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mm/vmalloc: prevent RCU stalls in kasan_release_vmalloc_node

When CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER is enabled, freeing KASAN shadow pages during
vmalloc cleanup triggers expensive stack unwinding that acquires RCU read
locks. Processing a large purge_list without rescheduling can cause the
task to hold CPU for extended periods (10+ seconds), leading to RCU stalls
and potential OOM conditions.

The issue manifests in purge_vmap_node() -> kasan_release_vmalloc_node()
where iterating through hundreds or thousands of vmap_area entries and
freeing their associated shadow pages causes:

rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P6229/1:b..l
...
task:kworker/0:17 state:R running task stack:28840 pid:6229
...
kasan_release_vmalloc_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299
purge_vmap_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299

Each call to kasan_release_vmalloc() can free many pages, and with
page_owner tracking, each free triggers save_stack() which performs stack
unwinding under RCU read lock. Without yielding, this creates an
unbounded RCU critical section.

Add periodic cond_resched() calls within the loop to allow:
- RCU grace periods to complete
- Other tasks to run
- Scheduler to preempt when needed

The fix uses need_resched() for immediate response under load, with a
batch count of 32 as a guaranteed upper bound to prevent worst-case stalls
even under light load.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260112103612.627247-1-kartikey406@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Reported-by: syzbot+d8d4c31d40f868eaea30@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d8d4c31d40f868eaea30
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260112084723.622910-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/T/ [v1]
Suggested-by: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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Deepanshu Kartikey and committed by
Andrew Morton
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mm/vmalloc.c
··· 2273 2273 reclaim_list_global(&decay_list); 2274 2274 } 2275 2275 2276 + #define KASAN_RELEASE_BATCH_SIZE 32 2277 + 2276 2278 static void 2277 2279 kasan_release_vmalloc_node(struct vmap_node *vn) 2278 2280 { 2279 2281 struct vmap_area *va; 2280 2282 unsigned long start, end; 2283 + unsigned int batch_count = 0; 2281 2284 2282 2285 start = list_first_entry(&vn->purge_list, struct vmap_area, list)->va_start; 2283 2286 end = list_last_entry(&vn->purge_list, struct vmap_area, list)->va_end; ··· 2290 2287 kasan_release_vmalloc(va->va_start, va->va_end, 2291 2288 va->va_start, va->va_end, 2292 2289 KASAN_VMALLOC_PAGE_RANGE); 2290 + 2291 + if (need_resched() || (++batch_count >= KASAN_RELEASE_BATCH_SIZE)) { 2292 + cond_resched(); 2293 + batch_count = 0; 2294 + } 2293 2295 } 2294 2296 2295 2297 kasan_release_vmalloc(start, end, start, end, KASAN_VMALLOC_TLB_FLUSH);