From: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>,
rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@fb.com, mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org,
rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com,
fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, joel@joelfernandes.org,
iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com, andrii@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 sl-b 3/5] mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle vmalloc() memory
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 21:04:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201209200417.GA5804@pc638.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201209194239.GG2657@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72>
On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 11:42:39AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 08:36:37PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 05:13:01PM -0800, paulmck@kernel.org wrote:
> > > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > This commit adds vmalloc() support to mem_dump_obj(). Note that the
> > > vmalloc_dump_obj() function combines the checking and dumping, in
> > > contrast with the split between kmem_valid_obj() and kmem_dump_obj().
> > > The reason for the difference is that the checking in the vmalloc()
> > > case involves acquiring a global lock, and redundant acquisitions of
> > > global locks should be avoided, even on not-so-fast paths.
> > >
> > > Note that this change causes on-stack variables to be reported as
> > > vmalloc() storage from kernel_clone() or similar, depending on the degree
> > > of inlining that your compiler does. This is likely more helpful than
> > > the earlier "non-paged (local) memory".
> > >
> > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > > Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
> > > Cc: <linux-mm@kvack.org>
> > > Reported-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > include/linux/vmalloc.h | 6 ++++++
> > > mm/util.c | 12 +++++++-----
> > > mm/vmalloc.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> > > 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> > > index 938eaf9..c89c2be 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> > > @@ -248,4 +248,10 @@ pcpu_free_vm_areas(struct vm_struct **vms, int nr_vms)
> > > int register_vmap_purge_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> > > int unregister_vmap_purge_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> > >
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> > > +bool vmalloc_dump_obj(void *object);
> > > +#else
> > > +static inline bool vmalloc_dump_obj(void *object) { return false; }
> > > +#endif
> > > +
> > > #endif /* _LINUX_VMALLOC_H */
> > > diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
> > > index 8c2449f..ee99a0a 100644
> > > --- a/mm/util.c
> > > +++ b/mm/util.c
> > > @@ -984,6 +984,12 @@ int __weak memcmp_pages(struct page *page1, struct page *page2)
> > > */
> > > void mem_dump_obj(void *object)
> > > {
> > > + if (kmem_valid_obj(object)) {
> > > + kmem_dump_obj(object);
> > > + return;
> > > + }
> > > + if (vmalloc_dump_obj(object))
> > > + return;
> > > if (!virt_addr_valid(object)) {
> > > if (object == NULL)
> > > pr_cont(" NULL pointer.\n");
> > > @@ -993,10 +999,6 @@ void mem_dump_obj(void *object)
> > > pr_cont(" non-paged (local) memory.\n");
> > > return;
> > > }
> > > - if (kmem_valid_obj(object)) {
> > > - kmem_dump_obj(object);
> > > - return;
> > > - }
> > > - pr_cont(" non-slab memory.\n");
> > > + pr_cont(" non-slab/vmalloc memory.\n");
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mem_dump_obj);
> > > diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > index 6ae491a..7421719 100644
> > > --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > @@ -3431,6 +3431,18 @@ void pcpu_free_vm_areas(struct vm_struct **vms, int nr_vms)
> > > }
> > > #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
> > >
> > > +bool vmalloc_dump_obj(void *object)
> > > +{
> > > + struct vm_struct *vm;
> > > + void *objp = (void *)PAGE_ALIGN((unsigned long)object);
> > >
> > Paul, vmalloced addresses are already aligned to PAGE_SIZE, so that one
> > is odd.
>
> They are, but this is to handle things like this:
>
> struct foo {
> int a;
> struct rcu_head rh;
> };
>
> void silly(struct foo *fp)
> {
> call_rcu(&fp->rh, my_rcu_cb);
> call_rcu(&fp->rh, my_other_rcu_cb);
> }
>
> In kernels built with CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y, this would
> result in a call to mem_dump_obj() and then to vmalloc_dump_obj()
> with a non-page-aligned pointer.
>
OK, i got it. I thought the functions deals with original vmalloc
pointer. In fact it is not :)
--
Vlad Rezki
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-09 20:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-05 0:40 [PATCH RFC sl-b] Export return addresses for better diagnostics Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-05 0:40 ` [PATCH sl-b 1/6] mm: Add kmem_last_alloc() to return last allocation for memory block paulmck
2020-12-07 9:02 ` Joonsoo Kim
2020-12-07 17:25 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-08 8:57 ` Joonsoo Kim
2020-12-08 15:17 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-05 0:40 ` [PATCH sl-b 2/6] mm: Add kmem_last_alloc_errstring() to provide more kmem_last_alloc() info paulmck
2020-12-05 0:40 ` [PATCH sl-b 3/6] rcu: Make call_rcu() print allocation address of double-freed callback paulmck
2020-12-05 0:40 ` [PATCH sl-b 4/6] mm: Create kmem_last_alloc_stack() to provide stack trace in slub paulmck
2020-12-05 0:40 ` [PATCH sl-b 5/6] percpu_ref: Print allocator upon reference-count underflow paulmck
2020-12-05 0:40 ` [PATCH sl-b 6/6] percpu_ref: Print stack trace " paulmck
2020-12-09 1:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 sl-b] Export return addresses etc. for better diagnostics Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-09 1:12 ` [PATCH v2 sl-b 1/5] mm: Add mem_dump_obj() to print source of memory block paulmck
2020-12-09 8:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-12-09 14:57 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-09 17:53 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-12-09 17:59 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-09 17:28 ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-12-09 23:04 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-10 10:48 ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-12-10 19:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-10 12:04 ` Joonsoo Kim
2020-12-10 23:41 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-09 1:13 ` [PATCH v2 sl-b 2/5] mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle NULL and zero-sized pointers paulmck
2020-12-09 17:48 ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-12-10 3:25 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-09 1:13 ` [PATCH v2 sl-b 3/5] mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle vmalloc() memory paulmck
2020-12-09 17:51 ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-12-09 19:39 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2020-12-09 23:23 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-10 10:49 ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-12-09 19:36 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2020-12-09 19:42 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-09 20:04 ` Uladzislau Rezki [this message]
2020-12-09 1:13 ` [PATCH v2 sl-b 4/5] rcu: Make call_rcu() print mem_dump_obj() info for double-freed callback paulmck
2020-12-09 1:13 ` [PATCH v2 sl-b 5/5] percpu_ref: Dump mem_dump_obj() info upon reference-count underflow paulmck
2020-12-11 1:19 ` [PATCH RFC v2 sl-b] Export return addresses etc. for better diagnostics Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-11 1:19 ` [PATCH v3 sl-b 1/6] mm: Add mem_dump_obj() to print source of memory block paulmck
2020-12-11 2:22 ` Joonsoo Kim
2020-12-11 3:33 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-11 3:42 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-11 6:58 ` Joonsoo Kim
2020-12-11 16:59 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-12-11 6:54 ` Joonsoo Kim
2020-12-11 1:19 ` [PATCH v3 sl-b 2/6] mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle NULL and zero-sized pointers paulmck
2020-12-11 1:20 ` [PATCH v3 sl-b 3/6] mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle vmalloc() memory paulmck
2020-12-11 1:20 ` [PATCH v3 sl-b 4/6] mm: Make mem_obj_dump() vmalloc() dumps include start and length paulmck
2020-12-11 1:20 ` [PATCH v3 sl-b 5/6] rcu: Make call_rcu() print mem_dump_obj() info for double-freed callback paulmck
2020-12-11 1:20 ` [PATCH v3 sl-b 6/6] percpu_ref: Dump mem_dump_obj() info upon reference-count underflow paulmck
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