linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/slub: Add panic function when slub leaks

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Message-ID: <2024092556-tribunal-next-84ce@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:10:20 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Fangzheng Zhang <fangzheng.zhang@...soc.com>
Cc: 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,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tkjos@...gle.com,
	Fangzheng Zhang <fangzheng.zhang1003@...il.com>,
	Yuming Han <yuming.han@...soc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/slub: Add panic function when slub leaks

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 11:22:55AM +0800, Fangzheng Zhang wrote:
> Perform real-time memory usage monitoring on the slub page
> allocation paths, ie, kmalloc_large_alloced and alloc_slab_page.
> When the usage exceeds the set threshole value, the panic function
> will be triggered.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fangzheng Zhang <fangzheng.zhang@...soc.com>
> ---
>  mm/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++
>  mm/slub.c  | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 87 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index 09aebca1cae3..60cf72d4f0da 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -255,6 +255,17 @@ config SLUB_TINY
>  
>  	   If unsure, say N.
>  
> +config SLUB_LEAK_PANIC
> +	bool "Trigger panic when slub leaks"
> +	default y

"default y" is only there if the feature is required to boot the machine
properly.  That's not the case here, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h