On 17. 01. 2023. 03:03, 黄朝阳 (Zhaoyang Huang) wrote: >>>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak output: backtrace not printed since >>>>>> 6.2.0-rc1 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 12. 01. 2023. 20:50, Mirsad Todorovac wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> there seems to be a problem with the output of >>>>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [root@pc-mtodorov ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced >>>>>>>> object 0xffff951c118568b0 (size 16): >>>>>>>> comm "kworker/u12:2", pid 56, jiffies 4294893952 (age 4356.548s) >>>>>>>> hex dump (first 16 bytes): >>>>>>>> 6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0....... >>>>>>>> backtrace: >>>>>>>> [root@pc-mtodorov ~]# >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Apparently, backtrace of called functions on the stack is no longer >>>>>>>> printed >>>>>>> with the list of memory leaks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This appeared on Lenovo desktop 10TX000VCR, with AlmaLinux 8.7 and >>>>>>>> BIOS version M22KT49A (11/10/2022) and 6.2-rc1 and 6.2-rc2 builds. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This worked on 6.1 with the same CONFIG_KMEMLEAK=y and MGLRU >>>>>>> enabled >>>>>>>> on a vanilla mainstream kernel from Mr. Torvalds' tree. I don't >>>>>>>> know if this is >>>>>>> deliberate feature for some reason or a bug. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please find attached the config, lshw and kmemleak output. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The bisection gave this commit as the culprit for the severed stack >>>>>>>> backtrace print in /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> mtodorov@domac:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ git bisect good >>>>>>>> 56a61617dd2276cbc56a6c868599716386d70041 is the first bad commit >>>>>>>> commit 56a61617dd2276cbc56a6c868599716386d70041 >>>>>>>> Author: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>>>> Date: Thu Oct 27 17:50:24 2022 +0800 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> mm: use stack_depot for recording kmemleak's backtrace >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Using stack_depot to record kmemleak's backtrace which has >>>> been >>>>>>>> implemented on slub for reducing redundant information. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The complete bisect log is: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> mtodorov@domac:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ git bisect log git >>>>>>>> bisect start '--' 'mm' >>>>>>>> # good: [830b3c68c1fb1e9176028d02ef86f3cf76aa2476] Linux 6.1 git >>>>>>>> bisect good 830b3c68c1fb1e9176028d02ef86f3cf76aa2476 >>>>>>>> # bad: [1b929c02afd37871d5afb9d498426f83432e71c2] Linux 6.2-rc1 git >>>>>>>> bisect bad 1b929c02afd37871d5afb9d498426f83432e71c2 >>>>>>>> # good: [8b9ed79c2d587bec5f603d66801478a5af9af842] Merge tag >>>>>>>> 'x86_asm_for_v6.2' of >>>>>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip >>>>>>>> git bisect good 8b9ed79c2d587bec5f603d66801478a5af9af842 >>>>>>>> # good: [e83b39d6bbdb6d25bd6f5c258832774635d29b47] mm: make >>>>>>>> drop_caches keep reclaiming on all nodes git bisect good >>>>>>>> e83b39d6bbdb6d25bd6f5c258832774635d29b47 >>>>>>>> # good: [9997bc017549acd6425e32300eff28424ffeeb6b] zsmalloc: >>>>>>> implement >>>>>>>> writeback mechanism for zsmalloc git bisect good >>>>>>>> 9997bc017549acd6425e32300eff28424ffeeb6b >>>>>>>> # good: [6287b7dae80944bfa37784a8f9d6861a4facaa6e] mm,thp,rmap: >>>> fix >>>>>>>> races between updates of subpages_mapcount git bisect good >>>>>>>> 6287b7dae80944bfa37784a8f9d6861a4facaa6e >>>>>>>> # good: [8fa590bf344816c925810331eea8387627bbeb40] Merge tag >>>>>>>> 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm >>>>>>>> git bisect good 8fa590bf344816c925810331eea8387627bbeb40 >>>>>>>> # good: [4f292c4de4f6fb83776c0ff22674121eb6ddfa2f] Merge tag >>>>>>>> 'x86_mm_for_6.2_v2' of >>>>>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip >>>>>>>> git bisect good 4f292c4de4f6fb83776c0ff22674121eb6ddfa2f >>>>>>>> # bad: [1ea9d333ba475041efe43d9d9bc32e64aea2ea2b] Merge tag >>>>>>>> 'mm-stable-2022-12-17-2' of >>>>>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm >>>>>>>> git bisect bad 1ea9d333ba475041efe43d9d9bc32e64aea2ea2b >>>>>>>> # bad: [56a61617dd2276cbc56a6c868599716386d70041] mm: use >>>>>>> stack_depot >>>>>>>> for recording kmemleak's backtrace git bisect bad >>>>>>>> 56a61617dd2276cbc56a6c868599716386d70041 >>>>>>>> # good: [61b963b52f59524e27692bc1c14bfb2459e32eb3] mm/gup_test: >>>>>>> free >>>>>>>> memory allocated via kvcalloc() using kvfree() git bisect good >>>>>>>> 61b963b52f59524e27692bc1c14bfb2459e32eb3 >>>>>>>> # first bad commit: [56a61617dd2276cbc56a6c868599716386d70041] >>>> mm: >>>>>>> use >>>>>>>> stack_depot for recording kmemleak's backtrace # good: >>>>>>>> [9102b78b6f6ae6af3557114c265c266b312c1319] maple_tree: update >>>>>>>> copyright dates for test code git bisect good >>>>>>>> 9102b78b6f6ae6af3557114c265c266b312c1319 >>>>>>>> # first bad commit: [56a61617dd2276cbc56a6c868599716386d70041] >>>> mm: >>>>>>> use >>>>>>>> stack_depot for recording kmemleak's backtrace You have mail in >>>>>>>> /var/mail/mtodorov mtodorov@domac:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The platform is 10TX000VCR >>>>>>> (LENOVO_MT_10TX_BU_Lenovo_FM_V530S-07ICB) >>>>>>>> running AlmaLinux 8.7 (CentOS clone) and BIOS M22KT49A. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> GCC used was: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> mtodorov@domac:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ gcc --version gcc >>>>>>>> (Debian 8.3.0-6) 8.3.0 Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, >>>>>>>> Inc. >>>>>>>> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. >>>>>>>> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A >>>>>>> PARTICULAR PURPOSE. >>>>>>>> mtodorov@domac:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I lack the insight to pinpoint the exact fault in the patch. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> P.S. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To further complicate things, on Ubuntu 22.10 Lenovo Ideapad 3 >>>>>>> 15ITL6 laptop the kmemleak stack backtrace is printed correctly with >>>>>>> the same kernels (but .deb instead of .rpm for the same build): >>>>>>> >>>>>>> unreferenced object 0xffff94ca88e042d0 (size 80): >>>>>>> comm "thermald", pid 768, jiffies 4294893592 (age 78581.504s) >>>>>>> hex dump (first 32 bytes): >>>>>>> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 01 2d 00 00 00 00 00 ..........-..... >>>>>>> af 07 01 80 fd ac ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ >>>>>>> backtrace: >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa0dcb921>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x91/0x320 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa0dcfb79>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x169/0x2f0 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12b1def>] acpi_os_acquire_object+0x2c/0x32 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12b1ea2>] acpi_ps_alloc_op+0x4a/0x99 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12af5c8>] acpi_ps_get_next_arg+0x611/0x761 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12afbbc>] acpi_ps_parse_loop+0x494/0x8d7 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12b1434>] acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x1bb/0x561 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12b24c8>] acpi_ps_execute_method+0x20f/0x2d5 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12a7acf>] acpi_ns_evaluate+0x34d/0x4f3 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa12ad6a3>] acpi_evaluate_object+0x180/0x3ae >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa1269ca8>] acpi_run_osc+0x128/0x250 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffc0bbb14f>] int3400_thermal_run_osc+0x6f/0xc0 >>>>>>> [int3400_thermal] >>>>>>> [<ffffffffc0bbb293>] current_uuid_store+0xe3/0x120 >>>> [int3400_thermal] >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa13b8ed4>] dev_attr_store+0x14/0x30 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa0ee0458>] sysfs_kf_write+0x38/0x50 >>>>>>> [<ffffffffa0edf516>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x146/0x1d0 You have >>>>>>> new mail in /var/mail/root >>>>>>> root@marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6:/home/marvin# >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Mirsad >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks for head up. Could you please help to check If >>>>>> CONFIG_STACKTRACE and CONFIG_STACKDEPOT is enabled on the fault >>>> kernel? >>>>> Please try the patch below if the configs are right. I think it should >>>>> be caused by the late ready for kmemleak >>>>> >>>>> commit 556eb1927da99ab366e370d593fc32da946768c3 >>>>> Author: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Date: Fri Jan 13 14:13:39 2023 +0800 >>>>> >>>>> mm: instroduce a flag to indicate stack_depot's ready >>>>> >>>>> try to solve the kmemleak's late ready issue. >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c index 762b91f..7eb24bc >>>>> 100644 >>>>> --- a/mm/kmemleak.c >>>>> +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c >>>>> @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct kmemleak_object { static int >>>> kmemleak_warning; >>>>> /* set if a fatal kmemleak error has occurred */ static int >>>>> kmemleak_error; >>>>> +static int kmemleak_stadep_initialized; >>>>> >>>>> /* minimum and maximum address that may be valid pointers */ static >>>> unsigned long min_addr = ULONG_MAX; @@ -601,7 +602,7 @@ static noinline >>>> depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void) >>>>> unsigned long entries[MAX_TRACE]; >>>>> unsigned int nr_entries; >>>>> >>>>> - if (!kmemleak_initialized) >>>>> + if (!kmemleak_stadep_initialized) >>>>> return 0; >>>>> nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 3); >>>>> trace_handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, >>>> GFP_NOWAIT); @@ -2110,6 +2111,7 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void) >>>>> create_object((unsigned long)__start_ro_after_init, >>>>> __end_ro_after_init - >>>> __start_ro_after_init, >>>>> KMEMLEAK_GREY, GFP_ATOMIC); >>>>> + kmemleak_stadep_initialized = 1; >>>>> } >>>> >>>> Hi, Zhaoyang, >>>> >>>> Sorry, applied the patch and rebuilt, but it didn't work for me: >>>> >>>> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# uname -rms >>>> Linux 6.2.0-rc3-mglru-kmemlk-patch-zhaoyang1+ x86_64 [root@pc-mtodorov >>>> marvin]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# echo >>>> scan | tee !$ echo scan | tee /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak scan >>>> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced >>>> object 0xffff98938fed1ee0 (size 16): >>>> comm "kworker/u12:2", pid 57, jiffies 4294894053 (age 66.616s) >>>> hex dump (first 16 bytes): >>>> 6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0....... >>>> backtrace: >>>> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# >>>> >>>> Still the stack backtrace list is severed. >>>> CONFIG_STACKDEPOT and CONFIG_STACKTRACE are both "=y": >>>> >>>> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# grep -E 'CONFIG_(STACKTRACE|STACKDEPOT)' >>>> /boot/config-6.2.0-rc3-mglru-kmemlk-patch-zhaoyang1+ >>>> CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=y >>>> CONFIG_STACKDEPOT=y >>>> # CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID is not set >>>> CONFIG_STACKTRACE=y >>>> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# >>>> >>>> Your patch was successfully applied (after some tweaks): >>>> >>>> mtodorov@domac:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ git diff mm diff --git >>>> a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c index 92f670edbf51..78fd3b89b057 >>>> 100644 >>>> --- a/mm/kmemleak.c >>>> +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c >>>> @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static int kmemleak_initialized; >>>> static int kmemleak_warning; >>>> /* set if a fatal kmemleak error has occurred */ >>>> static int kmemleak_error; >>>> +static int kmemleak_stadep_initialized; >>>> >>>> /* minimum and maximum address that may be valid pointers */ >>>> static unsigned long min_addr = ULONG_MAX; @@ -601,7 +602,7 @@ static >>>> noinline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void) >>>> unsigned long entries[MAX_TRACE]; >>>> unsigned int nr_entries; >>>> >>>> - if (!kmemleak_initialized) >>>> + if (!kmemleak_stadep_initialized) >>>> return 0; >>>> nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 3); >>>> trace_handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, >>>> GFP_NOWAIT); @@ -2110,6 +2111,7 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void) >>>> create_object((unsigned long)__start_ro_after_init, >>>> __end_ro_after_init - >>>> __start_ro_after_init, >>>> KMEMLEAK_GREY, GFP_ATOMIC); >>>> + kmemleak_stadep_initialized = 1; >>>> } >>>> >>>> /* >>>> mtodorov@domac:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ >>>> >>>> Please verify that the above is correct. >>> It is correct. Another reason could be the stack is less than 3 layers which could be surpassed by stack_trace_save. Could you please try to modify the code as bellow and try again. >>> static noinline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void) >>> { >>> depot_stack_handle_t trace_handle; >>> unsigned long entries[MAX_TRACE]; >>> unsigned int nr_entries; >>> >>> if (!kmemleak_initialized) >>> return 0; >>> - nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 3); >>> + nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 0); >>> trace_handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, GFP_NOWAIT); >>> >>> return trace_handle; >>> } >> >> Tried that, rebuilt, still no luck: >> >> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# uname -rms >> Linux 6.2.0-rc3-mglru-kmemlk-patch-zhaoyang2+ x86_64 >> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak >> unreferenced object 0xffff8e8c86483c00 (size 16): >> comm "kworker/u12:5", pid 364, jiffies 4294894029 (age 135.024s) >> hex dump (first 16 bytes): >> 6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0....... >> backtrace: >> unreferenced object 0xffff8e8c8edb3f70 (size 16): >> comm "kworker/u12:5", pid 364, jiffies 4294894033 (age 135.008s) >> hex dump (first 16 bytes): >> 6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0....... >> backtrace: >> [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# >> >> What I have here is: >> >> static noinline depot_stack_handle_t set_track_prepare(void) >> { >> depot_stack_handle_t trace_handle; >> unsigned long entries[MAX_TRACE]; >> unsigned int nr_entries; >> >> if (!kmemleak_stadep_initialized) >> return 0; >> nr_entries = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 0); >> trace_handle = stack_depot_save(entries, nr_entries, GFP_NOWAIT); >> >> return trace_handle; >> } >> >> Maybe this will help (dmesg says that Stack Depot is disabled due to errors?): >> >> [ 0.072031] Memory: 16152080K/16658536K available (18432K kernel code, 4118K rwdata, 7184K rodata, 4420K init, 7684K bss, 506196K reserved, 0K cma-reserved) >> [ 0.072219] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=6, Nodes=1 >> [ 0.072222] Stack Depot allocating hash table of 1048576 entries with kvcalloc >> [ 0.072226] swapper: vmalloc error: size 8388608, vm_struct allocation failed, mode:0xdc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO), nodemask=(null),cpuset=(null),mems_allowed=0-1023 >> [ 0.072235] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.2.0-rc3-mglru-kmemlk-patch-zhaoyang2+ #23 >> [ 0.072237] Hardware name: LENOVO 10TX000VCR/3140, BIOS M22KT49A 11/10/2022 >> [ 0.072238] Call Trace: >> [ 0.072240] <TASK> >> [ 0.072242] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63 >> [ 0.072248] dump_stack+0x10/0x16 >> [ 0.072250] warn_alloc.cold.161+0x75/0xe8 >> [ 0.072255] ? __get_vm_area_node+0x14d/0x160 >> [ 0.072260] __vmalloc_node_range+0x5e5/0x7d0 >> [ 0.072264] ? stack_depot_init.cold.2+0x7e/0xb3 >> [ 0.072267] ? __kmalloc_large_node+0xf8/0x150 >> [ 0.072270] ? kvmalloc_node+0x4f/0xe0 >> [ 0.072274] kvmalloc_node+0xb1/0xe0 >> [ 0.072276] ? stack_depot_init.cold.2+0x7e/0xb3 >> [ 0.072278] stack_depot_init.cold.2+0x7e/0xb3 >> [ 0.072280] kmemleak_init+0x1b/0x114 >> [ 0.072284] start_kernel+0x710/0x9dc >> [ 0.072288] x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x2a >> [ 0.072290] x86_64_start_kernel+0xf2/0xfd >> [ 0.072292] secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xe5/0xeb >> [ 0.072297] </TASK> >> [ 0.072298] Mem-Info: >> [ 0.072299] active_anon:0 inactive_anon:0 isolated_anon:0 >> active_file:0 inactive_file:0 isolated_file:0 >> unevictable:0 dirty:0 writeback:0 >> slab_reclaimable:0 slab_unreclaimable:26 >> mapped:0 shmem:0 pagetables:0 >> sec_pagetables:0 bounce:0 >> kernel_misc_reclaimable:0 >> free:4037994 free_pcp:0 free_cma:0 >> [ 0.072303] Node 0 active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB mapped:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB shmem:0kB shmem_thp: 0kB shmem_pmdmapped: 0kB anon_thp: 0kB writeback_tmp:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB sec_pagetables:0kB all_unreclaimable? no >> [ 0.072307] Node 0 DMA free:14336kB boost:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB reserved_highatomic:0KB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:15992kB managed:14336kB mlocked:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB >> [ 0.072311] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 0 >> [ 0.072314] Node 0 DMA32 free:2085160kB boost:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB reserved_highatomic:0KB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:2257392kB managed:2085160kB mlocked:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB >> [ 0.072318] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 0 >> [ 0.072321] Node 0 Normal free:14052480kB boost:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB reserved_highatomic:0KB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:14385152kB managed:14052844kB mlocked:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB >> [ 0.072325] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 0 >> [ 0.072328] Node 0 DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 2*1024kB (UM) 2*2048kB (M) 2*4096kB (M) = 14336kB >> [ 0.072338] Node 0 DMA32: 8*4kB (M) 9*8kB (M) 8*16kB (M) 8*32kB (M) 7*64kB (M) 7*128kB (M) 8*256kB (M) 7*512kB (M) 5*1024kB (M) 6*2048kB (M) 503*4096kB (M) = 2085160kB >> [ 0.072352] Node 0 Normal: 8*4kB (UM) 8*8kB (M) 2*16kB (UM) 2*32kB (M) 1*64kB (M) 3*128kB (UM) 2*256kB (M) 4*512kB (UM) 2*1024kB (UM) 3*2048kB (UM) 3428*4096kB (M) = 14052480kB >> [ 0.072366] 0 total pagecache pages >> [ 0.072367] 0 pages in swap cache >> [ 0.072367] Free swap = 0kB >> [ 0.072368] Total swap = 0kB >> [ 0.072369] 4164634 pages RAM >> [ 0.072369] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly >> [ 0.072370] 126549 pages reserved >> [ 0.072371] 0 pages hwpoisoned >> [ 0.072372] Stack Depot hash table allocation failed, disabling > > Hi again, > > I have an additional info: > > Here we see Stack Depot trying to alocate 1024 * 1024 entires on a 16 GiB RAM > AlmaLinux 8.7 (CentOS clone): > > [ 0.071875] Stack Depot allocating hash table of 1048576 entries with kvcalloc > [ 0.071879] swapper: vmalloc error: size 8388608, vm_struct allocation failed, mode:0xdc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO), nodemask=(null),cpuset=(null),mems_allowed=0-1023 > [ 0.071888] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.2.0-rc3-mglru-kmemlk-nokasan-fixed-rcu+ #2 > [ 0.071891] Hardware name: LENOVO 10TX000VCR/3140, BIOS M22KT49A 11/10/2022 > > On another machine with just 8 GiB this mechanism is less demanding, requests > slightly more than 512 * 1024 entries and succeeds: > > [ 0.037858] Stack Depot allocating hash table of 524288 entries with kvcalloc > [ 0.038225] ftrace: allocating 52222 entries in 204 pages > > I am not that deep into kernel code to debug this :-( > > As plain kvcalloc() fails, the only thing that comes to mind - maybe 0.072 s > since boot is still too early to request 8.3 MB? What are the probable causes > that kvcalloc and vmalloc should fail? > > Thanks, > Mirsad > > Please help to check if the patch bellow will help. thanks. stack_depot_early_init will get memory directly from memblock_alloc. > > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug > index 401ad4b..50cc9f5 100644 > --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug > +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug > @@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK > select KALLSYMS > select CRC32 > select STACKDEPOT > + select STACKDEPOT_ALWAYS_INIT > help > Say Y here if you want to enable the memory leak > detector. The memory allocation/freeing is traced in a way Congrats! This worked. I got the /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak stacktrace back: [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xffff9543d2402850 (size 16): comm "kworker/u12:4", pid 348, jiffies 4294894065 (age 59.252s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0....... backtrace: [<ffffffffa7002c9c>] set_track_prepare+0x3c/0x70 [<ffffffffa700349f>] __create_object+0x11f/0x3a0 [<ffffffffa7b820ec>] kmemleak_alloc+0x7c/0x90 [<ffffffffa6fcb9f1>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x91/0x320 [<ffffffffa6fd1faf>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1bf/0x2b0 [<ffffffffa6f4fbb5>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x55/0x140 [<ffffffffa6f40b96>] kstrdup+0x36/0x70 [<ffffffffa6f40c08>] kstrdup_const+0x28/0x30 [<ffffffffa72fc348>] kvasprintf_const+0x78/0xa0 [<ffffffffa7a8a903>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x23/0xa0 [<ffffffffa75ba2b3>] dev_set_name+0x53/0x70 [<ffffffffc038ad3f>] memstick_check+0xff/0x384 [memstick] [<ffffffffa6cf6054>] process_one_work+0x214/0x3f0 [<ffffffffa6cf6274>] worker_thread+0x34/0x3d0 [<ffffffffa6d003cd>] kthread+0xed/0x120 [<ffffffffa6c039f9>] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50 unreferenced object 0xffff9543c71ad070 (size 16): comm "kworker/u12:4", pid 348, jiffies 4294894071 (age 59.228s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0....... backtrace: [<ffffffffa7002c9c>] set_track_prepare+0x3c/0x70 [<ffffffffa700349f>] __create_object+0x11f/0x3a0 [<ffffffffa7b820ec>] kmemleak_alloc+0x7c/0x90 [<ffffffffa6fcb9f1>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x91/0x320 [<ffffffffa6fd1faf>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1bf/0x2b0 [<ffffffffa6f4fbb5>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x55/0x140 [<ffffffffa6f40b96>] kstrdup+0x36/0x70 [<ffffffffa6f40c08>] kstrdup_const+0x28/0x30 [<ffffffffa72fc348>] kvasprintf_const+0x78/0xa0 [<ffffffffa7a8a903>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x23/0xa0 [<ffffffffa75ba2b3>] dev_set_name+0x53/0x70 [<ffffffffc038ad3f>] memstick_check+0xff/0x384 [memstick] [<ffffffffa6cf6054>] process_one_work+0x214/0x3f0 [<ffffffffa6cf6274>] worker_thread+0x34/0x3d0 [<ffffffffa6d003cd>] kthread+0xed/0x120 [<ffffffffa6c039f9>] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50 [root@pc-mtodorov marvin]# dmesg shows indeed an earlier allocation of the stack depot: [ 0.032827] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt5)/vmlinuz-6.2.0-rc4-mglru-kmemlk-patch-zhaoyang3+ root=/dev/mapper/almalinux_desktop--mtodorov-root ro crashkernel=auto resume=/dev/mapper/almalinux_desktop--mtodorov-swap rd.lvm.lv=almalinux_desktop-mtodorov/root rd.lvm.lv=almalinux_desktop-mtodorov/swap loglevel=7 i915.alpha_support=1 [ 0.032977] Unknown kernel command line parameters "BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt5)/vmlinuz-6.2.0-rc4-mglru-kmemlk-patch-zhaoyang3+", will be passed to user space. [ 0.033780] Dentry cache hash table entries: 2097152 (order: 12, 16777216 bytes, linear) [ 0.034158] Inode-cache hash table entries: 1048576 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes, linear) [ 0.034250] mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:on, heap free:off [ 0.034640] stackdepot hash table entries: 1048576 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes, linear) [ 0.034647] software IO TLB: area num 8. [ 0.072295] Memory: 16143892K/16658536K available (18432K kernel code, 4118K rwdata, 7184K rodata, 4424K init, 7680K bss, 514384K reserved, 0K cma-reserved) Nice work :-) Thanks, Mirsad -- Mirsad Goran Todorovac Sistem inženjer Grafički fakultet | Akademija likovnih umjetnosti Sveučilište u Zagrebu System engineer Faculty of Graphic Arts | Academy of Fine Arts University of Zagreb, Republic of Croatia The European Union