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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/Kconfig.debug | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 53 |
2 files changed, 52 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug index fa6d79281368..a35ab6c55192 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig.debug +++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug @@ -19,12 +19,17 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC Depending on runtime enablement, this results in a small or large slowdown, but helps to find certain types of memory corruption. + Also, the state of page tracking structures is checked more often as + pages are being allocated and freed, as unexpected state changes + often happen for same reasons as memory corruption (e.g. double free, + use-after-free). + For architectures which don't enable ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, fill the pages with poison patterns after free_pages() and verify - the patterns before alloc_pages(). Additionally, - this option cannot be enabled in combination with hibernation as - that would result in incorrect warnings of memory corruption after - a resume because free pages are not saved to the suspend image. + the patterns before alloc_pages(). Additionally, this option cannot + be enabled in combination with hibernation as that would result in + incorrect warnings of memory corruption after a resume because free + pages are not saved to the suspend image. By default this option will have a small overhead, e.g. by not allowing the kernel mapping to be backed by large pages on some diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 3180d79be20c..26b6ad8b065d 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1160,19 +1160,36 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page, } #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM -static inline bool free_pcp_prepare(struct page *page) +/* + * With DEBUG_VM enabled, order-0 pages are checked immediately when being freed + * to pcp lists. With debug_pagealloc also enabled, they are also rechecked when + * moved from pcp lists to free lists. + */ +static bool free_pcp_prepare(struct page *page) { return free_pages_prepare(page, 0, true); } -static inline bool bulkfree_pcp_prepare(struct page *page) +static bool bulkfree_pcp_prepare(struct page *page) { - return false; + if (debug_pagealloc_enabled()) + return free_pages_check(page); + else + return false; } #else +/* + * With DEBUG_VM disabled, order-0 pages being freed are checked only when + * moving from pcp lists to free list in order to reduce overhead. With + * debug_pagealloc enabled, they are checked also immediately when being freed + * to the pcp lists. + */ static bool free_pcp_prepare(struct page *page) { - return free_pages_prepare(page, 0, false); + if (debug_pagealloc_enabled()) + return free_pages_prepare(page, 0, true); + else + return free_pages_prepare(page, 0, false); } static bool bulkfree_pcp_prepare(struct page *page) @@ -2035,23 +2052,39 @@ static inline bool free_pages_prezeroed(void) } #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM -static bool check_pcp_refill(struct page *page) +/* + * With DEBUG_VM enabled, order-0 pages are checked for expected state when + * being allocated from pcp lists. With debug_pagealloc also enabled, they are + * also checked when pcp lists are refilled from the free lists. + */ +static inline bool check_pcp_refill(struct page *page) { - return false; + if (debug_pagealloc_enabled()) + return check_new_page(page); + else + return false; } -static bool check_new_pcp(struct page *page) +static inline bool check_new_pcp(struct page *page) { return check_new_page(page); } #else -static bool check_pcp_refill(struct page *page) +/* + * With DEBUG_VM disabled, free order-0 pages are checked for expected state + * when pcp lists are being refilled from the free lists. With debug_pagealloc + * enabled, they are also checked when being allocated from the pcp lists. + */ +static inline bool check_pcp_refill(struct page *page) { return check_new_page(page); } -static bool check_new_pcp(struct page *page) +static inline bool check_new_pcp(struct page *page) { - return false; + if (debug_pagealloc_enabled()) + return check_new_page(page); + else + return false; } #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_VM */ |