In a couple of places in the slub memory allocator, the code uses "s->offset" as a check to see if the free pointer is put right after the object. That check is no longer true with commit 3202fa62fb43 ("slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object"). As a result, echoing "1" into the validate sysfs file, e.g. of dentry, may cause a bunch of "Freepointer corrupt" error reports to appear with the system in panic afterwards. To fix it, use the check "s->offset == s->inuse" instead. Fixes: 3202fa62fb43 ("slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object") Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 18 +++++++----------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index 0e736d66bb42..99952d01e7e0 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -556,10 +556,8 @@ static struct track *get_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object, { struct track *p; - if (s->offset) - p = object + s->offset + sizeof(void *); - else - p = object + s->inuse; + p = object + s->inuse + + ((s->offset == s->inuse) ? sizeof(void *) : 0); return p + alloc; } @@ -693,10 +691,8 @@ static void print_trailer(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, u8 *p) print_section(KERN_ERR, "Redzone ", p + s->object_size, s->inuse - s->object_size); - if (s->offset) - off = s->offset + sizeof(void *); - else - off = s->inuse; + off = s->inuse + + ((s->offset == s->inuse) ? sizeof(void *) : 0); if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER) off += 2 * sizeof(struct track); @@ -790,7 +786,7 @@ static int check_bytes_and_report(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, * object address * Bytes of the object to be managed. * If the freepointer may overlay the object then the free - * pointer is the first word of the object. + * pointer is at the middle of the object. * * Poisoning uses 0x6b (POISON_FREE) and the last byte is * 0xa5 (POISON_END) @@ -826,7 +822,7 @@ static int check_pad_bytes(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, u8 *p) { unsigned long off = s->inuse; /* The end of info */ - if (s->offset) + if (s->offset == s->inuse) /* Freepointer is placed after the object. */ off += sizeof(void *); @@ -915,7 +911,7 @@ static int check_object(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, check_pad_bytes(s, page, p); } - if (!s->offset && val == SLUB_RED_ACTIVE) + if ((s->offset != s->inuse) && val == SLUB_RED_ACTIVE) /* * Object and freepointer overlap. Cannot check * freepointer while object is allocated. -- 2.18.1