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Re: [PATCH v2] HID: multitouch: use GFP_ATOMIC for report/application/usage allocations

From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-10 16:27:16
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: hid core layer, the rest · Maintainers: Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, Linus Torvalds

mt_allocate_report_data() and mt_allocate_application() devm_kzalloc()
with GFP_KERNEL, but they are reachable from mt_event()/mt_report()
via hid_report_raw_event(), which can run in (soft)irq context off a
USB URB completion (e.g. dummy_hcd's hrtimer softirq). GFP_KERNEL
there may call into fs_reclaim, which lockdep flags as an
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} use of fs_reclaim,
alongside a "sleeping function called from invalid context" splat.

Switch both to GFP_ATOMIC since neither is on a path that needs to
sleep. mt_allocate_usage() is left at GFP_KERNEL: it is only reached
from mt_touch_input_mapping(), which runs at probe time (hid_hw_start()),
never from mt_event(), so it does not need the downgrade.

Reported-by: syzbot+093e05755c2d99caab91@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=093e05755c2d99caab91
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <redacted>
---
v2:
- Keep mt_allocate_usage() at GFP_KERNEL. It is only reached from
  mt_touch_input_mapping(), at probe time, never from mt_event(), so
  the GFP_ATOMIC downgrade there was unnecessary.
  (feedback from sashiko-bot)
---
 drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
index 2c41bacab1ca..9b78f8f23fcf 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ static struct mt_usages *mt_allocate_usage(struct hid_device *hdev,
 {
 	struct mt_usages *usage;
 
+	/* only called from mt_touch_input_mapping(), at probe time */
 	usage = devm_kzalloc(&hdev->dev, sizeof(*usage), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!usage)
 		return NULL;
@@ -633,8 +634,9 @@ static struct mt_application *mt_allocate_application(struct mt_device *td,
 	unsigned int application = report->application;
 	struct mt_application *mt_application;
 
+	/* may run from hid_report_raw_event() in (soft)irq context */
 	mt_application = devm_kzalloc(&td->hdev->dev, sizeof(*mt_application),
-				      GFP_KERNEL);
+				      GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!mt_application)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -692,7 +694,8 @@ static struct mt_report_data *mt_allocate_report_data(struct mt_device *td,
 	struct hid_field *field;
 	int r, n;
 
-	rdata = devm_kzalloc(&td->hdev->dev, sizeof(*rdata), GFP_KERNEL);
+	/* may run from hid_report_raw_event() in (soft)irq context */
+	rdata = devm_kzalloc(&td->hdev->dev, sizeof(*rdata), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!rdata)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.43.0
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