[PATCH v2] slub: Add back check for free nonslab objects

From: Kefeng Wang
Date: Mon Sep 27 2021 - 08:24:14 EST


After commit ("f227f0faf63b slub: fix unreclaimable slab stat for bulk
free"), the check for free nonslab page is replaced by VM_BUG_ON_PAGE,
which only check with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM enabled, but this config may
impact performance, so it only for debug.

Commit ("0937502af7c9 slub: Add check for kfree() of non slab objects.")
add the ability, which should be needed in any configs to catch the
invalid free, they even could be potential issue, eg, memory corruption,
use after free and double-free, so replace VM_BUG_ON_PAGE to WARN_ON, add
dump_page() and object address printing to help use to debug the issue.

Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Add object address printing suggested by Matthew Wilcox

mm/slub.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 3095b889fab4..157973e22faf 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3522,7 +3522,11 @@ static inline void free_nonslab_page(struct page *page, void *object)
{
unsigned int order = compound_order(page);

- VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageCompound(page), page);
+ if (WARN_ON(!PageCompound(page))) {
+ dump_page(page, "invalid free nonslab page");
+ pr_warn("object pointer: 0x%p\n", object);
+ }
+
kfree_hook(object);
mod_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE_B, -(PAGE_SIZE << order));
__free_pages(page, order);
--
2.26.2