Re: Re: [linux-next:master 8777/13479] mm/hugetlb.c:3095:39: warning: array subscript 4294967295 is above array bounds of 'struct list_head[1]'

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:01:04 +0800 kernel test robot <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> > head:   ea2bff00da89d7767d677bb68470130ba96f4928
> > commit: 20549ccf4da49ff6dcb35ffc741f92aa92e07aeb [8777/13479] mm/hugetlb: free cross-zone bootmem gigantic pages after allocation
> > config: parisc-randconfig-002-20260807 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260807/[email protected]/config)
> > compiler: hppa-linux-gcc (GCC) 8.5.0
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> Such an old compiler.
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> > reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260807/[email protected]/reproduce)
> >
> > If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> > the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> > | Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
> > | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
> >
> > All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >
> >    mm/hugetlb.c: In function 'alloc_bootmem_huge_page':
> > >> mm/hugetlb.c:3095:39: warning: array subscript 4294967295 is above array bounds of 'struct list_head[1]' [-Warray-bounds]
> >        list_add(&m->list, &huge_boot_pages[nid_request]);
> >                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >    In file included from mm/hugetlb.c:6:
> > >> include/linux/list.h:163:12: warning: array subscript -1 is below array bounds of 'struct list_head[1]' [-Warray-bounds]
> >      new->prev = prev;
> >      ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
>
> Well crap, that patch has been in there since June 12.

This isn't the first report. This is the second time we've had the
exact same report,
see [1]. Interestingly, the GCC versions are all the same (8.5.0), so
I think this must
be a GCC issue.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

Muchun,
Thanks.

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> I can't reproduce it with the provided config and hppa-linux gcc-16.1.0.
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> Muchun, I'd be inclined to pretend we never saw this.  But if you want
> to address it, please do a patch against mm-stable with
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> Fixes: 20549ccf4da4 ("mm/hugetlb: free cross-zone bootmem gigantic pages after allocation")
>