FAILED: Patch "io_uring/filetable: clamp alloc_hint to the configured alloc range" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

FAILED: Patch "io_uring/filetable: clamp alloc_hint to the configured alloc range" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[Sasha Levin]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From a6bded921ed35f21b3f6bd8e629bf488499ca442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:12:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] io_uring/filetable: clamp alloc_hint to the configured alloc
 range

Explicit fixed file install/remove operations on slots outside the
configured alloc range can corrupt alloc_hint via io_file_bitmap_set()
and io_file_bitmap_clear(), which unconditionally update alloc_hint to
the bit position. This causes subsequent auto-allocations to fall
outside the configured range.

For example, if the alloc range is [10, 20) and a file is removed at
slot 2, alloc_hint gets set to 2. The next auto-alloc then starts
searching from slot 2, potentially returning a slot below the range.

Fix this by clamping alloc_hint to [file_alloc_start, file_alloc_end)
at the top of io_file_bitmap_get() before starting the search.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 6e73dffbb93c ("io_uring: let to set a range for file slot allocation")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 io_uring/filetable.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/io_uring/filetable.c b/io_uring/filetable.c
index 794ef95df293c..cb1838c9fc377 100644
--- a/io_uring/filetable.c
+++ b/io_uring/filetable.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ static int io_file_bitmap_get(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	if (!table->bitmap)
 		return -ENFILE;
 
+	if (table->alloc_hint < ctx->file_alloc_start ||
+	    table->alloc_hint >= ctx->file_alloc_end)
+		table->alloc_hint = ctx->file_alloc_start;
+
 	do {
 		ret = find_next_zero_bit(table->bitmap, nr, table->alloc_hint);
 		if (ret != nr)
-- 
2.51.0

Re: FAILED: Patch "io_uring/filetable: clamp alloc_hint to the configured alloc range" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[Jens Axboe]

On 2/28/26 6:47 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

And this one also picks cleanly into 6.1-stable. Not sure what is
going on at your end?

-- 
Jens Axboe