On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:26 PM Barry Song <21cnbao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM Barry Song <21cnbao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM <hailong.liu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: "Hailong.Liu" <hailong.liu@xxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Commit a421ef303008 ("mm: allow !GFP_KERNEL allocations for kvmalloc")
> > > includes support for __GFP_NOFAIL, but it presents a conflict with
> > > commit dd544141b9eb ("vmalloc: back off when the current task is
> > > OOM-killed"). A possible scenario is as belows:
> > >
> > > process-a
> > > kvcalloc(n, m, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL)
> > > __vmalloc_node_range()
> > > __vmalloc_area_node()
> > > vm_area_alloc_pages()
> > > --> oom-killer send SIGKILL to process-a
> > > if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) break;
> > > --> return NULL;
> > >
> > > to fix this, do not check fatal_signal_pending() in vm_area_alloc_pages()
> > > if __GFP_NOFAIL set.
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Oven <liyangouwen1@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Hailong.Liu <hailong.liu@xxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > index 6641be0ca80b..2f359d08bf8d 100644
> > > --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > @@ -3560,7 +3560,7 @@ vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid,
> > >
> > > /* High-order pages or fallback path if "bulk" fails. */
> > > while (nr_allocated < nr_pages) {
> > > - if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
> > > + if (!(gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL) && fatal_signal_pending(current))
> > > break;
> >
> > why not !nofail ?
> >
> > This seems a correct fix, but it undermines the assumption made in
> > commit dd544141b9eb
> > ("vmalloc: back off when the current task is OOM-killed")
> >
> > "
> > This may trigger some hidden problems, when caller does not handle
> > vmalloc failures, or when rollaback after failed vmalloc calls own
> > vmallocs inside. However all of these scenarios are incorrect: vmalloc
> > does not guarantee successful allocation, it has never been called with
> > __GFP_NOFAIL and threfore either should not be used for any rollbacks or
> > should handle such errors correctly and not lead to critical failures.
> > "
> >
> > If a significant kvmalloc operation is performed with the NOFAIL flag, it risks
> > reverting the fix intended to address the OOM-killer issue in commit
> > dd544141b9eb.
> > Should we indeed permit the NOFAIL flag for large kvmalloc allocations?
>
> + Vasily, Michal.
Sorry for my oversight. Fixed the email of Vasily.
>
> >
> > >
> > > if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
> > > ---
> > > This issue occurred during OPLUS KASAN test. Below is part of the log
> > >
> > > -> send signal
> > > [65731.222840] [ T1308] oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/apps/uid_10198,task=gs.intelligence,pid=32454,uid=10198
> > >
> > > [65731.259685] [T32454] Call trace:
> > > [65731.259698] [T32454] dump_backtrace+0xf4/0x118
> > > [65731.259734] [T32454] show_stack+0x18/0x24
> > > [65731.259756] [T32454] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x7c
> > > [65731.259781] [T32454] dump_stack+0x18/0x38
> > > [65731.259800] [T32454] mrdump_common_die+0x250/0x39c [mrdump]
> > > [65731.259936] [T32454] ipanic_die+0x20/0x34 [mrdump]
> > > [65731.260019] [T32454] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xb4/0xfc
> > > [65731.260047] [T32454] notify_die+0x114/0x198
> > > [65731.260073] [T32454] die+0xf4/0x5b4
> > > [65731.260098] [T32454] die_kernel_fault+0x80/0x98
> > > [65731.260124] [T32454] __do_kernel_fault+0x160/0x2a8
> > > [65731.260146] [T32454] do_bad_area+0x68/0x148
> > > [65731.260174] [T32454] do_mem_abort+0x151c/0x1b34
> > > [65731.260204] [T32454] el1_abort+0x3c/0x5c
> > > [65731.260227] [T32454] el1h_64_sync_handler+0x54/0x90
> > > [65731.260248] [T32454] el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c
> > > [65731.260269] [T32454] z_erofs_decompress_queue+0x7f0/0x2258
> > > --> be->decompressed_pages = kvcalloc(be->nr_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
> > > kernel panic by NULL pointer dereference.
> > > erofs assume kvmalloc with __GFP_NOFAIL never return NULL.
> > >
> > > [65731.260293] [T32454] z_erofs_runqueue+0xf30/0x104c
> > > [65731.260314] [T32454] z_erofs_readahead+0x4f0/0x968
> > > [65731.260339] [T32454] read_pages+0x170/0xadc
> > > [65731.260364] [T32454] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x874/0xf30
> > > [65731.260388] [T32454] page_cache_ra_order+0x24c/0x714
> > > [65731.260411] [T32454] filemap_fault+0xbf0/0x1a74
> > > [65731.260437] [T32454] __do_fault+0xd0/0x33c
> > > [65731.260462] [T32454] handle_mm_fault+0xf74/0x3fe0
> > > [65731.260486] [T32454] do_mem_abort+0x54c/0x1b34
> > > [65731.260509] [T32454] el0_da+0x44/0x94
> > > [65731.260531] [T32454] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x98/0xb4
> > > [65731.260553] [T32454] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.34.1
> >
> > Thanks
> > Barry
