[REGRESSION] [next-20251117] ppc64le: WARNING in vmalloc_fix_flags with __GFP_ACCOUNT in BPF/seccomp path
Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
ritesh.list at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 18:51:24 AEDT 2025
Misbah Anjum N <misanjum at linux.ibm.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm reporting a regression in linux-next that was introduced between
> 20251114 and 20251117.
>
> Regression Info:
> - Working: 6.18.0-rc5-next-20251114
> - Broken: 6.18.0-rc6-next-20251117
>
> Environment:
> - IBM Power11 pSeries (ppc64le)
> - Fedora43 Distro
>
> Issue:
> WARNING: mm/vmalloc.c:3937 at vmalloc_fix_flags+0x6c/0xa0
> "Unexpected gfp: 0x400000 (__GFP_ACCOUNT). Fixing up to gfp: 0xdc0
> (GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO). Fix your code!"
>
> Call Trace:
> [ 523.921345] Unexpected gfp: 0x400000 (__GFP_ACCOUNT). Fixing up to
> gfp: 0xdc0 (GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO). Fix your code!
> [ 523.921356] WARNING: mm/vmalloc.c:3937 at
> vmalloc_fix_flags+0x6c/0xa0, CPU#69: (ostnamed)/6500
This was reported here too -
https://lore.kernel.org/all/69158bb1.a70a0220.3124cb.001e.GAE@google.com/
Looks like it should be fixed with v3, which was posted just
yesterday...
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251117173530.43293-2-vishal.moola@gmail.com/
So, I guess, latest linux-next should not show this warning on ppc64le either.
-ritesh
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