* [PATCH V1 1/2] MAINTAINERS: add lib/tests/slub_kunit.c to SLAB ALLOCATOR section
2026-03-30 12:05 [PATCH V1 0/2] slub_kunit: add a test case for {kmalloc,kfree}_nolock Harry Yoo (Oracle)
@ 2026-03-30 12:05 ` Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-03-30 12:05 ` [PATCH V1 2/2] lib/tests/slub_kunit: add a test case for {kmalloc,kfree}_nolock Harry Yoo (Oracle)
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From: Harry Yoo (Oracle) @ 2026-03-30 12:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vlastimil Babka, Andrew Morton
Cc: Hao Li, Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes, Roman Gushchin,
linux-kernel, linux-mm, Harry Yoo (Oracle)
The slub_kunit module has been maintained by SLAB ALLOCATOR folks,
but is missing in the MAINTAINERS file. Add the missing entry.
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 96ea84948d76..5f5add4f72a0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -24354,6 +24354,7 @@ F: Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst
F: Documentation/mm/slab.rst
F: include/linux/mempool.h
F: include/linux/slab.h
+F: lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
F: mm/failslab.c
F: mm/mempool.c
F: mm/slab.h
--
2.43.0
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2026-03-30 12:05 [PATCH V1 0/2] slub_kunit: add a test case for {kmalloc,kfree}_nolock Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-03-30 12:05 ` [PATCH V1 1/2] MAINTAINERS: add lib/tests/slub_kunit.c to SLAB ALLOCATOR section Harry Yoo (Oracle)
@ 2026-03-30 12:05 ` Harry Yoo (Oracle)
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From: Harry Yoo (Oracle) @ 2026-03-30 12:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vlastimil Babka, Andrew Morton
Cc: Hao Li, Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes, Roman Gushchin,
linux-kernel, linux-mm, Harry Yoo (Oracle)
Testing invocation of {kmalloc,kfree}_nolock() during kmalloc() or
kfree() is tricky, and it is even harder to ensure that slowpaths are
properly tested. Lack of such testing has led to late discovery of
the bug fixed by commit a1e244a9f177 ("mm/slab: use prandom if
!allow_spin").
Add a slub_kunit test that allocates and frees objects in a tight loop
while a perf event triggers NMIs on the same task, invoking
{kmalloc,kfree}_nolock() from the NMI handler.
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org>
---
lib/tests/slub_kunit.c | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 88 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c b/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
index 848b682a2d70..2ed5f90a748a 100644
--- a/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
#include "../mm/slab.h"
static struct kunit_resource resource;
@@ -291,6 +292,92 @@ static void test_krealloc_redzone_zeroing(struct kunit *test)
kmem_cache_destroy(s);
}
+#define REPEAT_TIMES 1000
+#define LOOP_SIZE 1000
+static void *objects[LOOP_SIZE];
+
+struct nmi_context {
+ struct kunit *test;
+ int callback_count;
+ int alloc_ok;
+ int alloc_fail;
+ struct perf_event *event;
+};
+
+static struct perf_event_attr nmi_hw_attr = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
+ .size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr),
+ .pinned = 1,
+ .disabled = 1,
+ .freq = 1,
+ .sample_freq = 100000,
+};
+
+static void kmalloc_kfree_nolock_in_nmi(struct perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_sample_data *data,
+ struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ void *objp;
+ gfp_t gfp;
+ struct nmi_context *ctx = event->overflow_handler_context;
+
+ /* __GFP_ACCOUNT to test kmalloc_nolock() in alloc_slab_obj_exts() */
+ gfp = (ctx->callback_count % 2) ? 0 : __GFP_ACCOUNT;
+ objp = kmalloc_nolock(64, gfp, NUMA_NO_NODE);
+
+ if (objp)
+ ctx->alloc_ok++;
+ else
+ ctx->alloc_fail++;
+
+ kfree_nolock(objp);
+ ctx->callback_count++;
+}
+
+static void test_kmalloc_kfree_nolock(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ int i, j;
+ struct nmi_context ctx = { .test = test };
+ struct perf_event *event;
+ bool alloc_fail = false;
+
+ event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&nmi_hw_attr, -1, current,
+ kmalloc_kfree_nolock_in_nmi,
+ &ctx);
+ if (IS_ERR(event))
+ kunit_skip(test, "Failed to create perf event");
+ ctx.event = event;
+ perf_event_enable(ctx.event);
+ for (i = 0; i < REPEAT_TIMES; i++) {
+ for (j = 0; j < LOOP_SIZE; j++) {
+ gfp_t gfp = (i % 2) ? 0 : __GFP_ACCOUNT;
+
+ objects[j] = kmalloc(64, gfp);
+ if (!objects[j]) {
+ j--;
+ while (j >= 0)
+ kfree(objects[j--]);
+ alloc_fail = true;
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+ }
+ for (j = 0; j < LOOP_SIZE; j++)
+ kfree(objects[j]);
+ }
+
+cleanup:
+ perf_event_disable(ctx.event);
+ perf_event_release_kernel(ctx.event);
+
+ kunit_info(test, "callback_count: %d, alloc_ok: %d, alloc_fail: %d\n",
+ ctx.callback_count, ctx.alloc_ok, ctx.alloc_fail);
+
+ if (alloc_fail)
+ kunit_skip(test, "Allocation failed");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, slab_errors);
+}
+
static int test_init(struct kunit *test)
{
slab_errors = 0;
@@ -315,6 +402,7 @@ static struct kunit_case test_cases[] = {
KUNIT_CASE(test_kfree_rcu_wq_destroy),
KUNIT_CASE(test_leak_destroy),
KUNIT_CASE(test_krealloc_redzone_zeroing),
+ KUNIT_CASE_SLOW(test_kmalloc_kfree_nolock),
{}
};
--
2.43.0
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