Re: [PATCH v4 17/17] mm/sl[au]b: check if large object is valid in __ksize()

From: Hyeonggon Yoo
Date: Tue Aug 23 2022 - 23:52:52 EST


On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 05:12:01PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 8/17/22 12:18, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> > If address of large object is not beginning of folio or size of
> > the folio is too small, it must be invalid. BUG() in such cases.
> >
> > Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > mm/slab_common.c | 5 ++++-
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> > index 9c273a5fb0d7..98d029212682 100644
> > --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> > +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> > @@ -984,8 +984,11 @@ size_t __ksize(const void *object)
> >
> > folio = virt_to_folio(object);
> >
> > - if (unlikely(!folio_test_slab(folio)))
> > + if (unlikely(!folio_test_slab(folio))) {
> > + BUG_ON(folio_size(folio) <= KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE);
> > + BUG_ON(object != folio_address(folio));
> > return folio_size(folio);
> > + }
> >
> > return slab_ksize(folio_slab(folio)->slab_cache);
> > }
>
> In light of latest Linus' rant on BUG_ON() [1] I'm changing it to WARN_ON
> and return 0, as it was in v3.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wiEAH+ojSpAgx_Ep=NKPWHU8AdO3V56BXcCsU97oYJ1EA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Okay. I'm fine with that.

>
>
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index 98d029212682..a80c3a5e194d 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -985,8 +985,10 @@ size_t __ksize(const void *object)
> folio = virt_to_folio(object);
>
> if (unlikely(!folio_test_slab(folio))) {
> - BUG_ON(folio_size(folio) <= KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE);
> - BUG_ON(object != folio_address(folio));
> + if (WARN_ON(folio_size(folio) <= KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE))
> + return 0;
> + if (WARN_ON(object != folio_address(folio)))
> + return 0;
> return folio_size(folio);
> }
>
>

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Thanks,
Hyeonggon