From: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Cc: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/3] alloc_tag: remove /proc/allocinfo outside of mod_lock
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:34:21 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813093421.135230-4-hao.ge@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813093421.135230-1-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.
Fixes: 4835f747d3ed ("alloc_tag: support for page allocation tag compression")
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
---
mm/alloc_tag.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
index 7481180dadd2..b80f5a151f28 100644
--- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
@@ -591,6 +591,13 @@ 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 +607,7 @@ 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:[~2026-08-13 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 9:34 [RFC PATCH 0/3] alloc_tag: fix races and a leak around shutdown_mem_profiling() Hao Ge
2026-08-13 9:34 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] alloc_tag: skip percpu counter allocation when profiling is disabled Hao Ge
2026-08-13 9:34 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] module: move codetag section placement decision to layout_sections() Hao Ge
2026-08-13 9:34 ` Hao Ge [this message]
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