[PATCH v2] mm,page_owner: Fix recursion

From: Oscar Salvador
Date: Fri Mar 15 2024 - 18:25:04 EST


Prior to 217b2119b9e2 ("mm,page_owner: implement the tracking of the stacks count")
the only place where page_owner could potentially go into recursion due to
its need of allocating more memory was in save_stack(), which ends up calling
into stackdepot code with the possibility of allocating memory.

We made sure to guard against that by signaling that the current task was
already in page_owner code, so in case a recursion attempt was made, we
could catch that and return dummy_handle.

After above commit, a new place in page_owner code was introduced where we
could allocate memory, meaning we could go into recursion would we take that
path.

Make sure to signal that we are in page_owner in that codepath as well.
Move the guard code into two helpers {un}set_current_in_page_owner()
and use them prior to calling in the two functions that might allocate
memory.

Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: 217b2119b9e2 ("mm,page_owner: implement the tracking of the stacks count")
---
Changes from v1 -> v2:
Wrap {un}set_current_in_page_owner directly around kmalloc call
(Vlastimil feedback)
---
mm/page_owner.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index e96dd9092658..cde1ee0f9005 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ static depot_stack_handle_t early_handle;

static void init_early_allocated_pages(void);

+static inline void set_current_in_page_owner(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Avoid recursion.
+ *
+ * We might need to allocate more memory from page_owner code, so make
+ * sure to signal it in order to avoid recursion.
+ */
+ current->in_page_owner = 1;
+}
+
+static inline void unset_current_in_page_owner(void)
+{
+ current->in_page_owner = 0;
+}
+
static int __init early_page_owner_param(char *buf)
{
int ret = kstrtobool(buf, &page_owner_enabled);
@@ -133,23 +149,16 @@ static noinline depot_stack_handle_t save_stack(gfp_t flags)
depot_stack_handle_t handle;
unsigned int nr_entries;

- /*
- * Avoid recursion.
- *
- * Sometimes page metadata allocation tracking requires more
- * memory to be allocated:
- * - when new stack trace is saved to stack depot
- */
if (current->in_page_owner)
return dummy_handle;
- current->in_page_owner = 1;

+ set_current_in_page_owner();
nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 2);
handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, flags);
if (!handle)
handle = failure_handle;
+ unset_current_in_page_owner();

- current->in_page_owner = 0;
return handle;
}

@@ -164,9 +173,13 @@ static void add_stack_record_to_list(struct stack_record *stack_record,
gfp_mask &= (GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_KERNEL);
gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOWARN;

+ set_current_in_page_owner();
stack = kmalloc(sizeof(*stack), gfp_mask);
- if (!stack)
+ if (!stack) {
+ unset_current_in_page_owner();
return;
+ }
+ unset_current_in_page_owner();

stack->stack_record = stack_record;
stack->next = NULL;
--
2.44.0