linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] mm, slub: change run-time assertion in kmalloc

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Message-ID: <CANpmjNP9AQ2PH9wtZbZ3bT=0YAqnaPpxAN0LgrjBO_PhzG5tjQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 May 2021 14:29:13 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
Cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mm, slub: change run-time assertion in kmalloc_index()
 to compile-time

On Thu, 13 May 2021 at 14:03, Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 12:31:38PM +0200, Marco Elver wrote:
[...]
> what about checking size it on top of kmalloc_index? because by definition of
> KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH, it's not always 25. it can be less than 25. for some
> situations.
>
> below is what I suggested beofre. for just reference:

This doesn't solve the problem. We want the compiler to complain
whenever kmalloc_index() is used with non-constant in normal code. But
it should be possible to use it in allocator tests regardless of size.
Either that or export kmalloc_slab(), but I think that's worse. I'll
send my patch with an updated comment.

> --- include/linux/slab.h.orig   2021-05-12 17:56:54.504738768 +0900
> +++ include/linux/slab.h        2021-05-13 15:06:25.724565850 +0900
> @@ -346,9 +346,18 @@ static __always_inline enum kmalloc_cach
>   * 1 =  65 .. 96 bytes
>   * 2 = 129 .. 192 bytes
>   * n = 2^(n-1)+1 .. 2^n
> + *
> + * Note: there's no need to optimize kmalloc_index because it's evaluated
> + * in compile-time.
>   */
>  static __always_inline unsigned int kmalloc_index(size_t size)
>  {
> +       if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
> +               BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE , "unexpected size in kmalloc_index()");
> +       } else if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE) {
> +               BUG();
> +       }
> +
>         if (!size)
>                 return 0;
>
> @@ -382,8 +391,6 @@ static __always_inline unsigned int kmal
>         if (size <=  8 * 1024 * 1024) return 23;
>         if (size <=  16 * 1024 * 1024) return 24;
>         if (size <=  32 * 1024 * 1024) return 25;
> -       if (size <=  64 * 1024 * 1024) return 26;
> -       BUG();
>
>         /* Will never be reached. Needed because the compiler may complain */
>         return -1;