WARNING in ppl_init_log

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/17 19:30
Subsystems: raid
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Reported-by: syzbot+2ef75c54d0b2ac5d00ba@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 12h21m, last: 12h00m
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[syzbot] [raid?] WARNING in ppl_init_log 0 (1) 2026/09/17 19:30

Sample crash report:
md/raid:md0: raid level 5 active with 2 out of 2 devices, algorithm 2
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kmem_cache of name 'ppl_io_unit' already exists
WARNING: mm/slab_common.c:112 at kmem_cache_sanity_check mm/slab_common.c:111 [inline], CPU#1: syz.0.52/6045
WARNING: mm/slab_common.c:112 at __kmem_cache_create_args+0xae/0x460 mm/slab_common.c:352, CPU#1: syz.0.52/6045
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6045 Comm: syz.0.52 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_sanity_check mm/slab_common.c:111 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__kmem_cache_create_args+0xb1/0x460 mm/slab_common.c:352
Code: e7 8e 4d 8b 24 24 49 81 fc 68 2e e7 8e 74 20 49 8b 7c 24 f8 48 89 de e8 ad fe c8 09 85 c0 75 e2 48 8d 3d 52 cc 66 0e 48 89 de <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 89 df be 20 00 00 00 e8 4d 00 c9 09 48 85 c0 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000555f9a0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff8cf7a820 RCX: 0000000000000004
RDX: 000000008cf7a803 RSI: ffffffff8cf7a820 RDI: ffffffff907ec6e0
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff907a3e7f R09: 1ffffffff20f47cf
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20f47d0 R12: ffff88801d79d2e0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00000000000002d8 R15: ffffc9000555fa80
FS:  00007faf490c56c0(0000) GS:ffff888124dd1000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fab21a7a010 CR3: 000000007a880000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ppl_init_log+0x285/0x1310 drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c:1363
 log_init drivers/md/raid5-log.h:138 [inline]
 raid5_change_consistency_policy+0x255/0x740 drivers/md/raid5.c:9141
 consistency_policy_store+0x7f/0x230 drivers/md/md.c:5883
 md_attr_store+0x3b7/0x640 drivers/md/md.c:6158
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a4/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x612/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7faf4819e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007faf490c5028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007faf48425fa0 RCX: 00007faf4819e159
RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000200000000500 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 00007faf4823506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007faf48426038 R14: 00007faf48425fa0 R15: 00007ffc85c60718
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	e7 8e                	out    %eax,$0x8e
   2:	4d 8b 24 24          	mov    (%r12),%r12
   6:	49 81 fc 68 2e e7 8e 	cmp    $0xffffffff8ee72e68,%r12
   d:	74 20                	je     0x2f
   f:	49 8b 7c 24 f8       	mov    -0x8(%r12),%rdi
  14:	48 89 de             	mov    %rbx,%rsi
  17:	e8 ad fe c8 09       	call   0x9c8fec9
  1c:	85 c0                	test   %eax,%eax
  1e:	75 e2                	jne    0x2
  20:	48 8d 3d 52 cc 66 0e 	lea    0xe66cc52(%rip),%rdi        # 0xe66cc79
  27:	48 89 de             	mov    %rbx,%rsi
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
  32:	be 20 00 00 00       	mov    $0x20,%esi
  37:	e8 4d 00 c9 09       	call   0x9c90089
  3c:	48 85 c0             	test   %rax,%rax
  3f:	0f                   	.byte 0xf

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/17 11:19 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ppl_init_log
2026/09/17 10:58 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ppl_init_log
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.