linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] rcu: Dump memory object info if callback function is invalid

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Date:   Sat, 5 Aug 2023 10:30:07 +0800
From:   "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...weicloud.com>
To:     paulmck@...nel.org
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] rcu: Dump memory object info if callback function
 is invalid



On 2023/8/5 1:31, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 05:11:30PM +0800, thunder.leizhen@...weicloud.com wrote:
>> From: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
>>
>> v5 --> v6:
>> 1. Use print_hex_dump() to dump the memory of slab object.
>> 2. Add a new dump prefix DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS_LOW16
>> 3. Minimize the output width of the offset
>>
>> v4 --> v5:
>> 1. Add Reviewed-by Acked-by for patch 1/3
>> 2. Add patch 3/3:
>>    mm: Dump the memory of slab object in kmem_dump_obj()
>>
>> v3 --> v4:
>> 1. Remove kmem_valid_obj() and convert kmem_dump_obj() to work the same way
>>    as vmalloc_dump_obj().
>> 2. In kernel/rcu/rcu.h
>> -#include <linux/mm.h>
>> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>>
>> v2 --> v3:
>> 1. I made statistics about the source of 'rhp'. kmem_valid_obj() accounts for
>>    more than 97.5%, and vmalloc accounts for less than 1%. So change call
>>    mem_dump_obj() to call kmem_dump_obj() can meet debugging requirements and
>>    avoid the potential deadlock risk of vmalloc_dump_obj().
>> -		mem_dump_obj(rhp);
>> +		if (kmem_valid_obj(rhp))
>> +			kmem_dump_obj(rhp);
>>
>>    The discussion about vmap_area_lock deadlock in v2:
>>    https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/11/11/493
>>
>> 2. Provide static inline empty functions for kmem_valid_obj() and kmem_dump_obj()
>>    when CONFIG_PRINTK=n.
>>
>> v1 --> v2:
>> 1. Remove condition "(unsigned long)rhp->func & 0x3", it have problems on x86.
>> 2. Paul E. McKenney helped me update the commit message, thanks.
> 
> I would be happy to take the patch that Matthew and Vlastimil are happy
> with, and also the one against RCU.  But unless you tell me otherwise,
> I will assume that you would prefer me to wait until the entire series
> is ready.  The best way to tell me otherwise is of course to resend just
> those two patches in their own series.  ;-)

Yes, I also feel this snowball rolling bigger and bigger. Let me resend the two
RCU-related patches that we've discussed OK.

> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
>> Zhen Lei (5):
>>   hexdump: add a new dump prefix DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS_LOW16
>>   hexdump: minimize the output width of the offset
>>   mm: Remove kmem_valid_obj()
>>   mm: Dump the memory of slab object in kmem_dump_obj()
>>   rcu: Dump memory object info if callback function is invalid
>>
>>  include/linux/printk.h |  1 +
>>  include/linux/slab.h   |  5 ++--
>>  kernel/rcu/rcu.h       |  7 +++++
>>  kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c  |  1 +
>>  kernel/rcu/srcutree.c  |  1 +
>>  kernel/rcu/tasks.h     |  1 +
>>  kernel/rcu/tiny.c      |  1 +
>>  kernel/rcu/tree.c      |  1 +
>>  lib/hexdump.c          | 17 +++++++++--
>>  mm/slab_common.c       | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>>  mm/util.c              |  4 +--
>>  11 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>
> .
> 

-- 
Regards,
  Zhen Lei