[PATCH v2 3/3] mm/vmalloc: skip vmalloc_dump_obj for non-vmalloc addresses
From: Ye Liu
Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 09:34:19 EST
From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
vmalloc_dump_obj() unconditionally searches all vmap nodes even when
called with a non-vmalloc address (e.g. a slab or stack pointer from
mem_dump_obj()). Add an is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() check at the
entry to avoid the unnecessary per-node trylock and rb-tree traversal.
Use is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() rather than is_vmalloc_addr() because
module, BPF, and execmem allocations reside in MODULES_VADDR..MODULES_END
on x86_64, arm64, and riscv -- outside VMALLOC_START..VMALLOC_END -- but
are still tracked in the same vmap_nodes rb-tree.
Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 30c610f678dc..d8095b558365 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -5277,6 +5277,9 @@ bool vmalloc_dump_obj(void *object)
unsigned long addr;
unsigned long nr_pages;
+ if (!is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(object))
+ return false;
+
addr = PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN((unsigned long) object);
/*
--
2.25.1