From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: yangshiguang <yangshiguang@xiaomi.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 3/3] mm: slub: avoid wake up kswapd in set_track_prepare
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 11:13:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250907151327.641468-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250907151327.641468-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: yangshiguang <yangshiguang@xiaomi.com>
[ Upstream commit 850470a8413a8a78e772c4f6bd9fe81ec6bd5b0f ]
set_track_prepare() can incur lock recursion.
The issue is that it is called from hrtimer_start_range_ns
holding the per_cpu(hrtimer_bases)[n].lock, but when enabled
CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS, may wake up kswapd in set_track_prepare,
and try to hold the per_cpu(hrtimer_bases)[n].lock.
Avoid deadlock caused by implicitly waking up kswapd by passing in
allocation flags, which do not contain __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM in the
debug_objects_fill_pool() case. Inside stack depot they are processed by
gfp_nested_mask().
Since ___slab_alloc() has preemption disabled, we mask out
__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM from the flags there.
The oops looks something like:
BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#3, swapper/3/0
lock: 0xffffff8a4bf29c80, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: swapper/3/0, .owner_cpu: 3
Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Popsicle based on SM8850 (DT)
Call trace:
spin_bug+0x0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x80
hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x94
task_contending+0x10c
enqueue_dl_entity+0x2a4
dl_server_start+0x74
enqueue_task_fair+0x568
enqueue_task+0xac
do_activate_task+0x14c
ttwu_do_activate+0xcc
try_to_wake_up+0x6c8
default_wake_function+0x20
autoremove_wake_function+0x1c
__wake_up+0xac
wakeup_kswapd+0x19c
wake_all_kswapds+0x78
__alloc_pages_slowpath+0x1ac
__alloc_pages_noprof+0x298
stack_depot_save_flags+0x6b0
stack_depot_save+0x14
set_track_prepare+0x5c
___slab_alloc+0xccc
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x470
__set_page_owner+0x2bc
post_alloc_hook[jt]+0x1b8
prep_new_page+0x28
get_page_from_freelist+0x1edc
__alloc_pages_noprof+0x13c
alloc_slab_page+0x244
allocate_slab+0x7c
___slab_alloc+0x8e8
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x450
debug_objects_fill_pool+0x22c
debug_object_activate+0x40
enqueue_hrtimer[jt]+0xdc
hrtimer_start_range_ns+0x5f8
...
Signed-off-by: yangshiguang <yangshiguang@xiaomi.com>
Fixes: 5cf909c553e9 ("mm/slub: use stackdepot to save stack trace in objects")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
mm/slub.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 42923473cf7f3..9151e0c8d57f2 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -726,19 +726,19 @@ static struct track *get_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
}
#ifdef CONFIG_STACKDEPOT
-static noinline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void)
+static noinline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(gfp_t gfp_flags)
{
depot_stack_handle_t handle;
unsigned long entries[TRACK_ADDRS_COUNT];
unsigned int nr_entries;
nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 3);
- handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, GFP_NOWAIT);
+ handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, gfp_flags);
return handle;
}
#else
-static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void)
+static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(gfp_t gfp_flags)
{
return 0;
}
@@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ static void set_track_update(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
}
static __always_inline void set_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
- enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr)
+ enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr, gfp_t gfp_flags)
{
- depot_stack_handle_t handle = set_track_prepare();
+ depot_stack_handle_t handle = set_track_prepare(gfp_flags);
set_track_update(s, object, alloc, addr, handle);
}
@@ -1651,9 +1651,9 @@ static inline bool free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s,
static inline void slab_pad_check(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab) {}
static inline int check_object(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
void *object, u8 val) { return 1; }
-static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void) { return 0; }
+static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(gfp_t gfp_flags) { return 0; }
static inline void set_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
- enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr) {}
+ enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr, gfp_t gfp_flags) {}
static inline void add_full(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
struct slab *slab) {}
static inline void remove_full(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
@@ -3130,9 +3130,14 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
* For debug caches here we had to go through
* alloc_single_from_partial() so just store the
* tracking info and return the object.
+ *
+ * Due to disabled preemption we need to disallow
+ * blocking. The flags are further adjusted by
+ * gfp_nested_mask() in stack_depot itself.
*/
if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
- set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr);
+ set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr,
+ gfpflags & ~(__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM));
return freelist;
}
@@ -3158,7 +3163,8 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
goto new_objects;
if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
- set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr);
+ set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr,
+ gfpflags & ~(__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM));
return freelist;
}
@@ -3409,8 +3415,12 @@ static noinline void free_to_partial_list(
unsigned long flags;
depot_stack_handle_t handle = 0;
+ /*
+ * We cannot use GFP_NOWAIT as there are callsites where waking up
+ * kswapd could deadlock
+ */
if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
- handle = set_track_prepare();
+ handle = set_track_prepare(__GFP_NOWARN);
spin_lock_irqsave(&n->list_lock, flags);
--
2.51.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-07 15:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-06 18:41 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: slub: avoid wake up kswapd in set_track_prepare" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2025-09-07 15:13 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/3] mm, slub: refactor free debug processing Sasha Levin
2025-09-07 15:13 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 2/3] slub: Reflow ___slab_alloc() Sasha Levin
2025-09-07 15:13 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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