Re: [PATCH v2 sl-b 3/5] mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle vmalloc() memory

Uladzislau Rezki
2020-12-09T19:36:44Z

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.

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Vlad Rezki