From: zijun_hu <zijun_hu@xxxxxxx> the LSB of a chunk->map element is used for free/in-use flag of a area and the other bits for offset, the sufficient and necessary condition of this usage is that both size and alignment of a area must be even numbers however, pcpu_alloc() doesn't force its @align parameter a even number explicitly, so a odd @align maybe causes a series of errors, see below example for concrete descriptions. lets assume area [16, 36) is free but its previous one is in-use, we want to allocate a @size == 8 and @align == 7 area. the larger area [16, 36) is split to three areas [16, 21), [21, 29), [29, 36) eventually. however, due to the usage for a chunk->map element, the actual offset of the aim area [21, 29) is 21 but is recorded in relevant element as 20; moreover the residual tail free area [29, 36) is mistook as in-use and is lost silently as explained above, inaccurate either offset or free/in-use state of a area is recorded into relevant chunk->map element if request a odd alignment area, and so causes memory leakage issue fix it by forcing the @align of a area to allocate a even number as do for @size. BTW, macro ALIGN() within pcpu_fit_in_area() is replaced by roundup() too due to back reason. in order to align a value @v up to @a boundary, macro roundup(v, a) is more generic than ALIGN(x, a); the latter doesn't work well when @a isn't a power of 2 value. for example, roundup(10, 6) == 12 but ALIGN(10, 6) == 10, the former result is desired obviously Signed-off-by: zijun_hu <zijun_hu@xxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kernel.h | 1 + mm/percpu.c | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 74fd6f05bc5b..ddf46638ef21 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ #define REPEAT_BYTE(x) ((~0ul / 0xff) * (x)) +/* @a is a power of 2 value */ #define ALIGN(x, a) __ALIGN_KERNEL((x), (a)) #define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask) __ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK((x), (mask)) #define PTR_ALIGN(p, a) ((typeof(p))ALIGN((unsigned long)(p), (a))) diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c index c2f0d9734d8c..26d1c73bd9e2 100644 --- a/mm/percpu.c +++ b/mm/percpu.c @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int pcpu_fit_in_area(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int off, int this_size, int cand_off = off; while (true) { - int head = ALIGN(cand_off, align) - off; + int head = roundup(cand_off, align) - off; int page_start, page_end, rs, re; if (this_size < head + size) @@ -879,11 +879,13 @@ static void __percpu *pcpu_alloc(size_t size, size_t align, bool reserved, /* * We want the lowest bit of offset available for in-use/free - * indicator, so force >= 16bit alignment and make size even. + * indicator, so force alignment >= 2 even and make size even. */ if (unlikely(align < 2)) align = 2; + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(align, 2))) + align = ALIGN(align, 2); size = ALIGN(size, 2); if (unlikely(!size || size > PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE || align > PAGE_SIZE)) { -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>