11066386ef
When slub_debug=O is set. It is possible to clear debug flags for an
"unmergeable" slab cache in kmem_cache_open(). It makes the "unmergeable"
cache became "mergeable" in sysfs_slab_add().
These caches will generate their "unique IDs" by create_unique_id(), but
it is possible to create identical unique IDs. In my experiment,
sgpool-128, names_cache, biovec-256 generate the same ID ":Ft-0004096" and
the kernel reports "sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename
'/kernel/slab/:Ft-0004096'".
To repeat my experiment, set disable_higher_order_debug=1,
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y in kernel-4.14.
Fix this issue by setting unmergeable=1 if slub_debug=O and the the
default slub_debug contains any no-merge flags.
call path:
kmem_cache_create()
__kmem_cache_alias() -> we set SLAB_NEVER_MERGE flags here
create_cache()
__kmem_cache_create()
kmem_cache_open() -> clear DEBUG_METADATA_FLAGS
sysfs_slab_add() -> the slab cache is mergeable now
sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/kernel/slab/:Ft-0004096'
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at fs/sysfs/dir.c:31 sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x7c
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 4.14.0-rc7ajb-00131-gd4c2e9f-dirty #123
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
task: ffffffc07d4e0080 task.stack: ffffff8008008000
PC is at sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x7c
LR is at sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x7c
pc : lr : pstate: 60000145
Call trace:
sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x7c
sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x98/0xa0
kobject_add_internal+0xa0/0x294
kobject_init_and_add+0x90/0xb4
sysfs_slab_add+0x90/0x200
__kmem_cache_create+0x26c/0x438
kmem_cache_create+0x164/0x1f4
sg_pool_init+0x60/0x100
do_one_initcall+0x38/0x12c
kernel_init_freeable+0x138/0x1d4
kernel_init+0x10/0xfc
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1510365805-5155-1-git-send-email-miles.chen@mediatek.com
Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@mediatek.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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