In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/vmscan: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in shrink_lruvec()
I am seeing some rcu_tasks stalls in the Meta fleet during reclaim.
INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
0000000088620d09: .. nvcsw: 6735/6735 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/8
task:GlobalCPUThread state:R running task pid:2552016 tgid:2524552
Call Trace:
shrink_lruvec
mem_cgroup_iter
shrink_node
do_try_to_free_pages
try_to_free_pages
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof
alloc_pages_noprof
pte_alloc_one
__pte_alloc
handle_mm_fault
Nothing promises direct reclaim returns in bounded time, and the scan loop
in shrink_lruvec() only calls cond_resched(), which is a no-op on
PREEMPTION kernels. Involuntary preemption is not a Tasks-RCU quiescent
state, so the reclaiming task never reports one and becomes a holdout.
Upgrade it to cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs(), which reports a quiescent state
even when cond_resched() does nothing.
PS: This has been discussed in [1]
mm/vmscan: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in shrink_lruvec()
I am seeing some rcu_tasks stalls in the Meta fleet during reclaim.
INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
0000000088620d09: .. nvcsw: 6735/6735 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/8
task:GlobalCPUThread state:R running task pid:2552016 tgid:2524552
Call Trace:
shrink_lruvec
mem_cgroup_iter
shrink_node
do_try_to_free_pages
try_to_free_pages
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof
alloc_pages_noprof
pte_alloc_one
__pte_alloc
handle_mm_fault
Nothing promises direct reclaim returns in bounded time, and the scan loop
in shrink_lruvec() only calls cond_resched(), which is a no-op on
PREEMPTION kernels. Involuntary preemption is not a Tasks-RCU quiescent
state, so the reclaiming task never reports one and becomes a holdout.
Upgrade it to cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs(), which reports a quiescent state
even when cond_resched() does nothing.
PS: This has been discussed in [1]
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vmscan: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in shrink_lruvec() I am seeing some rcu_tasks stalls in the Meta fleet during reclaim. INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks: 0000000088620d09: .. nvcsw: 6735/6735 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/8 task:GlobalCPUThread state:R running task pid:2552016 tgid:2524552 Call Trace: shrink_lruvec mem_cgroup_iter shrink_node do_try_to_free_pages try_to_free_pages __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof alloc_pages_noprof pte_alloc_one __pte_alloc handle_mm_fault Nothing promises direct reclaim returns in bounded time, and the scan loop in shrink_lruvec() only calls cond_resched(), which is a no-op on PREEMPTION kernels. Involuntary preemption is not a Tasks-RCU quiescent state, so the reclaiming task never reports one and becomes a holdout. Upgrade it to cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs(), which reports a quiescent state even when cond_resched() does nothing. PS: This has been discussed in [1] | |
| Title | mm/vmscan: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in shrink_lruvec() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:46:56.806Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.763Z
Link: CVE-2026-89753
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:20:06.270
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:20:06.270
Link: CVE-2026-89753
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