linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/19] sched/fair: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes

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Message-ID: <202510151429.2c3f3413-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:57:37 +0800
From: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
To: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/19] sched/fair: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for
 memory-heavy processes



Hello,

kernel test robot noticed "UBSAN:array-index-out-of-bounds_in_drivers/base/cacheinfo.c" on:

commit: e8b871200f11decae96692a3f5b385cdc25af231 ("[PATCH 18/19] sched/fair: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes")
url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Tim-Chen/sched-fair-Add-infrastructure-for-cache-aware-load-balancing/20251012-022248
base: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git 45b7f780739a3145aeef24d2dfa02517a6c82ed6
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/00da49fd590b95baad0525660bda4c0ba178243d.1760206683.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com/
patch subject: [PATCH 18/19] sched/fair: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes

in testcase: boot

config: i386-randconfig-003-20251012
compiler: clang-20
test machine: qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -cpu SandyBridge -smp 2 -m 4G

(please refer to attached dmesg/kmsg for entire log/backtrace)



If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202510151429.2c3f3413-lkp@intel.com


[   12.549731][   T83] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   12.550388][   T83] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/base/cacheinfo.c:37:9
[   12.551060][   T83] index 4294967295 is out of range for type 'unsigned long[8]'
[   12.551580][   T83] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 83 Comm: systemd-journal Not tainted 6.17.0-rc4-00035-ge8b871200f11 #1 PREEMPTLAZY
[   12.551585][   T83] Call Trace:
[   12.551588][   T83]  __dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:95)
[   12.551594][   T83]  dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)
[   12.551601][   T83]  ubsan_epilogue.llvm.16751680356772289369 (lib/dump_stack.c:129 lib/ubsan.c:233)
[   12.551607][   T83]  __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds (lib/ubsan.c:?)
[   12.551621][   T83]  get_cpu_cacheinfo (drivers/base/cacheinfo.c:?)
[   12.551625][   T83]  exceed_llc_capacity (include/linux/cacheinfo.h:? kernel/sched/fair.c:1256)
[   12.551632][   T83]  task_cache_work.llvm.12119588225164800824 (kernel/sched/fair.c:1527)
[   12.551637][   T83]  ? task_work_run (kernel/task_work.c:?)
[   12.551641][   T83]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq (arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:42 arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:119 include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:159 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:202)
[   12.551644][   T83]  ? __this_cpu_preempt_check (lib/smp_processor_id.c:65)
[   12.551648][   T83]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4472)
[   12.551650][   T83]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq (arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:42 arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:119 include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:159 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:202)
[   12.551652][   T83]  ? task_work_run (kernel/task_work.c:?)
[   12.551655][   T83]  ? trace_hardirqs_on (kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:80)
[   12.551662][   T83]  task_work_run (kernel/task_work.c:229)
[   12.551668][   T83]  resume_user_mode_work (include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:?)
[   12.551673][   T83]  irqentry_exit_to_user_mode (kernel/entry/common.c:53 include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 kernel/entry/common.c:73)
[   12.551676][   T83]  ? sysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050)
[   12.551681][   T83]  irqentry_exit (kernel/entry/common.c:210)
[   12.551684][   T83]  sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050)
[   12.551689][   T83]  handle_exception (arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S:1055)
[   12.551691][   T83] EIP: 0x3764e8f0
[   12.551694][   T83] Code: 00 00 89 c2 eb d2 65 c7 05 28 02 00 00 ff ff ff ff 65 a1 08 00 00 00 f0 83 88 84 00 00 00 10 65 a1 80 00 00 00 e8 f0 02 00 00 <8b> 44 24 04 8b 54 24 08 89 10 8b 54 24 0c 89 50 04 65 8b 15 7c 00
All code
========
   0:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
   2:	89 c2                	mov    %eax,%edx
   4:	eb d2                	jmp    0xffffffffffffffd8
   6:	65 c7 05 28 02 00 00 	movl   $0xffffffff,%gs:0x228(%rip)        # 0x239
   d:	ff ff ff ff 
  11:	65 a1 08 00 00 00 f0 	movabs %gs:0x848883f000000008,%eax
  18:	83 88 84 
  1b:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
  1d:	00 10                	add    %dl,(%rax)
  1f:	65 a1 80 00 00 00 e8 	movabs %gs:0x2f0e800000080,%eax
  26:	f0 02 00 
  29:*	00 8b 44 24 04 8b    	add    %cl,-0x74fbdbbc(%rbx)		<-- trapping instruction
  2f:	54                   	push   %rsp
  30:	24 08                	and    $0x8,%al
  32:	89 10                	mov    %edx,(%rax)
  34:	8b 54 24 0c          	mov    0xc(%rsp),%edx
  38:	89 50 04             	mov    %edx,0x4(%rax)
  3b:	65                   	gs
  3c:	8b                   	.byte 0x8b
  3d:	15                   	.byte 0x15
  3e:	7c 00                	jl     0x40

Code starting with the faulting instruction
===========================================
   0:	8b 44 24 04          	mov    0x4(%rsp),%eax
   4:	8b 54 24 08          	mov    0x8(%rsp),%edx
   8:	89 10                	mov    %edx,(%rax)
   a:	8b 54 24 0c          	mov    0xc(%rsp),%edx
   e:	89 50 04             	mov    %edx,0x4(%rax)
  11:	65                   	gs
  12:	8b                   	.byte 0x8b
  13:	15                   	.byte 0x15
  14:	7c 00                	jl     0x16
[   12.551696][   T83] EAX: 3fdacc1c EBX: 36a49ba8 ECX: 36a49d64 EDX: 00000001
[   12.551697][   T83] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 36a49b40 EBP: 00000000 ESP: 3fdacbdc
[   12.551699][   T83] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 007b EFLAGS: 00200212
[   12.551708][   T83]  ? sysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050)
[   12.551717][   T83] ---[ end trace ]---


The kernel config and materials to reproduce are available at:
https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251015/202510151429.2c3f3413-lkp@intel.com



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