The patch titled
slub: resiliency test
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
slub-core-resiliency-test.patch
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Subject: slub: resiliency test
From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Add a test that can be performed on bootup to test the recoverability
from slab corruption.
Note that 2 of those tests are potentially dangerous. Off by default
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slub.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
diff -puN mm/slub.c~slub-core-resiliency-test mm/slub.c
--- a/mm/slub.c~slub-core-resiliency-test
+++ a/mm/slub.c
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
* - Variable sizing of the per node arrays
*/
+/* Enable to test recovery from slab corruption on boot */
+#undef SLUB_RESILIENCY_TEST
+
/*
* Flags from the regular SLAB that SLUB does not support:
*/
@@ -2473,6 +2476,61 @@ static int __init cpucache_init(void)
__initcall(cpucache_init);
#endif
+#ifdef SLUB_RESILIENCY_TEST
+static void resiliency_test(void)
+{
+ u8 *p;
+
+ printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB resiliency testing\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "-----------------------\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "A. Corruption after allocation\n");
+
+ p = kzalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL);
+ p[16] = 0x12;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "\n1. kmalloc-16: Clobber Redzone/next pointer"
+ " 0x12->%p\n\n", p + 16);
+
+ validate_slab_cache(kmalloc_caches + 4);
+
+ /* Hmmm... The next two are dangerous */
+ p = kzalloc(32, GFP_KERNEL);
+ p[32 + sizeof(void *)] = 0x34;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "\n2. kmalloc-32: Clobber next pointer/next slab"
+ " 0x34 -> %p\n", p);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "If allocated object is overwritten then not detectable\n\n");
+
+ validate_slab_cache(kmalloc_caches + 5);
+ p = kzalloc(64, GFP_KERNEL);
+ p += 64 + (get_cycles() & 0xff) * sizeof(void *);
+ *p = 0x56;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "\n3. kmalloc-64: corrupting random byte 0x56->%p\n",
+ p);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "If allocated object is overwritten then not detectable\n\n");
+ validate_slab_cache(kmalloc_caches + 6);
+
+ printk(KERN_ERR "\nB. Corruption after free\n");
+ p = kzalloc(128, GFP_KERNEL);
+ kfree(p);
+ *p = 0x78;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "1. kmalloc-128: Clobber first word 0x78->%p\n\n", p);
+ validate_slab_cache(kmalloc_caches + 7);
+
+ p = kzalloc(256, GFP_KERNEL);
+ kfree(p);
+ p[50] = 0x9a;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "\n2. kmalloc-256: Clobber 50th byte 0x9a->%p\n\n", p);
+ validate_slab_cache(kmalloc_caches + 8);
+
+ p = kzalloc(512, GFP_KERNEL);
+ kfree(p);
+ p[512] = 0xab;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "\n3. kmalloc-512: Clobber redzone 0xab->%p\n\n", p);
+ validate_slab_cache(kmalloc_caches + 9);
+}
+#else
+static void resiliency_test(void) {};
+#endif
+
/*
* These are not as efficient as kmalloc for the non debug case.
* We do not have the page struct available so we have to touch one
@@ -3042,6 +3100,7 @@ static int __init slab_sysfs_init(void)
kfree(al);
}
+ resiliency_test();
return 0;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from clameter@xxxxxxx are
slab-introduce-krealloc.patch
slab-introduce-krealloc-fix.patch
paravirt_ops-allow-paravirt-backend-to-choose-kernel-pmd-sharing.patch
add-apply_to_page_range-which-applies-a-function-to-a-pte-range.patch
safer-nr_node_ids-and-nr_node_ids-determination-and-initial.patch
use-zvc-counters-to-establish-exact-size-of-dirtyable-pages.patch
slab-ensure-cache_alloc_refill-terminates.patch
smaps-extract-pmd-walker-from-smaps-code.patch
smaps-add-pages-referenced-count-to-smaps.patch
smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference.patch
smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix.patch
smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix-fix.patch
slab-use-num_possible_cpus-in-enable_cpucache.patch
extend-print_symbol-capability-fix.patch
i386-use-page-allocator-to-allocate-thread_info-structure.patch
slub-core.patch
slub-fix-numa-bootstrap.patch
slub-use-correct-flags-to-check-for-dma-cache.patch
slub-treat-slab_hwcache_align-as-a-mininum-and-not-as-the-alignment.patch
slub-core-minor-fixes.patch
slub-core-use-enum-for-tracking-modes-instead-of-integers.patch
slub-core-fix-another-numa-bootstrap-issue.patch
slub-core-fix-object-counting.patch
slub-core-drop-version-number.patch
slub-core-tidy.patch
slub-core-tidy-2.patch
slub-core-tidy-3.patch
slub-core-tidy-4.patch
slub-core-tidy-5.patch
slub-core-tidy-6.patch
slub-core-tidy-7.patch
slub-core-tidy-8.patch
slub-core-tidy-9.patch
slub-core-we-do-not-need-ifdef-config_smp-around-bit-spinlocks.patch
slub-core-printk-facility-level-cleanup.patch
slub-core-kmem_cache_close-is-static-and-should-not-be-exported.patch
slub-core-add-explanation-for-defrag_ratio-=-100.patch
slub-core-add-explanation-for-locking.patch
slub-core-add-explanation-for-locking-fix.patch
slub-core-explain-the-64k-limits.patch
slub-core-explain-sizing-of-slabs-in-detail.patch
slub-core-explain-sizing-of-slabs-in-detail-fix.patch
slub-core-add-checks-for-interrupts-disabled.patch
slub-core-use-__print_symbol-instead-of-kallsyms_lookup.patch
slub-core-missing-inlines-and-statics.patch
slub-fix-cpu-slab-flushing-behavior-so-that-counters-match.patch
slub-extract-finish_bootstrap-function-for-clean-sysfs-boot.patch
slub-core-fix-kmem_cache_destroy.patch
slub-core-fix-validation.patch
slub-core-add-after-object-padding.patch
slub-core-resiliency-fixups.patch
slub-core-resiliency-fixups-fix.patch
slub-core-resiliency-test.patch
slub-add-slabinfo-tool.patch
slub-add-slabinfo-tool-update-slabinfoc.patch
make-page-private-usable-in-compound-pages-v1.patch
make-page-private-usable-in-compound-pages-v1-hugetlb-fix.patch
optimize-compound_head-by-avoiding-a-shared-page.patch
add-virt_to_head_page-and-consolidate-code-in-slab-and-slub.patch
slub-fix-object-tracking.patch
slub-enable-tracking-of-full-slabs.patch
slub-enable-tracking-of-full-slabs-fix.patch
slub-enable-tracking-of-full-slabs-add-checks-for-interrupts-disabled.patch
slub-validation-of-slabs-metadata-and-guard-zones.patch
slub-validation-of-slabs-metadata-and-guard-zones-fix-pageerror-checks-during-validation.patch
slub-add-ability-to-list-alloc--free-callers-per-slab.patch
slub-add-ability-to-list-alloc--free-callers-per-slab-tidy.patch
slub-user-documentation.patch
slub-user-documentation-fix.patch
slub-mm-only-make-slub-the-default-slab-allocator.patch
remove-object-activities-out-of-checking-functions.patch
quicklists-for-page-table-pages.patch
quicklists-for-page-table-pages-avoid-useless-virt_to_page-conversion.patch
quicklist-support-for-ia64.patch
quicklist-support-for-x86_64.patch
quicklist-support-for-sparc64.patch
slab-shutdown-cache_reaper-when-cpu-goes-down.patch
mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch
readahead-state-based-method-aging-accounting.patch
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