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Currently, there is a race between zs_free() and zs_reclaim_page():
zs_reclaim_page() finds a handle to an allocated object, but before the
eviction happens, an independent zs_free() call to the same handle could
come in and overwrite the object value stored at the handle with the last
deferred handle. When zs_reclaim_page() finally gets to call the eviction
handler, it will see an invalid object value (i.e the previous deferred
handle instead of the original object value).
This race happens quite infrequently. We only managed to produce it with
out-of-tree developmental code that triggers zsmalloc writeback with a
much higher frequency than usual.
This patch fixes this race by storing the deferred handle in the object
header instead. We differentiate the deferred handle from the other two
cases (handle for allocated object, and linkage for free object) with a
new tag. If zspage reclamation succeeds, we will free these deferred
handles by walking through the zspage objects. On the other hand, if
zspage reclamation fails, we reconstruct the zspage freelist (with the
deferred handle tag and allocated tag) before trying again with the
reclamation.
[arnd@arndb.de: avoid unused-function warning]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230117170507.2651972-1-arnd@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230110231701.326724-1-nphamcs@gmail.com
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| arch | ||
| block | ||
| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| Documentation | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| io_uring | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| .rustfmt.toml | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.