linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] slab fixes for 6.18-rc3

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Message-ID: <999cee4d-93f3-4c41-b2c2-7c046d4d3653@suse.cz>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:50:47 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
 Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>, Roman Gushchin
 <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] slab fixes for 6.18-rc3

Hi Linus,

please pull the latest slab fixes from:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab.git tags/slab-for-6.18-rc3

Thanks,
Vlastimil

======================================

* Two fixes for race conditions in obj_exts allocation (Hao Ge)

* Fix for slab accounting imbalance due to deferred slab decativation
  (Vlastimil Babka)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Hao Ge (2):
      slab: Avoid race on slab->obj_exts in alloc_slab_obj_exts
      slab: Fix obj_ext mistakenly considered NULL due to race condition

Vlastimil Babka (1):
      slab: fix slab accounting imbalance due to defer_deactivate_slab()

 mm/slub.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)