From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To: syzbot <syzbot+6835d5c11145e4f77057@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Radu Rendec <radu@rendec.net>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH] sched: irq: cpu-hotplug race vs set_cpus_allowed_ptr()
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 10:58:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907085825.f-CZ1Q5y@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6a9919ac.94649fcc.25487e.0005.GAE@google.com>
syzbot reported a race of assigning a CPU affinity during CPU hotplug
operation.
After the affinity of an IRQ has been changed, the IRQ-core sets
IRQTF_AFFINITY and wakes the relevant interrupt threads which need to
adjust their affinity mask. The thread will then invoke
set_cpus_allowed_ptr() to update the mask. Based on the new mask a CPU
is chosen on which the thread should run.
It is verified that this CPU is online however there is no guarantee
that this CPU remains online while affine_move_task() is moving _this_
task. Since the current task requests the migration the stopper/
migration_cpu_stop() is involved at which point the task pauses for a
while. If the CPU goes offline (or is no longer cpu_online_mask) then
__migrate_task() (due to is_cpu_allowed() reject) will return the rq of
the CPU on which the task is currently running (which does not match
it's task_struct::cpus_mask).
The aftermath:
The IRQ-thread's CPU and task's cpus_mask do not match. A
migrate_disable()-> schedule() will change task_struct::cpus_ptr
ensuring that the following migrate_enable() will update the task to the
requested affinity mask. At this point, affine_move_task() expects
task_struct::migration_pending set but it is NULL because noone
requested an affinity change while the task was in migrate-disable
section.
I see two ways of fixing this:
- Holding the cpus_read_lock while set_cpus_allowed_ptr() is invoked.
This ensure that the CPU remains in the cpu_online_mask while the
migration task moving the task over. Should the mask be already
invalid, then it is rejected otherwise the operaton completes.
Maybe we should also check if cpus_read_lock is held during the
invocation of set_cpus_allowed_ptr() so we don't get this problem from
other callers.
- Should __migrate_task() fail to return the requested rq make sure its
CPU is part task_struct::cpus_mask. This ensures that the current CPU
is still part of mask avoiding a possible push by migrate_enable().
sched_class::set_cpus_allowed did not see this mask. It might be a bit
inconsistent and feels a bit like select_fallback_rq() without the
printk.
Both changes are implemented to illustrate, one is enough.
I can reproduce this back on v6.8, therefore I assume we have this since
day #1 of migrate-disable.
Reported-by: syzbot+6835d5c11145e4f77057@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a9919ac.94649fcc.25487e.0005.GAE@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
kernel/irq/manage.c | 6 ++++--
kernel/sched/core.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 57eff26fa646a..75b6798c1d97c 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "genirq: " fmt
+#include <linux/cpuhplock.h>
#include <linux/irq.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -1044,8 +1045,9 @@ static void irq_thread_check_affinity(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *a
m = irq_data_get_effective_affinity_mask(&desc->irq_data);
cpumask_copy(mask, m);
}
-
- set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, mask);
+ scoped_guard(cpus_read_lock) {
+ set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, mask);
+ }
free_cpumask_var(mask);
}
#else
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b998ef6b87af4..b090a374fa728 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2674,6 +2674,8 @@ static int migration_cpu_stop(void *data)
if (task_on_rq_queued(p)) {
update_rq_clock(rq);
rq = __migrate_task(rq, &rf, p, arg->dest_cpu);
+ if (rq != cpu_rq(arg->dest_cpu))
+ cpumask_set_cpu(rq->cpu, &p->cpus_mask);
} else {
p->wake_cpu = arg->dest_cpu;
}
--
2.55.0
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2026-09-03 6:54 [syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in __set_cpus_allowed_ptr_locked syzbot
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