Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] mm/slub: Improve data handling of krealloc() when orig_size is enabled

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 9/11/24 08:45, Feng Tang wrote:
> Danilo Krummrich's patch [1] raised one problem about krealloc() that
> its caller doesn't pass the old request size, say the object is 64
> bytes kmalloc one, but caller originally only requested 48 bytes. Then
> when krealloc() shrinks or grows in the same object, or allocate a new
> bigger object, it lacks this 'original size' information to do accurate
> data preserving or zeroing (when __GFP_ZERO is set).
> 
> Thus with slub debug redzone and object tracking enabled, parts of the
> object after krealloc() might contain redzone data instead of zeroes,
> which is violating the __GFP_ZERO guarantees. Good thing is in this
> case, kmalloc caches do have this 'orig_size' feature, which could be
> used to improve the situation here.
> 
> To make the 'orig_size' accurate, we adjust some kasan/slub meta data
> handling. Also add a slub kunit test case for krealloc().
> 
> This patchset has dependency over patches in both -mm tree and -slab
> trees, so it is written based on linux-next tree '20240910' version.
> 
> [1]. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240812223707.32049-1-dakr@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks, added to slab/for-next

> 
> Thanks,
> Feng
> 
> Changelog:
> 
>   Since v1:
>   * Drop the patch changing generic kunit code from this patchset,
>     and will send it separately.
>   * Separate the krealloc moving form slab_common.c to slub.c to a 
>     new patch for better review (Danilo/Vlastimil)
>   * Improve commit log and comments (Vlastimil/Danilo) 
>   * Rework the kunit test case to remove its dependency over
>     slub_debug (which is incomplete in v1) (Vlastimil)
>   * Add ack and review tag from developers.
> 
> Feng Tang (5):
>   mm/kasan: Don't store metadata inside kmalloc object when
>     slub_debug_orig_size is on
>   mm/slub: Consider kfence case for get_orig_size()
>   mm/slub: Move krealloc() and related code to slub.c
>   mm/slub: Improve redzone check and zeroing for krealloc()
>   mm/slub, kunit: Add testcase for krealloc redzone and zeroing
> 
>  lib/slub_kunit.c   |  42 +++++++++++++++
>  mm/kasan/generic.c |   7 ++-
>  mm/slab.h          |   6 +++
>  mm/slab_common.c   |  84 ------------------------------
>  mm/slub.c          | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  5 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
>