[PATCH] mm: slub: fix slub_debug disabling for list of slabs

[Vlastimil Babka]

Vijayanand Jitta reports:

  Consider the scenario where CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is set
  and we would want to disable slub_debug for few slabs.
  Using boot parameter with slub_debug=-,slab_name syntax
  doesn't work as expected i.e; only disabling debugging for
  the specified list of slabs. Instead it disables debugging
  for all slabs, which is wrong.

This patch fixes it by delaying the moment when the global slub_debug flags
variable is updated. In case a "slub_debug=-,slab_name" has been passed, the
global flags remain as initialized (depending on CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON enabled
or disabled) and are not simply reset to 0.

Reported-by: Vijayanand Jitta <vjitta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vijayanand Jitta <vjitta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/slub.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 090fa14628f9..024f49706386 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1400,12 +1400,13 @@ parse_slub_debug_flags(char *str, slab_flags_t *flags, char **slabs, bool init)
 static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str)
 {
 	slab_flags_t flags;
+	slab_flags_t global_flags;
 	char *saved_str;
 	char *slab_list;
 	bool global_slub_debug_changed = false;
 	bool slab_list_specified = false;
 
-	slub_debug = DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS;
+	global_flags = DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS;
 	if (*str++ != '=' || !*str)
 		/*
 		 * No options specified. Switch on full debugging.
@@ -1417,7 +1418,7 @@ static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str)
 		str = parse_slub_debug_flags(str, &flags, &slab_list, true);
 
 		if (!slab_list) {
-			slub_debug = flags;
+			global_flags = flags;
 			global_slub_debug_changed = true;
 		} else {
 			slab_list_specified = true;
@@ -1426,16 +1427,18 @@ static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str)
 
 	/*
 	 * For backwards compatibility, a single list of flags with list of
-	 * slabs means debugging is only enabled for those slabs, so the global
-	 * slub_debug should be 0. We can extended that to multiple lists as
+	 * slabs means debugging is only changed for those slabs, so the global
+	 * slub_debug should be unchanged (0 or DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS, depending
+	 * on CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON). We can extended that to multiple lists as
 	 * long as there is no option specifying flags without a slab list.
 	 */
 	if (slab_list_specified) {
 		if (!global_slub_debug_changed)
-			slub_debug = 0;
+			global_flags = slub_debug;
 		slub_debug_string = saved_str;
 	}
 out:
+	slub_debug = global_flags;
 	if (slub_debug != 0 || slub_debug_string)
 		static_branch_enable(&slub_debug_enabled);
 	else
-- 
2.32.0