[PATCH v10 6/6] alloc_tag: Defer /proc/allocinfo removal to a workqueue
From: Hao Ge
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 03:07:57 EST
shutdown_mem_profiling() calls remove_proc_entry() from
reserve_module_tags(), which runs under mod_lock held for write.
remove_proc_entry() waits for readers, and a reader takes mod_lock for
read in allocinfo_start():
CPU0 (insmod) CPU1 (read /proc/allocinfo)
---------------- ----------------------------
reserve_module_tags()
down_write(&mod_lock) [held]
use_pde() [in_use++]
allocinfo_start()
down_read(&mod_lock) <- blocks
shutdown_mem_profiling()
remove_proc_entry()
wait for in_use == 0 <- blocks
Move remove_proc_entry() to a workqueue.
The file creation is moved to the end of alloc_tag_init() as well.
If alloc_tag_init() fails with alloc_tag_cttype still NULL or an
error pointer, a concurrent reader of the leftover file would
dereference it in allocinfo_start() and panic.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 4835f747d3ed ("alloc_tag: support for page allocation tag compression")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <hao.ge@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/alloc_tag.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
index 1ca0409b492b..cfa0fc84b68f 100644
--- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/string_choices.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
#include <uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h>
@@ -591,6 +592,13 @@ void pgalloc_tag_swap(struct folio *new, struct folio *old)
put_page_tag_ref(handle_new);
}
+static void remove_allocinfo_file(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ remove_proc_entry(ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME, NULL);
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(remove_allocinfo_work, remove_allocinfo_file);
+
static void shutdown_mem_profiling(bool remove_file)
{
if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled())
@@ -600,7 +608,7 @@ static void shutdown_mem_profiling(bool remove_file)
return;
if (remove_file)
- remove_proc_entry(ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME, NULL);
+ schedule_work(&remove_allocinfo_work);
mem_profiling_support = false;
}
@@ -1358,16 +1366,10 @@ static int __init alloc_tag_init(void)
return 0;
}
- if (!proc_create(ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME, 0400, NULL, &allocinfo_proc_ops)) {
- pr_err("Failed to create %s file\n", ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME);
- shutdown_mem_profiling(false);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
res = alloc_mod_tags_mem();
if (res) {
pr_err("Failed to reserve address space for module tags, errno = %d\n", res);
- shutdown_mem_profiling(true);
+ shutdown_mem_profiling(false);
return res;
}
@@ -1375,10 +1377,16 @@ static int __init alloc_tag_init(void)
if (IS_ERR(alloc_tag_cttype)) {
pr_err("Allocation tags registration failed, errno = %pe\n", alloc_tag_cttype);
free_mod_tags_mem();
- shutdown_mem_profiling(true);
+ shutdown_mem_profiling(false);
return PTR_ERR(alloc_tag_cttype);
}
+ if (!proc_create(ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME, 0400, NULL, &allocinfo_proc_ops)) {
+ pr_err("Failed to create %s file\n", ALLOCINFO_FILE_NAME);
+ shutdown_mem_profiling(false);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
return 0;
}
module_init(alloc_tag_init);
--
2.25.1