From: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>, Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] alloc_tag: remove /proc/allocinfo outside of mod_lock
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:27:26 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260817062726.106511-3-hao.ge@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260817062726.106511-1-hao.ge@linux.dev>
shutdown_mem_profiling() calls remove_proc_entry() from
reserve_module_tags(), which runs under mod_lock held for write.
remove_proc_entry() waits for readers, and a reader takes mod_lock for
read in allocinfo_start():
CPU0 (insmod) CPU1 (read /proc/allocinfo)
---------------- ----------------------------
reserve_module_tags()
down_write(&mod_lock) [held]
use_pde() [in_use++]
allocinfo_start()
down_read(&mod_lock) <- blocks
shutdown_mem_profiling()
remove_proc_entry()
wait for in_use == 0 <- blocks
Move remove_proc_entry() to a workqueue.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Fixes: 4835f747d3ed ("alloc_tag: support for page allocation tag compression")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
---
mm/alloc_tag.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
index 80eccaca665a..b1d48532a25a 100644
--- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/string_choices.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
#include <uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h>
@@ -591,6 +592,13 @@ void pgalloc_tag_swap(struct folio *new, struct folio *old)
put_page_tag_ref(handle_new);
}
+static void remove_allocinfo_file(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ remove_proc_entry(ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME, NULL);
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(remove_allocinfo_work, remove_allocinfo_file);
+
static void shutdown_mem_profiling(bool remove_file)
{
if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled())
@@ -600,7 +608,7 @@ static void shutdown_mem_profiling(bool remove_file)
return;
if (remove_file)
- remove_proc_entry(ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME, NULL);
+ schedule_work(&remove_allocinfo_work);
mem_profiling_support = false;
}
--
2.25.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-17 6:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-17 6:27 [PATCH v2 0/2] alloc_tag: fix a leak and a deadlock around shutdown_mem_profiling() Hao Ge
2026-08-17 6:27 ` [PATCH 1/2] alloc_tag: skip percpu counter allocation when profiling is disabled Hao Ge
2026-08-17 6:27 ` Hao Ge [this message]
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