[PATCH] block: fix bio_alloc_bioset slowpath GFP handling
From: Vasily Gorbik
Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 22:35:38 EST
bio_alloc_bioset() first strips __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM from the optimistic
fast allocation attempt with try_alloc_gfp(). If that fast path fails,
the slowpath checks saved_gfp to decide whether blocking allocation is
allowed, but then still calls mempool_alloc() with the stripped gfp mask.
That can lead to a NULL bio pointer being passed into bio_init().
Fix the slowpath by using saved_gfp for the bio and bvec mempool
allocations.
Fixes: b520c4eef83d ("block: split bio_alloc_bioset more clearly into a fast and slowpath")
Reported-by: syzbot+09ddb593eea76a158f42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
If this looks fine, feel free to squash it into the offending commit or
pick it up separately.
block/bio.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 5057047194c4..77067fa346d3 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -581,11 +581,11 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned short nr_vecs,
*/
opf &= ~REQ_ALLOC_CACHE;
- p = mempool_alloc(&bs->bio_pool, gfp);
+ p = mempool_alloc(&bs->bio_pool, saved_gfp);
bio = p + bs->front_pad;
if (nr_vecs > BIO_INLINE_VECS) {
nr_vecs = BIO_MAX_VECS;
- bvecs = mempool_alloc(&bs->bvec_pool, gfp);
+ bvecs = mempool_alloc(&bs->bvec_pool, saved_gfp);
}
}
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2.53.0