The quilt patch titled Subject: mm/kmemleak: simplify kmemleak_cond_resched() usage has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-kmemleak-simplify-kmemleak_cond_resched-usage.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm ------------------------------------------------------ From: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/kmemleak: simplify kmemleak_cond_resched() usage Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:01:10 -0500 Patch series "mm/kmemleak: Simplify kmemleak_cond_resched() & fix UAF", v2. It was found that a KASAN use-after-free error was reported in the kmemleak_scan() function. After further examination, it is believe that even though a reference is taken from the current object, it does not prevent the object pointed to by the next pointer from going away after a cond_resched(). To fix that, additional flags are added to make sure that the current object won't be removed from the object_list during the duration of the cond_resched() to ensure the validity of the next pointer. While making the change, I also simplify the current usage of kmemleak_cond_resched() to make it easier to understand. This patch (of 2): The presence of a pinned argument and the 64k loop count make kmemleak_cond_resched() a bit more complex to read. The pinned argument is used only by first kmemleak_scan() loop. Simplify the usage of kmemleak_cond_resched() by removing the pinned argument and always do a get_object()/put_object() sequence. In addition, the 64k loop is removed by using need_resched() to decide if kmemleak_cond_resched() should be called. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230119040111.350923-1-longman@xxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230119040111.350923-2-longman@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/mm/kmemleak.c~mm-kmemleak-simplify-kmemleak_cond_resched-usage +++ a/mm/kmemleak.c @@ -1472,22 +1472,17 @@ static void scan_gray_list(void) /* * Conditionally call resched() in an object iteration loop while making sure * that the given object won't go away without RCU read lock by performing a - * get_object() if !pinned. - * - * Return: false if can't do a cond_resched() due to get_object() failure - * true otherwise + * get_object() if necessaary. */ -static bool kmemleak_cond_resched(struct kmemleak_object *object, bool pinned) +static void kmemleak_cond_resched(struct kmemleak_object *object) { - if (!pinned && !get_object(object)) - return false; + if (!get_object(object)) + return; /* Try next object */ rcu_read_unlock(); cond_resched(); rcu_read_lock(); - if (!pinned) - put_object(object); - return true; + put_object(object); } /* @@ -1501,15 +1496,12 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void) struct zone *zone; int __maybe_unused i; int new_leaks = 0; - int loop_cnt = 0; jiffies_last_scan = jiffies; /* prepare the kmemleak_object's */ rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_rcu(object, &object_list, object_list) { - bool obj_pinned = false; - raw_spin_lock_irq(&object->lock); #ifdef DEBUG /* @@ -1535,19 +1527,13 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void) /* reset the reference count (whiten the object) */ object->count = 0; - if (color_gray(object) && get_object(object)) { + if (color_gray(object) && get_object(object)) list_add_tail(&object->gray_list, &gray_list); - obj_pinned = true; - } raw_spin_unlock_irq(&object->lock); - /* - * Do a cond_resched() every 64k objects to avoid soft lockup. - */ - if (!(++loop_cnt & 0xffff) && - !kmemleak_cond_resched(object, obj_pinned)) - loop_cnt--; /* Try again on next object */ + if (need_resched()) + kmemleak_cond_resched(object); } rcu_read_unlock(); @@ -1614,14 +1600,9 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void) * scan and color them gray until the next scan. */ rcu_read_lock(); - loop_cnt = 0; list_for_each_entry_rcu(object, &object_list, object_list) { - /* - * Do a cond_resched() every 64k objects to avoid soft lockup. - */ - if (!(++loop_cnt & 0xffff) && - !kmemleak_cond_resched(object, false)) - loop_cnt--; /* Try again on next object */ + if (need_resched()) + kmemleak_cond_resched(object); /* * This is racy but we can save the overhead of lock/unlock @@ -1656,14 +1637,9 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void) * Scanning result reporting. */ rcu_read_lock(); - loop_cnt = 0; list_for_each_entry_rcu(object, &object_list, object_list) { - /* - * Do a cond_resched() every 64k objects to avoid soft lockup. - */ - if (!(++loop_cnt & 0xffff) && - !kmemleak_cond_resched(object, false)) - loop_cnt--; /* Try again on next object */ + if (need_resched()) + kmemleak_cond_resched(object); /* * This is racy but we can save the overhead of lock/unlock _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from longman@xxxxxxxxxx are