linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] kmemleak: Add config to select auto scan

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:38:43 +0530
From:   Prateek Patel <prpatel@...dia.com>
To:     <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>, <snikam@...dia.com>,
        <vdumpa@...dia.com>, <talho@...dia.com>, <swarren@...dia.com>,
        <prpatel@...dia.com>, Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2] kmemleak: Add config to select auto scan

From: Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@...dia.com>

Kmemleak scan can be cpu intensive and can stall user tasks at times.
To prevent this, add config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN to enable/disable
auto scan on boot up.
Also protect first_run with DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN as this is meant
for only first automatic scan.

Signed-off-by: Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Sachin Nikam <snikam@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Prateek <prpatel@...dia.com>
---
v2:
* change config name to DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN from DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_SCAN_ON
* use IS_ENABLED(...) instead of #ifdef ...
* update commit message according to config name
---
 lib/Kconfig.debug | 15 +++++++++++++++
 mm/kmemleak.c     | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c958013..a14166d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -593,6 +593,21 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF
 	  Say Y here to disable kmemleak by default. It can then be enabled
 	  on the command line via kmemleak=on.
 
+config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN
+	bool "Enable kmemleak auto scan thread on boot up"
+	default y
+	depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
+	help
+	  Depending on the cpu, kmemleak scan may be cpu intensive and can
+	  stall user tasks at times. This option enables/disables automatic
+	  kmemleak scan at boot up.
+
+	  Say N here to disable kmemleak auto scan thread to stop automatic
+	  scanning. Disabling this option disables automatic reporting of
+	  memory leaks.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 	bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !IA64
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 877de4f..a614930 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
  */
 static int kmemleak_scan_thread(void *arg)
 {
-	static int first_run = 1;
+	static int first_run = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN);
 
 	pr_info("Automatic memory scanning thread started\n");
 	set_user_nice(current, 10);
@@ -2141,9 +2141,11 @@ static int __init kmemleak_late_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&scan_mutex);
-	start_scan_thread();
-	mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN)) {
+		mutex_lock(&scan_mutex);
+		start_scan_thread();
+		mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex);
+	}
 
 	pr_info("Kernel memory leak detector initialized\n");
 
-- 
2.1.4