Add PF_NOFS debugging flag

PF_NOFS is a per-process debug flag which is set in current->flags to
detect when a process is performing an unsafe allocation.  All tasks
with PF_NOFS set must strictly use KM_PUSHPAGE for allocations because
if they enter direct reclaim and initiate I/O they may deadlock.

When debugging is disabled, any incorrect usage will be detected and
a call stack with a warning will be printed to the console.  The flags
will then be automatically corrected to allow for safe execution.  If
debugging is enabled this will be treated as a fatal condition.

To avoid any risk of conflicting with the existing PF_ flags.  The
PF_NOFS bit shadows the rarely used PF_MUTEX_TESTER bit.  Only when
CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER is not set, and we know this bit is unused,
will the PF_NOFS bit be valid.  Happily, most existing distributions
ship a kernel with CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER disabled.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
This commit is contained in:
Brian Behlendorf 2012-08-18 12:42:28 -07:00
parent 500e95c884
commit eb0f407a2b

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@ -55,6 +55,47 @@
# define __GFP_ZERO 0x8000
#endif
/*
* PF_NOFS is a per-process debug flag which is set in current->flags to
* detect when a process is performing an unsafe allocation. All tasks
* with PF_NOFS set must strictly use KM_PUSHPAGE for allocations because
* if they enter direct reclaim and initiate I/O the may deadlock.
*
* When debugging is disabled, any incorrect usage will be detected and
* a call stack with warning will be printed to the console. The flags
* will then be automatically corrected to allow for safe execution. If
* debugging is enabled this will be treated as a fatal condition.
*
* To avoid any risk of conflicting with the existing PF_ flags. The
* PF_NOFS bit shadows the rarely used PF_MUTEX_TESTER bit. Only when
* CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER is not set, and we know this bit is unused,
* will the PF_NOFS bit be valid. Happily, most existing distributions
* ship a kernel with CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER disabled.
*/
#if !defined(CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER) && defined(PF_MUTEX_TESTER)
# define PF_NOFS PF_MUTEX_TESTER
static inline void
sanitize_flags(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t *flags)
{
if (unlikely((p->flags & PF_NOFS) && (*flags & (__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS)))) {
# ifdef NDEBUG
SDEBUG_LIMIT(SD_CONSOLE | SD_WARNING, "Fixing allocation for "
"task %s (%d) which used GFP flags 0x%x with PF_NOFS set\n",
p->comm, p->pid, flags);
spl_debug_dumpstack(p);
*flags &= ~(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS);
# else
PANIC("FATAL allocation for task %s (%d) which used GFP "
"flags 0x%x with PF_NOFS set\n", p->comm, p->pid, flags);
# endif /* NDEBUG */
}
}
#else
# define PF_NOFS 0x00000000
# define sanitize_flags(p, fl) ((void)0)
#endif /* !defined(CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER) && defined(PF_MUTEX_TESTER) */
/*
* __GFP_NOFAIL looks like it will be removed from the kernel perhaps as
* early as 2.6.32. To avoid this issue when it occurs in upstream kernels
@ -67,6 +108,8 @@ kmalloc_nofail(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
void *ptr;
sanitize_flags(current, &flags);
do {
ptr = kmalloc(size, flags);
} while (ptr == NULL && (flags & __GFP_WAIT));
@ -79,6 +122,8 @@ kzalloc_nofail(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
void *ptr;
sanitize_flags(current, &flags);
do {
ptr = kzalloc(size, flags);
} while (ptr == NULL && (flags & __GFP_WAIT));
@ -92,6 +137,8 @@ kmalloc_node_nofail(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
#ifdef HAVE_KMALLOC_NODE
void *ptr;
sanitize_flags(current, &flags);
do {
ptr = kmalloc_node(size, flags, node);
} while (ptr == NULL && (flags & __GFP_WAIT));
@ -107,6 +154,8 @@ vmalloc_nofail(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
void *ptr;
sanitize_flags(current, &flags);
/*
* Retry failed __vmalloc() allocations once every second. The
* rational for the delay is that the likely failure modes are: