[RFC 05/14] fork: check charging success before zeroing stack

From: Pasha Tatashin
Date: Mon Mar 11 2024 - 12:47:58 EST


No need to do zero cahced stack if memcg charge fails, so move the
charging attempt before the memset operation.

Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a35f4008afa0..6a2f2c85e09f 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ static int alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
if (!vm_area)
continue;

+ if (memcg_charge_kernel_stack(vm_area)) {
+ vfree(vm_area->addr);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
/* Reset stack metadata. */
kasan_unpoison_range(vm_area->addr, THREAD_SIZE);

@@ -279,11 +284,6 @@ static int alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
/* Clear stale pointers from reused stack. */
memset(stack, 0, THREAD_SIZE);

- if (memcg_charge_kernel_stack(vm_area)) {
- vfree(vm_area->addr);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
tsk->stack_vm_area = vm_area;
tsk->stack = stack;
return 0;
--
2.44.0.278.ge034bb2e1d-goog