit;
--
2.34.1