Re: BUG: kworker + systemd-udevd memory leaks found in 6.1.0-rc4

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 04:35:10AM +0100, Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:
> On 10. 11. 2022. 10:20, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 05:57:57AM +0100, Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:
> > > On 04. 11. 2022. 11:40, Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Dear Sirs,
> > > > 
> > > > When building a RPM 6.1.0-rc3 for AlmaLinux 8.6, I have enabled
> > > > CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
> > > > and the result showed an unreferenced object in kworker process:
> > > > 
> > > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
> > > > unreferenced object 0xffffa01dabff6100 (size 16):
> > > >    comm "kworker/u12:4", pid 400, jiffies 4294894771 (age 5284.956s)
> > > >    hex dump (first 16 bytes):
> > > >      6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0.......
> > > >    backtrace:
> > > >      [<000000009ff951f6>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x380/0x4e0
> > > >      [<00000000451f4268>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x55/0x150
> > > >      [<0000000005472512>] kstrdup+0x36/0x70
> > > >      [<000000002f797ac4>] kstrdup_const+0x28/0x30
> > > >      [<00000000e3f86581>] kvasprintf_const+0x78/0xa0
> > > >      [<00000000e15920f7>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x23/0xa0
> > > >      [<000000004158a6c0>] dev_set_name+0x53/0x70
> > > >      [<000000001a120541>] memstick_check+0xff/0x384 [memstick]
> > > >      [<00000000122bb894>] process_one_work+0x214/0x3f0
> > > >      [<00000000fcf282cc>] worker_thread+0x34/0x3d0
> > > >      [<0000000002409855>] kthread+0xed/0x120
> > > >      [<000000007b02b4a3>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
> > > > unreferenced object 0xffffa01dabff6ec0 (size 16):
> > > >    comm "kworker/u12:4", pid 400, jiffies 4294894774 (age 5284.944s)
> > > >    hex dump (first 16 bytes):
> > > >      6d 65 6d 73 74 69 63 6b 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 memstick0.......
> > > >    backtrace:
> > > >      [<000000009ff951f6>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x380/0x4e0
> > > >      [<00000000451f4268>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x55/0x150
> > > >      [<0000000005472512>] kstrdup+0x36/0x70
> > > >      [<000000002f797ac4>] kstrdup_const+0x28/0x30
> > > >      [<00000000e3f86581>] kvasprintf_const+0x78/0xa0
> > > >      [<00000000e15920f7>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x23/0xa0
> > > >      [<000000004158a6c0>] dev_set_name+0x53/0x70
> > > >      [<000000001a120541>] memstick_check+0xff/0x384 [memstick]
> > > >      [<00000000122bb894>] process_one_work+0x214/0x3f0
> > > >      [<00000000fcf282cc>] worker_thread+0x34/0x3d0
> > > >      [<0000000002409855>] kthread+0xed/0x120
> > > >      [<000000007b02b4a3>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
> > > > #
> > > > 
> > > > Please fing the build config and lshw output attached.
> > > > 
> > > > dmesg is useless, as it is filled with events like:
> > > > 
> > > > [ 6068.996120] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 1, Code: 31, Value: 0
> > > > [ 6068.996121] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
> > > > [ 6069.124145] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 4, Code: 4, Value: 458762
> > > > [ 6069.124149] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 1, Code: 34, Value: 1
> > > > [ 6069.124150] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
> > > > [ 6069.196003] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 4, Code: 4, Value: 458762
> > > > [ 6069.196007] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 1, Code: 34, Value: 0
> > > > [ 6069.196009] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
> > > > [ 6069.788129] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 4, Code: 4, Value: 458792
> > > > [ 6069.788133] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 1, Code: 28, Value: 1
> > > > [ 6069.788135] evbug: Event. Dev: input4, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
> > > 
> > > This bug is confirmed in 6.1-rc4, among the "thermald" and "systemd-dev"
> > > kernel memory leaks, potentially exposing race conditions or other more
> > > serious bug.
> > 
> > How is a memory leak a race condition?
> > 
> > > The bug is now also confirmed and now manifested also in the Ubuntu 22.04
> > > LTS jammy 6.1-rc4 build.
> > > 
> > > Here is the kmemleak output:
> > > 
> > > unreferenced object 0xffff9242b13b3980 (size 64):
> > >    comm "kworker/5:3", pid 43106, jiffies 4305052439 (age 71828.792s)
> > >    hex dump (first 32 bytes):
> > >      80 8b a0 f0 42 92 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....B...........
> > >      20 86 a0 f0 42 92 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...B...........
> > >    backtrace:
> > >      [<00000000c5dea4db>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x380/0x4e0
> > >      [<000000002b17af47>] kmalloc_node_trace+0x27/0xa0
> > >      [<000000004c09eee5>] xhci_alloc_command+0x6e/0x180
> > 
> > This is a totally different backtrace from above, how are they related?
> > 
> > This looks like a potential xhci issue.  Can you use 'git bisect' to
> > track down the offending change that caused this?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Hello, Greg, Thorsten!
> 
> After multiple attempts, my box's UEFI refuses to run pre-4.17 kernels.
> The bisect shows the problem appeared before 4.17, so unless I find what is
> causing black screen when booting pre-4.17 kernels, it's a no-go ... :(

Ok, so I guess this has always been an issue, and is not a regression,
which is good.  Can you work with the memstick developers to find a
solution?

thanks,

greg k-h