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From: Zhen Ni <zhen.ni@easystack.cn>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@linux.dev>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Zhen Ni <zhen.ni@easystack.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/8] mm/page_owner: Add COMM filtering with wildcard support
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 2026 12:18:14 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903041819.1776630-4-zhen.ni@easystack.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903041819.1776630-1-zhen.ni@easystack.cn>

Add process name (COMM) filtering to page_owner with glob-style wildcard
pattern matching support. Users can now filter page_owner output by
process names using flexible patterns.

Supported wildcards:
  *    : matches any sequence of characters
  ?    : matches any single character
  [abc]: matches any character in the set
  [a-z]: matches any character in the range

Examples:
  comm="python*"  : matches python, python3, python3.9, etc.
  comm="*sh"      : matches bash, zsh, dash, etc.

Also select GLOB from PAGE_OWNER. glob_match() is provided by
lib/glob.c, which is only built when CONFIG_GLOB is set, and
CONFIG_GLOB is a hidden option without a prompt. A config that enables
PAGE_OWNER but has no other GLOB selector would fail to link with an
undefined reference to glob_match().

Signed-off-by: Zhen Ni <zhen.ni@easystack.cn>
---
Changes in v2:
- Select GLOB from PAGE_OWNER so that glob_match() is always linked in
  when the feature is enabled.
- Drop the kstrdup() copy in parse_comm_list(); parse the token in
  place, matching patch 1.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260828031339.1270699-4-zhen.ni@easystack.cn/
---
 mm/Kconfig.debug |  1 +
 mm/page_owner.c  | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 5737a504efbb..c94c30a60cd5 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ config PAGE_OWNER
 	bool "Track page owner"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 	select DEBUG_FS
+	select GLOB
 	select STACKTRACE
 	select STACKDEPOT
 	select PAGE_EXTENSION
diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index e046e61eb98a..b8319bc3a368 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 #include <linux/bsearch.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/glob.h>
 
 #include "page_alloc.h"
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ static const char * const page_owner_print_mode_strings[] = {
 #define PID_MAX_DIGITS  	7
 #define MAX_FILTER_PIDS 	16
 #define MAX_FILTER_TGIDS	16
+#define MAX_FILTER_COMMS	8
 
 struct page_owner_filter_state {
 	enum page_owner_print_mode print_mode;
@@ -80,8 +82,10 @@ struct page_owner_filter_state {
 	nodemask_t nid_filter;
 	int pid_count;
 	int tgid_count;
+	int comm_count;
 	pid_t pid_list[MAX_FILTER_PIDS];
 	pid_t tgid_list[MAX_FILTER_TGIDS];
+	char comm_list[MAX_FILTER_COMMS][TASK_COMM_LEN];
 };
 
 static int cmp_pid_t(const void *a, const void *b)
@@ -854,6 +858,20 @@ read_page_owner(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 						    sizeof(pid_t),
 						    cmp_pid_t) != NULL;
 
+			if (!proc_match && state->comm_count > 0) {
+				bool comm_match = false;
+				int i;
+
+				for (i = 0; i < state->comm_count; i++) {
+					if (glob_match(state->comm_list[i],
+						       page_owner->comm)) {
+						comm_match = true;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				proc_match = comm_match;
+			}
+
 			if (!proc_match)
 				goto ext_put_continue;
 		}
@@ -997,6 +1015,27 @@ static int parse_pid_t_list(char *str, pid_t *list, int *count)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int parse_comm_list(char *str, char (*list)[TASK_COMM_LEN], int *count)
+{
+	char *token;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	while ((token = strsep(&str, ",")) != NULL) {
+		token = strstrip(token);
+		if (*token == '\0')
+			continue;
+		if (i >= MAX_FILTER_COMMS)
+			return -E2BIG;
+		strscpy(list[i++], token, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+	}
+
+	if (i == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*count = i;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static ssize_t page_owner_write(struct file *file,
 				 const char __user *buf,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -1012,8 +1051,10 @@ static ssize_t page_owner_write(struct file *file,
 	bool new_proc_filter_enabled;
 	pid_t new_pid_list[MAX_FILTER_PIDS];
 	pid_t new_tgid_list[MAX_FILTER_TGIDS];
+	char (*new_comm_list)[TASK_COMM_LEN] = NULL;
 	int new_pid_count = 0;
 	int new_tgid_count = 0;
+	int new_comm_count = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Maximum input length for filter commands:
@@ -1025,12 +1066,19 @@ static ssize_t page_owner_write(struct file *file,
 	 */
 	if (count > 32 + 6 * MAX_NUMNODES +
 			(PID_MAX_DIGITS + 1) * MAX_FILTER_PIDS + 4 +
-			(PID_MAX_DIGITS + 1) * MAX_FILTER_TGIDS + 5)
+			(PID_MAX_DIGITS + 1) * MAX_FILTER_TGIDS + 5 +
+			TASK_COMM_LEN * MAX_FILTER_COMMS + 5)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	new_comm_list = kmalloc_array(MAX_FILTER_COMMS, TASK_COMM_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_comm_list)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	kbuf = memdup_user_nul(buf, count);
-	if (IS_ERR(kbuf))
+	if (IS_ERR(kbuf)) {
+		kfree(new_comm_list);
 		return PTR_ERR(kbuf);
+	}
 
 	orig = kbuf;
 
@@ -1046,6 +1094,11 @@ static ssize_t page_owner_write(struct file *file,
 		memcpy(new_tgid_list, state->tgid_list, sizeof(state->tgid_list));
 		new_tgid_count = state->tgid_count;
 	}
+	if (state->comm_count > 0) {
+		memcpy(new_comm_list, state->comm_list,
+				state->comm_count * TASK_COMM_LEN);
+		new_comm_count = state->comm_count;
+	}
 
 	while ((token = strsep(&kbuf, " \t\n")) != NULL) {
 		if (*token == '\0')
@@ -1085,6 +1138,10 @@ static ssize_t page_owner_write(struct file *file,
 			ret = parse_pid_t_list(token + 5, new_tgid_list, &new_tgid_count);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out_free;
+		} else if (!strncmp(token, "comm=", 5)) {
+			ret = parse_comm_list(token + 5, new_comm_list, &new_comm_count);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out_free;
 		} else {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out_free;
@@ -1095,7 +1152,9 @@ static ssize_t page_owner_write(struct file *file,
 	state->print_mode = new_print_mode;
 	state->nid_filter = new_nid_filter;
 	state->nid_filter_enabled = new_nid_filter_enabled;
-	state->proc_filter_enabled = new_pid_count > 0 || new_tgid_count > 0;
+	state->proc_filter_enabled = new_pid_count > 0 ||
+				     new_tgid_count > 0 ||
+				     new_comm_count > 0;
 	if (new_pid_count > 0) {
 		memcpy(state->pid_list, new_pid_list, sizeof(state->pid_list));
 		state->pid_count = new_pid_count;
@@ -1110,10 +1169,16 @@ static ssize_t page_owner_write(struct file *file,
 	if (state->tgid_count > 1)
 		sort(state->tgid_list, state->tgid_count, sizeof(pid_t),
 		     cmp_pid_t, NULL);
+	if (new_comm_count > 0) {
+		memcpy(state->comm_list, new_comm_list,
+				new_comm_count * TASK_COMM_LEN);
+		state->comm_count = new_comm_count;
+	}
 
 	ret = count;
 
 out_free:
+	kfree(new_comm_list);
 	kfree(orig);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-03  4:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-03  4:18 [PATCH v2 0/8] mm/page_owner: Add PID/TGID/COMM and cgroup filtering Zhen Ni
2026-09-03  4:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] mm/page_owner: Add PID filtering support Zhen Ni
2026-09-03  4:18 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] mm/page_owner: Add TGID " Zhen Ni
2026-09-03  4:18 ` Zhen Ni [this message]
2026-09-03  4:18 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] mm/page_owner: Refactor memcg handling for cgroup filter support Zhen Ni
2026-09-03  4:18 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] mm/page_owner: Add memcg " Zhen Ni
2026-09-03  4:18 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] tools/mm: Add PID/TGID/COMM filtering support to page_owner_filter Zhen Ni
2026-09-03  4:18 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] tools/mm: Add memory cgroup " Zhen Ni
2026-09-03  4:18 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] Documentation: page_owner: Document PID/TGID/COMM and cgroup filters Zhen Ni
     [not found] ` <20260902221225.228fb4b18e115ba55b29fe29@linux-foundation.org>
2026-09-03 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 0/8] mm/page_owner: Add PID/TGID/COMM and cgroup filtering zhen.ni
2026-09-04  8:25 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

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