Re: Crash in crc32_le during kmemleak_scan()

From: vigneshr
Date: Fri Jun 19 2015 - 06:31:01 EST



>>
>> diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
>> index 5405aff5a590..7913386ca506 100644
>> --- a/mm/kmemleak.c
>> +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
>> @@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ static struct kmem_cache *scan_area_cache;
>>
>> /* set if tracing memory operations is enabled */
>> static int kmemleak_enabled;
>> +/* same as above but only for the kmemleak_free() callback */
>> +static int kmemleak_free_enabled;
>> /* set in the late_initcall if there were no errors */
>> static int kmemleak_initialized;
>> /* enables or disables early logging of the memory operations */
>> @@ -941,7 +943,7 @@ void __ref kmemleak_free(const void *ptr)
>> {
>> pr_debug("%s(0x%p)\n", __func__, ptr);
>>
>> - if (kmemleak_enabled && ptr && !IS_ERR(ptr))
>> + if (kmemleak_free_enabled && ptr && !IS_ERR(ptr))
>> delete_object_full((unsigned long)ptr);
>> else if (kmemleak_early_log)
>> log_early(KMEMLEAK_FREE, ptr, 0, 0);
>> @@ -981,7 +983,7 @@ void __ref kmemleak_free_percpu(const void __percpu
>> *ptr)
>>
>> pr_debug("%s(0x%p)\n", __func__, ptr);
>>
>> - if (kmemleak_enabled && ptr && !IS_ERR(ptr))
>> + if (kmemleak_free_enabled && ptr && !IS_ERR(ptr))
>> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
>> delete_object_full((unsigned long)per_cpu_ptr(ptr,
>> cpu));
>> @@ -1749,6 +1751,12 @@ static void kmemleak_do_cleanup(struct
>> work_struct
>> *work)
>> mutex_lock(&scan_mutex);
>> stop_scan_thread();
>>
>> + /*
>> + * Once the scan thread has stopped, it is safe to no longer track
>> + * object freeing.
>> + */
>> + kmemleak_free_enabled = 0;
>> +
>> if (!kmemleak_found_leaks)
>> __kmemleak_do_cleanup();
>> else
>> @@ -1775,6 +1783,8 @@ static void kmemleak_disable(void)
>> /* check whether it is too early for a kernel thread */
>> if (kmemleak_initialized)
>> schedule_work(&cleanup_work);
>> + else
>> + kmemleak_free_enabled = 0;
>>
>> pr_info("Kernel memory leak detector disabled\n");
>> }
>> @@ -1839,8 +1849,10 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void)
>> if (kmemleak_error) {
>> local_irq_restore(flags);
>> return;
>> - } else
>> + } else {
>> kmemleak_enabled = 1;
>> + kmemleak_free_enabled = 1;
>> + }
>> local_irq_restore(flags);
>>
>> /*
>>
>> -------------------8<-----------------
>>
>
> We have tested the patch provided above and it was clean report with no
> crashes that were seen earlier. I guess we can go ahead with this one if
> its okay with you.
>
> Tested-by: Vignesh Radhakrishnan <vigneshr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

Hi,

Gentle reminder ping for the above.

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Thanks and regards,
Vignesh Radhakrishnan

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