[PATCH v2 02/11] [DO NOT MERGE] ref_tracker: add a count of untracked references

From: Andrzej Hajda
Date: Mon Feb 21 2022 - 18:17:41 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>

We are still chasing a netdev refcount imbalance, and we suspect
we have one rogue dev_put() that is consuming a reference taken
from a dev_hold_track()

To detect this case, allow ref_tracker_alloc() and ref_tracker_free()
to be called with a NULL @trackerp parameter, and use a dedicated
refcount_t just for them.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ref_tracker.h | 2 ++
lib/ref_tracker.c | 12 +++++++++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ref_tracker.h b/include/linux/ref_tracker.h
index a443abda937d8..9ca353ab712b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ref_tracker.h
+++ b/include/linux/ref_tracker.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct ref_tracker_dir {
spinlock_t lock;
unsigned int quarantine_avail;
refcount_t untracked;
+ refcount_t no_tracker;
bool dead;
struct list_head list; /* List of active trackers */
struct list_head quarantine; /* List of dead trackers */
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ static inline void ref_tracker_dir_init(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir,
dir->quarantine_avail = quarantine_count;
dir->dead = false;
refcount_set(&dir->untracked, 1);
+ refcount_set(&dir->no_tracker, 1);
stack_depot_init();
}

diff --git a/lib/ref_tracker.c b/lib/ref_tracker.c
index 32ff6bd497f8e..9c0c2e09df666 100644
--- a/lib/ref_tracker.c
+++ b/lib/ref_tracker.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void ref_tracker_dir_exit(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dir->lock, flags);
WARN_ON_ONCE(leak);
WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&dir->untracked) != 1);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&dir->no_tracker) != 1);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ref_tracker_dir_exit);

@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ int ref_tracker_alloc(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir,

WARN_ON_ONCE(dir->dead);

+ if (!trackerp) {
+ refcount_inc(&dir->no_tracker);
+ return 0;
+ }
if (gfp & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM)
gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
*trackerp = tracker = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracker), gfp_mask);
@@ -98,13 +103,18 @@ int ref_tracker_free(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir,
struct ref_tracker **trackerp)
{
unsigned long entries[REF_TRACKER_STACK_ENTRIES];
- struct ref_tracker *tracker = *trackerp;
depot_stack_handle_t stack_handle;
+ struct ref_tracker *tracker;
unsigned int nr_entries;
unsigned long flags;

WARN_ON_ONCE(dir->dead);

+ if (!trackerp) {
+ refcount_dec(&dir->no_tracker);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ tracker = *trackerp;
if (!tracker) {
refcount_dec(&dir->untracked);
return -EEXIST;
--
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