OFF_SLAB is not CREATE_MASK bit, so we should clear it before calling __kmem_cache_create(), otherwise kernel gets very upset, see below. As a side effect, now we let slab to reevaluate off-slab decision, but the decision will be the same, because whether we do off-slabs only depend on the size and create_mask bits. ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:2376! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU 0 Pid: 14, comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 3.4.0-rc4+ #32 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810c1839>] [<ffffffff810c1839>] __kmem_cache_create+0x609/0x650 RSP: 0018:ffff8800072c9c90 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000800 RBX: ffffffff81f26bf8 RCX: 000000000000000b RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 000000000000000b RDI: ffff8800065c66f8 RBP: ffff8800072c9d40 R08: ffffffff80002800 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8800072c8000 R13: ffff8800072c9fd8 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: ffff8800072c9d0c FS: 00007f45eb0f2700(0000) GS:ffff880007c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: ffffffffff600400 CR3: 000000000650e000 CR4: 00000000000006b0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process kworker/0:1 (pid: 14, threadinfo ffff8800072c8000, task ffff88000725d100) Stack: ffff8800072c9cb0 0000000000000000 ffffc9000000c000 ffffffff81621e80 ffff8800072c9cc0 ffffffff81621e80 ffff8800072c9d40 ffffffff81355cbf ffffffff810c1944 0000000000000000 ffffffff81621ec0 ffffffff80002800 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81355cbf>] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x26f/0x340 [<ffffffff810c1944>] ? kmem_cache_dup+0x44/0x110 [<ffffffff810c2aa0>] ? memcg_create_kmem_cache+0xd0/0xd0 [<ffffffff810c196b>] kmem_cache_dup+0x6b/0x110 [<ffffffff810c2a73>] memcg_create_kmem_cache+0xa3/0xd0 [<ffffffff810c2b1a>] memcg_create_cache_work_func+0x7a/0xe0 [<ffffffff810405d4>] process_one_work+0x174/0x450 [<ffffffff81040576>] ? process_one_work+0x116/0x450 [<ffffffff81040e53>] worker_thread+0x123/0x2d0 [<ffffffff81040d30>] ? manage_workers.isra.27+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff8104639e>] kthread+0x8e/0xa0 Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c index eed72ac..dff87ef 100644 --- a/mm/slab.c +++ b/mm/slab.c @@ -2619,6 +2619,13 @@ kmem_cache_dup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *cachep) return NULL; flags = cachep->flags & ~SLAB_PANIC; + /* + * OFF_SLAB is not CREATE_MASK bit, so we should clear it before + * calling __kmem_cache_create(). As a side effect, we let slab + * to reevaluate off-slab decision; but that is OK, as the bit + * is automatically set depending on the size and other flags. + */ + flags &= ~CFLGS_OFF_SLAB; mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex); new = __kmem_cache_create(memcg, name, obj_size(cachep), cachep->memcg_params.orig_align, flags, cachep->ctor); -- 1.7.9.2 -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>