Re: [PATCH 1/2] fork: check charging success before zeroing stack

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> [250829 07:44]:
> From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> No need to do zero cached stack if memcg charge fails, so move the
> charging attempt before the memset operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240311164638.2015063-6-pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>


Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  kernel/fork.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index af673856499dcaa35e135a9e8042ef28d5c5370d..2a5b7a5fa09b1f3a42473cf44a1316ec8b3b31d0 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ static int alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
>  		if (!vm_area)
>  			continue;
>  
> +		if (memcg_charge_kernel_stack(vm_area)) {
> +			vfree(vm_area->addr);
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		}
> +
>  		/* Reset stack metadata. */
>  		kasan_unpoison_range(vm_area->addr, THREAD_SIZE);
>  
> @@ -298,11 +303,6 @@ static int alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
>  		/* Clear stale pointers from reused stack. */
>  		memset(stack, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
>  
> -		if (memcg_charge_kernel_stack(vm_area)) {
> -			vfree(vm_area->addr);
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> -		}
> -
>  		tsk->stack_vm_area = vm_area;
>  		tsk->stack = stack;
>  		return 0;
> 
> -- 
> 2.50.1
>