On 2/28/24 04:04, Xiaolei Wang wrote: > For earlier kmem cache creation, slab_sysfs_init() has not been called. > Consequently, kmem_cache_destroy() cannot utilize kobj_type::release to > release the kmem_cache structure. Therefore, tweak kmem_cache_release() > to use slab_kmem_cache_release() for releasing kmem_cache when slab_state > isn't FULL. This will fixes the memory leaks like following: > > unreferenced object 0xffff0000c2d87080 (size 128): > comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294893428 > hex dump (first 32 bytes): > 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 6b 6b 6b 6b .....N......kkkk > ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff b8 ab 48 89 00 80 ff ff.....H..... > backtrace (crc 8819d0f6): > [<ffff80008317a298>] kmemleak_alloc+0xb0/0xc4 > [<ffff8000807e553c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x288/0x3a8 > [<ffff8000807e95f0>] __kmem_cache_create+0x1e4/0x64c > [<ffff8000807216bc>] kmem_cache_create_usercopy+0x1c4/0x2cc > [<ffff8000807217e0>] kmem_cache_create+0x1c/0x28 > [<ffff8000819f6278>] arm_v7s_alloc_pgtable+0x1c0/0x6d4 > [<ffff8000819f53a0>] alloc_io_pgtable_ops+0xe8/0x2d0 > [<ffff800084b2d2c4>] arm_v7s_do_selftests+0xe0/0x73c > [<ffff800080016b68>] do_one_initcall+0x11c/0x7ac > [<ffff800084a71ddc>] kernel_init_freeable+0x53c/0xbb8 > [<ffff8000831728d8>] kernel_init+0x24/0x144 > [<ffff800080018e98>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 > > Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, added to slab/for-next > --- > mm/slab_common.c | 8 ++++++-- > mm/slub.c | 6 ++---- > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c > index 238293b1dbe1..b6b35bcdd196 100644 > --- a/mm/slab_common.c > +++ b/mm/slab_common.c > @@ -404,8 +404,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create); > */ > static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s) > { > - sysfs_slab_unlink(s); > - sysfs_slab_release(s); > + if (slab_state >= FULL) { > + sysfs_slab_unlink(s); > + sysfs_slab_release(s); > + } else { > + slab_kmem_cache_release(s); > + } > } > #else > static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s) > diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c > index 2ef88bbf56a3..9ba59d064b6d 100644 > --- a/mm/slub.c > +++ b/mm/slub.c > @@ -6792,14 +6792,12 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) > > void sysfs_slab_unlink(struct kmem_cache *s) > { > - if (slab_state >= FULL) > - kobject_del(&s->kobj); > + kobject_del(&s->kobj); > } > > void sysfs_slab_release(struct kmem_cache *s) > { > - if (slab_state >= FULL) > - kobject_put(&s->kobj); > + kobject_put(&s->kobj); > } > > /*