linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] mm: slub: avoid wake up kswapd in set_track

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Message-ID: <20250814111641.380629-2-yangshiguang1011@163.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:16:42 +0800
From: yangshiguang1011@....com
To: harry.yoo@...cle.com
Cc: vbabka@...e.cz,
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	cl@...two.org,
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	yangshiguang <yangshiguang@...omi.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mm: slub: avoid wake up kswapd in set_track_prepare

From: yangshiguang <yangshiguang@...omi.com>

From: yangshiguang <yangshiguang@...omi.com>

set_track_prepare() can incur lock recursion.
The issue is that it is called from hrtimer_start_range_ns
holding the per_cpu(hrtimer_bases)[n].lock, but when enabled
CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS, may wake up kswapd in set_track_prepare,
and try to hold the per_cpu(hrtimer_bases)[n].lock.

So avoid waking up kswapd.The oops looks something like:

BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#3, swapper/3/0
 lock: 0xffffff8a4bf29c80, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: swapper/3/0, .owner_cpu: 3
Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Popsicle based on SM8850 (DT)
Call trace:
spin_bug+0x0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x80
hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x94
task_contending+0x10c
enqueue_dl_entity+0x2a4
dl_server_start+0x74
enqueue_task_fair+0x568
enqueue_task+0xac
do_activate_task+0x14c
ttwu_do_activate+0xcc
try_to_wake_up+0x6c8
default_wake_function+0x20
autoremove_wake_function+0x1c
__wake_up+0xac
wakeup_kswapd+0x19c
wake_all_kswapds+0x78
__alloc_pages_slowpath+0x1ac
__alloc_pages_noprof+0x298
stack_depot_save_flags+0x6b0
stack_depot_save+0x14
set_track_prepare+0x5c
___slab_alloc+0xccc
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x470
__set_page_owner+0x2bc
post_alloc_hook[jt]+0x1b8
prep_new_page+0x28
get_page_from_freelist+0x1edc
__alloc_pages_noprof+0x13c
alloc_slab_page+0x244
allocate_slab+0x7c
___slab_alloc+0x8e8
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x450
debug_objects_fill_pool+0x22c
debug_object_activate+0x40
enqueue_hrtimer[jt]+0xdc
hrtimer_start_range_ns+0x5f8
...

Signed-off-by: yangshiguang <yangshiguang@...omi.com>
Fixes: 5cf909c553e9 ("mm/slub: use stackdepot to save stack trace in objects")
---
v1 -> v2:
    propagate gfp flags to set_track_prepare()

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250801065121.876793-1-yangshiguang1011@163.com/
---
 mm/slub.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 30003763d224..dba905bf1e03 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -962,19 +962,20 @@ static struct track *get_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKDEPOT
-static noinline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void)
+static noinline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	depot_stack_handle_t handle;
 	unsigned long entries[TRACK_ADDRS_COUNT];
 	unsigned int nr_entries;
+	gfp_flags &= GFP_NOWAIT;
 
 	nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 3);
-	handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, gfp_flags);
 
 	return handle;
 }
 #else
-static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void)
+static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -996,9 +997,9 @@ static void set_track_update(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
 }
 
 static __always_inline void set_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
-				      enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr)
+				      enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	depot_stack_handle_t handle = set_track_prepare();
+	depot_stack_handle_t handle = set_track_prepare(gfp_flags);
 
 	set_track_update(s, object, alloc, addr, handle);
 }
@@ -1921,9 +1922,9 @@ static inline bool free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s,
 static inline void slab_pad_check(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab) {}
 static inline int check_object(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
 			void *object, u8 val) { return 1; }
-static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void) { return 0; }
+static inline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(gfp_t gfp_flags) { return 0; }
 static inline void set_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
-			     enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr) {}
+			     enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr, gfp_t gfp_flags) {}
 static inline void add_full(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 					struct slab *slab) {}
 static inline void remove_full(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
@@ -3878,7 +3879,7 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
 			 * tracking info and return the object.
 			 */
 			if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
-				set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr);
+				set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr, gfpflags);
 
 			return freelist;
 		}
@@ -3910,7 +3911,7 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
 			goto new_objects;
 
 		if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
-			set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr);
+			set_track(s, freelist, TRACK_ALLOC, addr, gfpflags);
 
 		return freelist;
 	}
@@ -4422,7 +4423,7 @@ static noinline void free_to_partial_list(
 	depot_stack_handle_t handle = 0;
 
 	if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
-		handle = set_track_prepare();
+		handle = set_track_prepare(GFP_NOWAIT);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&n->list_lock, flags);
 
-- 
2.43.0