From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 3/7] mm/kmemleak: prevent soft lockup in first object iteration loop of kmemleak_scan()
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 14:47:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903184733.1484444-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903184733.1484444-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
[ Upstream commit 6edda04ccc7cfb281d139e352dbd5dd933bd2751 ]
The first RCU-based object iteration loop has to modify the object count.
So we cannot skip taking the object lock.
One way to avoid soft lockup is to insert occasional cond_resched() call
into the loop. This cannot be done while holding the RCU read lock which
is to protect objects from being freed. However, taking a reference to
the object will prevent it from being freed. We can then do a
cond_resched() call after every 64k objects safely.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220614220359.59282-4-longman@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Stable-dep-of: 5d10d4e19e6d ("mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
mm/kmemleak.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index f7e12d12b5b8e..e52f0cbed6f2b 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1413,12 +1413,16 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
struct zone *zone;
int __maybe_unused i;
int new_leaks = 0;
+ int loop1_cnt = 0;
jiffies_last_scan = jiffies;
/* prepare the kmemleak_object's */
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_entry_rcu(object, &object_list, object_list) {
+ bool obj_pinned = false;
+
+ loop1_cnt++;
raw_spin_lock_irq(&object->lock);
#ifdef DEBUG
/*
@@ -1433,10 +1437,32 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
#endif
/* reset the reference count (whiten the object) */
object->count = 0;
- if (color_gray(object) && get_object(object))
+ if (color_gray(object) && get_object(object)) {
list_add_tail(&object->gray_list, &gray_list);
+ obj_pinned = true;
+ }
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&object->lock);
+
+ /*
+ * Do a cond_resched() to avoid soft lockup every 64k objects.
+ * Make sure a reference has been taken so that the object
+ * won't go away without RCU read lock.
+ */
+ if (!(loop1_cnt & 0xffff)) {
+ if (!obj_pinned && !get_object(object)) {
+ /* Try the next object instead */
+ loop1_cnt--;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ cond_resched();
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
+ if (!obj_pinned)
+ put_object(object);
+ }
}
rcu_read_unlock();
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 10:47 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-03 18:47 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/7] mm/kmemleak: use _irq lock/unlock variants in kmemleak_scan/_clear() Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:47 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/7] mm/kmemleak: skip unlikely objects in kmemleak_scan() without taking lock Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:47 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-03 18:47 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/7] mm/kmemleak: prevent soft lockup in kmemleak_scan()'s object iteration loops Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:47 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 5/7] mm: use stack_depot for recording kmemleak's backtrace Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:47 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 6/7] kmemleak: drop (age <increasing>) from leak record Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:47 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 7/7] mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks Sasha Levin
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