RE: [bug report] Memory leak from acpi_ev_install_space_handler()

From: Kaneda, Erik
Date: Tue May 18 2021 - 17:48:25 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 9:48 AM
> To: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Len Brown
> <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [bug report] Memory leak from acpi_ev_install_space_handler()
>
> On 06/04/2021 17:40, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 5:51 PM John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> On next-20210406, I enabled CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK and
> >> CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE for my arm64 system, and see
> this:
> >
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
> > Why exactly do you think that acpi_ev_install_space_handler() leaks
> memory?
> >
>
> I don't think that acpi_ev_install_space_handler() itself leaks memory,
> but it seems that there is something missing in the code which is meant
> to undo/clean up after that on the uninstall path - I did make the point
> in writing "memory leak from", but maybe still not worded clearly.
>
> Anyway, I have not analyzed the problem fully - I'm just reporting.
>

Hi John,

> I don't mind looking further if requested.

Someone else reported this as well. Could you try the patch below? I think it might help fix this issue..

Thanks,
Erik

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
index 624a26794d55..e5ba9795ec69 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
@@ -285,6 +285,14 @@ static void acpi_ut_delete_internal_obj(union acpi_operand_object *object)
}
break;

+ case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_ADDRESS_HANDLER:
+
+ ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ALLOCATIONS,
+ "***** Address handler %p\n", object));
+
+ acpi_os_delete_mutex(object->address_space.context_mutex);
+ break;
+
default:

break;

>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> >> root@debian:/home/john# more /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
> >> unreferenced object 0xffff202803c11f00 (size 128):
> >> comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294894325 (age 337.524s)
> >> hex dump (first 32 bytes):
> >> 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 08 1f c1 03 28 20 ff ff............( ..
> >> 08 1f c1 03 28 20 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00....( ..........
> >> backtrace:
> >> [<00000000670a0938>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x2f8
> >> [<00000000a3f47b39>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x198/0x2a8
> >> [<000000002bdba864>] acpi_os_create_semaphore+0x54/0xe0
> >> [<00000000bcd513fe>] acpi_ev_install_space_handler+0x24c/0x300
> >> [<0000000002e116e2>] acpi_install_address_space_handler+0x64/0xb0
> >> [<00000000ba00abc5>] i2c_acpi_install_space_handler+0xd4/0x138
> >> [<000000008da42058>] i2c_register_adapter+0x368/0x910
> >> [<00000000c03f7142>] i2c_add_adapter+0x9c/0x100
> >> [<0000000000ba2fcf>] i2c_add_numbered_adapter+0x44/0x58
> >> [<000000007df22d67>] i2c_dw_probe_master+0x68c/0x900
> >> [<00000000682dfc98>] dw_i2c_plat_probe+0x460/0x640
> >> [<00000000ad2dd3ee>] platform_probe+0x8c/0x108
> >> [<00000000dd183e3f>] really_probe+0x190/0x670
> >> [<0000000066017341>] driver_probe_device+0x8c/0xf8
> >> [<00000000c441e843>] device_driver_attach+0x9c/0xa8
> >> [<00000000f91dc709>] __driver_attach+0x88/0x138
> >> unreferenced object 0xffff00280452c100 (size 128):
> >> comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294894558 (age 336.604s)
> >> hex dump (first 32 bytes):
> >> 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 08 c1 52 04 28 00 ff ff..........R.(...
> >> 08 c1 52 04 28 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00..R.(...........
> >> backtrace:
> >> [<00000000670a0938>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x2f8
> >> [<00000000a3f47b39>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x198/0x2a8
> >> [<000000002bdba864>] acpi_os_create_semaphore+0x54/0xe0
> >> [<00000000bcd513fe>] acpi_ev_install_space_handler+0x24c/0x300
> >> [<0000000002e116e2>] acpi_install_address_space_handler+0x64/0xb0
> >> [<00000000988d4f61>] acpi_gpiochip_add+0x20c/0x4a0
> >> [<0000000073d4faab>] gpiochip_add_data_with_key+0xd10/0x1680
> >> [<000000001d50b98a>] devm_gpiochip_add_data_with_key+0x30/0x78
> >> [<00000000fc3e7eaf>] dwapb_gpio_probe+0x828/0xb28
> >> [<00000000ad2dd3ee>] platform_probe+0x8c/0x108
> >> [<00000000dd183e3f>] really_probe+0x190/0x670
> >> [<0000000066017341>] driver_probe_device+0x8c/0xf8
> >> [<00000000c441e843>] device_driver_attach+0x9c/0xa8
> >> [<00000000f91dc709>] __driver_attach+0x88/0x138
> >> [<00000000d330caed>] bus_for_each_dev+0xec/0x160
> >> [<00000000eebc5f04>] driver_attach+0x34/0x48
> >> root@debian:/home/john#
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> John
> > .
> >