Re: [PATCH v3 sl-b 1/6] mm: Add mem_dump_obj() to print source of memory block

From: Joonsoo Kim
Date: Thu Dec 10 2020 - 21:25:00 EST


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 05:19:58PM -0800, paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> There are kernel facilities such as per-CPU reference counts that give
> error messages in generic handlers or callbacks, whose messages are
> unenlightening. In the case of per-CPU reference-count underflow, this
> is not a problem when creating a new use of this facility because in that
> case the bug is almost certainly in the code implementing that new use.
> However, trouble arises when deploying across many systems, which might
> exercise corner cases that were not seen during development and testing.
> Here, it would be really nice to get some kind of hint as to which of
> several uses the underflow was caused by.
>
> This commit therefore exposes a mem_dump_obj() function that takes
> a pointer to memory (which must still be allocated if it has been
> dynamically allocated) and prints available information on where that
> memory came from. This pointer can reference the middle of the block as
> well as the beginning of the block, as needed by things like RCU callback
> functions and timer handlers that might not know where the beginning of
> the memory block is. These functions and handlers can use mem_dump_obj()
> to print out better hints as to where the problem might lie.
>
> The information printed can depend on kernel configuration. For example,
> the allocation return address can be printed only for slab and slub,
> and even then only when the necessary debug has been enabled. For slab,
> build with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y, and either use sizes with ample space
> to the next power of two or use the SLAB_STORE_USER when creating the
> kmem_cache structure. For slub, build with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y and
> boot with slub_debug=U, or pass SLAB_STORE_USER to kmem_cache_create()
> if more focused use is desired. Also for slub, use CONFIG_STACKTRACE
> to enable printing of the allocation-time stack trace.
>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [ paulmck: Convert to printing and change names per Joonsoo Kim. ]
> [ paulmck: Move slab definition per Stephen Rothwell and kbuild test robot. ]
> [ paulmck: Handle CONFIG_MMU=n case where vmalloc() is kmalloc(). ]
> [ paulmck: Apply Vlastimil Babka feedback on slab.c kmem_provenance(). ]
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/slab.h | 2 ++
> mm/slab.c | 20 ++++++++++++++
> mm/slab.h | 12 +++++++++
> mm/slab_common.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/slob.c | 6 +++++
> mm/slub.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/util.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++
> 8 files changed, 176 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index ef360fe..1eea266 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -3153,5 +3153,7 @@ unsigned long wp_shared_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
>
> extern int sysctl_nr_trim_pages;
>
> +void mem_dump_obj(void *object);
> +
> #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> #endif /* _LINUX_MM_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> index dd6897f..169b511 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ void kfree(const void *);
> void kfree_sensitive(const void *);
> size_t __ksize(const void *);
> size_t ksize(const void *);
> +bool kmem_valid_obj(void *object);
> +void kmem_dump_obj(void *object);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
> void __check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, struct page *page,
> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> index b111356..66f00ad 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -3633,6 +3633,26 @@ void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t flags,
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_node_track_caller);
> #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
>
> +void kmem_obj_info(struct kmem_obj_info *kpp, void *object, struct page *page)
> +{
> + struct kmem_cache *cachep;
> + unsigned int objnr;
> + void *objp;
> +
> + kpp->kp_ptr = object;
> + kpp->kp_page = page;
> + cachep = page->slab_cache;
> + kpp->kp_slab_cache = cachep;
> + objp = object - obj_offset(cachep);
> + kpp->kp_data_offset = obj_offset(cachep);
> + page = virt_to_head_page(objp);
> + objnr = obj_to_index(cachep, page, objp);
> + objp = index_to_obj(cachep, page, objnr);
> + kpp->kp_objp = objp;
> + if (DEBUG && cachep->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
> + kpp->kp_ret = *dbg_userword(cachep, objp);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * __do_kmalloc - allocate memory
> * @size: how many bytes of memory are required.
> diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
> index 6d7c6a5..0dc705b 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.h
> +++ b/mm/slab.h
> @@ -630,4 +630,16 @@ static inline bool slab_want_init_on_free(struct kmem_cache *c)
> return false;
> }
>
> +#define KS_ADDRS_COUNT 16
> +struct kmem_obj_info {
> + void *kp_ptr;
> + struct page *kp_page;
> + void *kp_objp;
> + unsigned long kp_data_offset;
> + struct kmem_cache *kp_slab_cache;
> + void *kp_ret;
> + void *kp_stack[KS_ADDRS_COUNT];
> +};
> +void kmem_obj_info(struct kmem_obj_info *kpp, void *object, struct page *page);
> +
> #endif /* MM_SLAB_H */
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index f9ccd5d..df2e203 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -536,6 +536,80 @@ bool slab_is_available(void)
> return slab_state >= UP;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * kmem_valid_obj - does the pointer reference a valid slab object?
> + * @object: pointer to query.
> + *
> + * Return: %true if the pointer is to a not-yet-freed object from
> + * kmalloc() or kmem_cache_alloc(), either %true or %false if the pointer
> + * is to an already-freed object, and %false otherwise.
> + */
> +bool kmem_valid_obj(void *object)
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> +
> + if (!virt_addr_valid(object))
> + return false;
> + page = virt_to_head_page(object);
> + return PageSlab(page);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * kmem_dump_obj - Print available slab provenance information
> + * @object: slab object for which to find provenance information.
> + *
> + * This function uses pr_cont(), so that the caller is expected to have
> + * printed out whatever preamble is appropriate. The provenance information
> + * depends on the type of object and on how much debugging is enabled.
> + * For a slab-cache object, the fact that it is a slab object is printed,
> + * and, if available, the slab name, return address, and stack trace from
> + * the allocation of that object.
> + *
> + * This function will splat if passed a pointer to a non-slab object.
> + * If you are not sure what type of object you have, you should instead
> + * use mem_dump_obj().
> + */
> +void kmem_dump_obj(void *object)
> +{
> + char *cp = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU) ? "" : "/vmalloc";
> + int i;
> + struct page *page;
> + unsigned long ptroffset;
> + struct kmem_obj_info kp = { };
> +
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!virt_addr_valid(object)))
> + return;
> + page = virt_to_head_page(object);
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageSlab(page))) {
> + pr_cont(" non-slab memory.\n");
> + return;
> + }
> + kmem_obj_info(&kp, object, page);
> + if (kp.kp_slab_cache)
> + pr_cont(" slab%s %s", cp, kp.kp_slab_cache->name);
> + else
> + pr_cont(" slab%s", cp);
> + if (kp.kp_objp)
> + pr_cont(" start %px", kp.kp_objp);
> + if (kp.kp_data_offset)
> + pr_cont(" data offset %lu", kp.kp_data_offset);

I don't check the code deeply but kp_data_offset could be 0 in normal
situation. Is it intentional not to print a message in this case?

> + if (kp.kp_objp) {
> + ptroffset = ((char *)object - (char *)kp.kp_objp) - kp.kp_data_offset;
> + pr_cont(" pointer offset %lu", ptroffset);
> + }
> + if (kp.kp_slab_cache && kp.kp_slab_cache->usersize)
> + pr_cont(" size %u", kp.kp_slab_cache->usersize);
> + if (kp.kp_ret)
> + pr_cont(" allocated at %pS\n", kp.kp_ret);
> + else
> + pr_cont("\n");
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(kp.kp_stack); i++) {
> + if (!kp.kp_stack[i])
> + break;
> + pr_info(" %pS\n", kp.kp_stack[i]);
> + }
> +}
> +
> #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
> /* Create a cache during boot when no slab services are available yet */
> void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name,
> diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
> index 7cc9805..2ed1de2 100644
> --- a/mm/slob.c
> +++ b/mm/slob.c
> @@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ static void slob_free(void *block, int size)
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slob_lock, flags);
> }
>
> +void kmem_obj_info(struct kmem_obj_info *kpp, void *object, struct page *page)
> +{
> + kpp->kp_ptr = object;
> + kpp->kp_page = page;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * End of slob allocator proper. Begin kmem_cache_alloc and kmalloc frontend.
> */
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index b30be23..0459d2a 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3918,6 +3918,42 @@ int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *s)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +void kmem_obj_info(struct kmem_obj_info *kpp, void *object, struct page *page)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG

We can get some infos even if CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG isn't defined.
Please move them out.

Thanks.