From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, vbabka@kernel.org, harry@kernel.org,
ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, jackmanb@google.com,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, ziy@nvidia.com, hao.li@linux.dev,
cl@gentwo.org, rientjes@google.com, roman.gushchin@linux.dev,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
glider@google.com, andreyknvl@gmail.com, dvyukov@google.com,
vincenzo.frascino@arm.com, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
ryan.roberts@arm.com, anshuman.khandual@arm.com,
catalin.marinas@arm.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm/slub: hw_tags: skip page-allocator unpoisoning on slab allocation
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 16:27:32 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513105734.3380544-2-dev.jain@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260513105734.3380544-1-dev.jain@arm.com>
When a new slab page is allocated, the buddy will unpoison the page.
Then slab immediately poisons the page via kasan_poison_slab(). This
is wasted work.
Similar to what is done in vmalloc currently, use GFP_SKIP_KASAN
(hw tags flag only) to skip unpoisoning of the slab page.
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
mm/slub.c | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 227d58dc3de6..c3a69913aaa9 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7723,7 +7723,7 @@ struct page *alloc_frozen_pages_nolock_noprof(gfp_t gfp_flags, int nid, unsigned
struct alloc_context ac = { };
struct page *page;
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_flags & ~__GFP_ACCOUNT);
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_flags & ~(__GFP_ACCOUNT | __GFP_SKIP_KASAN));
/*
* In PREEMPT_RT spin_trylock() will call raw_spin_lock() which is
* unsafe in NMI. If spin_trylock() is called from hard IRQ the current
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0baa906f39ab..da3520769d1f 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3269,9 +3269,16 @@ static inline struct slab *alloc_slab_page(gfp_t flags, int node,
struct slab *slab;
unsigned int order = oo_order(oo);
+ /*
+ * New slab pages are immediately poisoned by kasan_poison_slab()
+ * before any object is handed out, so page allocator unpoisoning
+ * is wasted work for HW_TAGS KASAN.
+ */
+ flags |= __GFP_SKIP_KASAN;
+
if (unlikely(!allow_spin))
- page = alloc_frozen_pages_nolock(0/* __GFP_COMP is implied */,
- node, order);
+ page = alloc_frozen_pages_nolock(__GFP_SKIP_KASAN,
+ node, order);
else if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
page = alloc_frozen_pages(flags, order);
else
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-13 10:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 10:57 [PATCH 0/3] kasan: hw_tags: some micro-optimizations Dev Jain
2026-05-13 10:57 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2026-05-13 10:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] kasan: avoid re-poisoning tag-based kmalloc redzones Dev Jain
2026-05-13 10:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] vmalloc: hw_tags: optimize vmalloc redzoning Dev Jain
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