From c99b8593b060931c5a0a4b701689f8d6a2c00dbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chen Yu Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:39:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] sched/cache: Fix stale preferred_llc for a new task On fork without CLONE_VM, the child gets a new mm, the parent's preferred_llc value is stale for the child. Fix this by resetting the task's preferred_llc to -1. This bug was reported by sashiko. Fixes: 47d8696b95f7 ("sched/cache: Assign preferred LLC ID to processes") Signed-off-by: Chen Yu Co-developed-by: Tim Chen Signed-off-by: Tim Chen Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0ec7309d0e24ede97656754d1505b7490403d966.1778703694.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com --- kernel/sched/fair.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index c249caea3862..2614315a25e0 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -1914,6 +1914,11 @@ void init_sched_mm(struct task_struct *p) init_task_work(work, task_cache_work); work->next = work; + /* + * Reset new task's preference to avoid + * polluting account_llc_enqueue(). + */ + p->preferred_llc = -1; } #else /* CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE */