Re: mm, slab/slub: Ensure kmem_cache_alloc_bulk() is available early

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 2/7/23 15:16, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The memory allocators are available during early boot even in the phase
> where interrupts are disabled and scheduling is not yet possible.
> 
> The setup is so that GFP_KERNEL allocations work in this phase without
> causing might_alloc() splats to be emitted because the system state is
> SYSTEM_BOOTING at that point which prevents the warnings to trigger.
> 
> Most allocation/free functions use local_irq_save()/restore() or a lock
> variant of that. But kmem_cache_alloc_bulk() and kmem_cache_free_bulk() use
> local_[lock]_irq_disable()/enable(), which leads to a lockdep warning when
> interrupts are enabled during the early boot phase.
> 
> This went unnoticed so far as there are no early users of these
> interfaces. The upcoming conversion of the interrupt descriptor store from
> radix_tree to maple_tree triggered this warning as maple_tree uses the bulk
> interface.
> 
> Cure this by moving the kmem_cache_alloc/free() bulk variants of SLUB and
> SLAB to local[_lock]_irq_save()/restore().
> 
> There is obviously no reclaim possible and required at this point so there
> is no need to expand this coverage further.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

+Cc rest of slab folks

Thanks, added to slab/for-6.3/fixes

> ---
> Initial version: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87o7qdzfay.ffs@tglx
> Changes: Update SLAB as well and add changelog
> ---
>  mm/slab.c |   18 ++++++++++--------
>  mm/slub.c |    9 +++++----
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -3479,14 +3479,15 @@ cache_alloc_debugcheck_after_bulk(struct
>  int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
>  			  void **p)
>  {
> -	size_t i;
>  	struct obj_cgroup *objcg = NULL;
> +	unsigned long irqflags;
> +	size_t i;
>  
>  	s = slab_pre_alloc_hook(s, NULL, &objcg, size, flags);
>  	if (!s)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	local_irq_disable();
> +	local_irq_save(irqflags);
>  	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
>  		void *objp = kfence_alloc(s, s->object_size, flags) ?:
>  			     __do_cache_alloc(s, flags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
> @@ -3495,7 +3496,7 @@ int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_ca
>  			goto error;
>  		p[i] = objp;
>  	}
> -	local_irq_enable();
> +	local_irq_restore(irqflags);
>  
>  	cache_alloc_debugcheck_after_bulk(s, flags, size, p, _RET_IP_);
>  
> @@ -3508,7 +3509,7 @@ int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_ca
>  	/* FIXME: Trace call missing. Christoph would like a bulk variant */
>  	return size;
>  error:
> -	local_irq_enable();
> +	local_irq_restore(irqflags);
>  	cache_alloc_debugcheck_after_bulk(s, flags, i, p, _RET_IP_);
>  	slab_post_alloc_hook(s, objcg, flags, i, p, false, s->object_size);
>  	kmem_cache_free_bulk(s, i, p);
> @@ -3610,8 +3611,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
>  
>  void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *orig_s, size_t size, void **p)
>  {
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	local_irq_disable();
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
>  	for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
>  		void *objp = p[i];
>  		struct kmem_cache *s;
> @@ -3621,9 +3623,9 @@ void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_ca
>  
>  			/* called via kfree_bulk */
>  			if (!folio_test_slab(folio)) {
> -				local_irq_enable();
> +				local_irq_restore(flags);
>  				free_large_kmalloc(folio, objp);
> -				local_irq_disable();
> +				local_irq_save(flags);
>  				continue;
>  			}
>  			s = folio_slab(folio)->slab_cache;
> @@ -3640,7 +3642,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_ca
>  
>  		__cache_free(s, objp, _RET_IP_);
>  	}
> -	local_irq_enable();
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  
>  	/* FIXME: add tracing */
>  }
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3913,6 +3913,7 @@ static inline int __kmem_cache_alloc_bul
>  			size_t size, void **p, struct obj_cgroup *objcg)
>  {
>  	struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
> +	unsigned long irqflags;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -3921,7 +3922,7 @@ static inline int __kmem_cache_alloc_bul
>  	 * handlers invoking normal fastpath.
>  	 */
>  	c = slub_get_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
> -	local_lock_irq(&s->cpu_slab->lock);
> +	local_lock_irqsave(&s->cpu_slab->lock, irqflags);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
>  		void *object = kfence_alloc(s, s->object_size, flags);
> @@ -3942,7 +3943,7 @@ static inline int __kmem_cache_alloc_bul
>  			 */
>  			c->tid = next_tid(c->tid);
>  
> -			local_unlock_irq(&s->cpu_slab->lock);
> +			local_unlock_irqrestore(&s->cpu_slab->lock, irqflags);
>  
>  			/*
>  			 * Invoking slow path likely have side-effect
> @@ -3956,7 +3957,7 @@ static inline int __kmem_cache_alloc_bul
>  			c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
>  			maybe_wipe_obj_freeptr(s, p[i]);
>  
> -			local_lock_irq(&s->cpu_slab->lock);
> +			local_lock_irqsave(&s->cpu_slab->lock, irqflags);
>  
>  			continue; /* goto for-loop */
>  		}
> @@ -3965,7 +3966,7 @@ static inline int __kmem_cache_alloc_bul
>  		maybe_wipe_obj_freeptr(s, p[i]);
>  	}
>  	c->tid = next_tid(c->tid);
> -	local_unlock_irq(&s->cpu_slab->lock);
> +	local_unlock_irqrestore(&s->cpu_slab->lock, irqflags);
>  	slub_put_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
>  
>  	return i;