Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm/slub: free KFENCE objects in slab_free_hook()

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 12/5/23 14:27, Chengming Zhou wrote:
> On 2023/12/5 03:34, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> When freeing an object that was allocated from KFENCE, we do that in the
>> slowpath __slab_free(), relying on the fact that KFENCE "slab" cannot be
>> the cpu slab, so the fastpath has to fallback to the slowpath.
>> 
>> This optimization doesn't help much though, because is_kfence_address()
>> is checked earlier anyway during the free hook processing or detached
>> freelist building. Thus we can simplify the code by making the
>> slab_free_hook() free the KFENCE object immediately, similarly to KASAN
>> quarantine.
>> 
>> In slab_free_hook() we can place kfence_free() above init processing, as
>> callers have been making sure to set init to false for KFENCE objects.
>> This simplifies slab_free(). This places it also above kasan_slab_free()
>> which is ok as that skips KFENCE objects anyway.
>> 
>> While at it also determine the init value in slab_free_freelist_hook()
>> outside of the loop.
>> 
>> This change will also make introducing per cpu array caches easier.
>> 
>> Tested-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  mm/slub.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
>> index ed2fa92e914c..e38c2b712f6c 100644
>> --- a/mm/slub.c
>> +++ b/mm/slub.c
>> @@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ static inline void memcg_slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
>>   * production configuration these hooks all should produce no code at all.
>>   *
>>   * Returns true if freeing of the object can proceed, false if its reuse
>> - * was delayed by KASAN quarantine.
>> + * was delayed by KASAN quarantine, or it was returned to KFENCE.
>>   */
>>  static __always_inline
>>  bool slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x, bool init)
>> @@ -2057,6 +2057,9 @@ bool slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x, bool init)
>>  		__kcsan_check_access(x, s->object_size,
>>  				     KCSAN_ACCESS_WRITE | KCSAN_ACCESS_ASSERT);
>>  
>> +	if (kfence_free(kasan_reset_tag(x)))
> 
> I'm wondering if "kasan_reset_tag()" is needed here?

I think so, because AFAICS the is_kfence_address() check in kfence_free()
could be a false negative otherwise. In fact now I even question some of the
other is_kfence_address() checks in mm/slub.c, mainly
build_detached_freelist() which starts from pointers coming directly from
slab users. Insight from KASAN/KFENCE folks appreciated :)

> The patch looks good to me!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> Thanks.
> 
>> +		return false;
>> +
>>  	/*
>>  	 * As memory initialization might be integrated into KASAN,
>>  	 * kasan_slab_free and initialization memset's must be
>> @@ -2086,23 +2089,25 @@ static inline bool slab_free_freelist_hook(struct kmem_cache *s,
>>  	void *object;
>>  	void *next = *head;
>>  	void *old_tail = *tail;
>> +	bool init;
>>  
>>  	if (is_kfence_address(next)) {
>>  		slab_free_hook(s, next, false);
>> -		return true;
>> +		return false;
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Head and tail of the reconstructed freelist */
>>  	*head = NULL;
>>  	*tail = NULL;
>>  
>> +	init = slab_want_init_on_free(s);
>> +
>>  	do {
>>  		object = next;
>>  		next = get_freepointer(s, object);
>>  
>>  		/* If object's reuse doesn't have to be delayed */
>> -		if (likely(slab_free_hook(s, object,
>> -					  slab_want_init_on_free(s)))) {
>> +		if (likely(slab_free_hook(s, object, init))) {
>>  			/* Move object to the new freelist */
>>  			set_freepointer(s, object, *head);
>>  			*head = object;
>> @@ -4103,9 +4108,6 @@ static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
>>  
>>  	stat(s, FREE_SLOWPATH);
>>  
>> -	if (kfence_free(head))
>> -		return;
>> -
>>  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLUB_TINY) || kmem_cache_debug(s)) {
>>  		free_to_partial_list(s, slab, head, tail, cnt, addr);
>>  		return;
>> @@ -4290,13 +4292,9 @@ static __fastpath_inline
>>  void slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, void *object,
>>  	       unsigned long addr)
>>  {
>> -	bool init;
>> -
>>  	memcg_slab_free_hook(s, slab, &object, 1);
>>  
>> -	init = !is_kfence_address(object) && slab_want_init_on_free(s);
>> -
>> -	if (likely(slab_free_hook(s, object, init)))
>> +	if (likely(slab_free_hook(s, object, slab_want_init_on_free(s))))
>>  		do_slab_free(s, slab, object, object, 1, addr);
>>  }
>>  
>>