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* [PATCH] z3fold: fix memory leak in kmem cache
@ 2019-09-17 15:53 Vitaly Wool
  2019-09-18  7:31 ` Vlastimil Babka
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Vitaly Wool @ 2019-09-17 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux-MM, Andrew Morton, linux-kernel
  Cc: Dan Streetman, Vlastimil Babka, markus.linnala

Currently there is a leak in init_z3fold_page() -- it allocates
handles from kmem cache even for headless pages, but then they are
never used and never freed, so eventually kmem cache may get
exhausted. This patch provides a fix for that.

Reported-by: Markus Linnala <markus.linnala@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com>
---
 mm/z3fold.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/z3fold.c b/mm/z3fold.c
index 6397725b5ec6..7dffef2599c3 100644
--- a/mm/z3fold.c
+++ b/mm/z3fold.c
@@ -301,14 +301,11 @@ static void z3fold_unregister_migration(struct z3fold_pool *pool)
  }
 
 /* Initializes the z3fold header of a newly allocated z3fold page */
-static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page,
+static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page, bool headless,
 					struct z3fold_pool *pool, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct z3fold_header *zhdr = page_address(page);
-	struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots = alloc_slots(pool, gfp);
-
-	if (!slots)
-		return NULL;
+	struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
 	clear_bit(PAGE_HEADLESS, &page->private);
@@ -316,6 +313,12 @@ static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page,
 	clear_bit(NEEDS_COMPACTING, &page->private);
 	clear_bit(PAGE_STALE, &page->private);
 	clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
+	if (headless)
+		return zhdr;
+
+	slots = alloc_slots(pool, gfp);
+	if (!slots)
+		return NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&zhdr->page_lock);
 	kref_init(&zhdr->refcount);
@@ -962,7 +965,7 @@ static int z3fold_alloc(struct z3fold_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp,
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	zhdr = init_z3fold_page(page, pool, gfp);
+	zhdr = init_z3fold_page(page, bud == HEADLESS, pool, gfp);
 	if (!zhdr) {
 		__free_page(page);
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.17.1

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* Re: [PATCH] z3fold: fix memory leak in kmem cache
  2019-09-17 15:53 [PATCH] z3fold: fix memory leak in kmem cache Vitaly Wool
@ 2019-09-18  7:31 ` Vlastimil Babka
  2019-09-19  7:59   ` Vitaly Wool
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Vlastimil Babka @ 2019-09-18  7:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vitaly Wool, Linux-MM, Andrew Morton, linux-kernel
  Cc: Dan Streetman, markus.linnala

On 9/17/19 5:53 PM, Vitaly Wool wrote:
> Currently there is a leak in init_z3fold_page() -- it allocates
> handles from kmem cache even for headless pages, but then they are
> never used and never freed, so eventually kmem cache may get
> exhausted. This patch provides a fix for that.
> 
> Reported-by: Markus Linnala <markus.linnala@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com>

Can a Fixes: commit be pinpointed, and CC stable added?

> ---
>  mm/z3fold.c | 15 +++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/z3fold.c b/mm/z3fold.c
> index 6397725b5ec6..7dffef2599c3 100644
> --- a/mm/z3fold.c
> +++ b/mm/z3fold.c
> @@ -301,14 +301,11 @@ static void z3fold_unregister_migration(struct z3fold_pool *pool)
>   }
>  
>  /* Initializes the z3fold header of a newly allocated z3fold page */
> -static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page,
> +static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page, bool headless,
>  					struct z3fold_pool *pool, gfp_t gfp)
>  {
>  	struct z3fold_header *zhdr = page_address(page);
> -	struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots = alloc_slots(pool, gfp);
> -
> -	if (!slots)
> -		return NULL;
> +	struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots;
>  
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
>  	clear_bit(PAGE_HEADLESS, &page->private);
> @@ -316,6 +313,12 @@ static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page,
>  	clear_bit(NEEDS_COMPACTING, &page->private);
>  	clear_bit(PAGE_STALE, &page->private);
>  	clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
> +	if (headless)
> +		return zhdr;
> +
> +	slots = alloc_slots(pool, gfp);
> +	if (!slots)
> +		return NULL;
>  
>  	spin_lock_init(&zhdr->page_lock);
>  	kref_init(&zhdr->refcount);
> @@ -962,7 +965,7 @@ static int z3fold_alloc(struct z3fold_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp,
>  	if (!page)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	zhdr = init_z3fold_page(page, pool, gfp);
> +	zhdr = init_z3fold_page(page, bud == HEADLESS, pool, gfp);
>  	if (!zhdr) {
>  		__free_page(page);
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 


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* Re: [PATCH] z3fold: fix memory leak in kmem cache
  2019-09-18  7:31 ` Vlastimil Babka
@ 2019-09-19  7:59   ` Vitaly Wool
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Vitaly Wool @ 2019-09-19  7:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vlastimil Babka
  Cc: Linux-MM, Andrew Morton, LKML, Dan Streetman, Markus Linnala, stable

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:35 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> On 9/17/19 5:53 PM, Vitaly Wool wrote:
> > Currently there is a leak in init_z3fold_page() -- it allocates
> > handles from kmem cache even for headless pages, but then they are
> > never used and never freed, so eventually kmem cache may get
> > exhausted. This patch provides a fix for that.
> >
> > Reported-by: Markus Linnala <markus.linnala@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com>
>
> Can a Fixes: commit be pinpointed, and CC stable added?

Fixes: 7c2b8baa61fe578 "mm/z3fold.c: add structure for buddy handles"

Best regards,
   Vitaly

> > ---
> >  mm/z3fold.c | 15 +++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/z3fold.c b/mm/z3fold.c
> > index 6397725b5ec6..7dffef2599c3 100644
> > --- a/mm/z3fold.c
> > +++ b/mm/z3fold.c
> > @@ -301,14 +301,11 @@ static void z3fold_unregister_migration(struct z3fold_pool *pool)
> >   }
> >
> >  /* Initializes the z3fold header of a newly allocated z3fold page */
> > -static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page,
> > +static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page, bool headless,
> >                                       struct z3fold_pool *pool, gfp_t gfp)
> >  {
> >       struct z3fold_header *zhdr = page_address(page);
> > -     struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots = alloc_slots(pool, gfp);
> > -
> > -     if (!slots)
> > -             return NULL;
> > +     struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots;
> >
> >       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
> >       clear_bit(PAGE_HEADLESS, &page->private);
> > @@ -316,6 +313,12 @@ static struct z3fold_header *init_z3fold_page(struct page *page,
> >       clear_bit(NEEDS_COMPACTING, &page->private);
> >       clear_bit(PAGE_STALE, &page->private);
> >       clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
> > +     if (headless)
> > +             return zhdr;
> > +
> > +     slots = alloc_slots(pool, gfp);
> > +     if (!slots)
> > +             return NULL;
> >
> >       spin_lock_init(&zhdr->page_lock);
> >       kref_init(&zhdr->refcount);
> > @@ -962,7 +965,7 @@ static int z3fold_alloc(struct z3fold_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp,
> >       if (!page)
> >               return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > -     zhdr = init_z3fold_page(page, pool, gfp);
> > +     zhdr = init_z3fold_page(page, bud == HEADLESS, pool, gfp);
> >       if (!zhdr) {
> >               __free_page(page);
> >               return -ENOMEM;
> >
>

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