slab: Introduce kmalloc_nolock() and kfree_nolock().

kmalloc_nolock() relies on ability of local_trylock_t to detect
the situation when per-cpu kmem_cache is locked.

In !PREEMPT_RT local_(try)lock_irqsave(&s->cpu_slab->lock, flags)
disables IRQs and marks s->cpu_slab->lock as acquired.
local_lock_is_locked(&s->cpu_slab->lock) returns true when
slab is in the middle of manipulating per-cpu cache
of that specific kmem_cache.

kmalloc_nolock() can be called from any context and can re-enter
into ___slab_alloc():
  kmalloc() -> ___slab_alloc(cache_A) -> irqsave -> NMI -> bpf ->
    kmalloc_nolock() -> ___slab_alloc(cache_B)
or
  kmalloc() -> ___slab_alloc(cache_A) -> irqsave -> tracepoint/kprobe -> bpf ->
    kmalloc_nolock() -> ___slab_alloc(cache_B)

Hence the caller of ___slab_alloc() checks if &s->cpu_slab->lock
can be acquired without a deadlock before invoking the function.
If that specific per-cpu kmem_cache is busy the kmalloc_nolock()
retries in a different kmalloc bucket. The second attempt will
likely succeed, since this cpu locked different kmem_cache.

Similarly, in PREEMPT_RT local_lock_is_locked() returns true when
per-cpu rt_spin_lock is locked by current _task_. In this case
re-entrance into the same kmalloc bucket is unsafe, and
kmalloc_nolock() tries a different bucket that is most likely is
not locked by the current task. Though it may be locked by a
different task it's safe to rt_spin_lock() and sleep on it.

Similar to alloc_pages_nolock() the kmalloc_nolock() returns NULL
immediately if called from hard irq or NMI in PREEMPT_RT.

kfree_nolock() defers freeing to irq_work when local_lock_is_locked()
and (in_nmi() or in PREEMPT_RT).

SLUB_TINY config doesn't use local_lock_is_locked() and relies on
spin_trylock_irqsave(&n->list_lock) to allocate,
while kfree_nolock() always defers to irq_work.

Note, kfree_nolock() must be called _only_ for objects allocated
with kmalloc_nolock(). Debug checks (like kmemleak and kfence)
were skipped on allocation, hence obj = kmalloc(); kfree_nolock(obj);
will miss kmemleak/kfence book keeping and will cause false positives.
large_kmalloc is not supported by either kmalloc_nolock()
or kfree_nolock().

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
index 890011071f2b..acdc8cb0152e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kasan.h
+++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static __always_inline bool kasan_slab_pre_free(struct kmem_cache *s,
 }
 
 bool __kasan_slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object, bool init,
-		       bool still_accessible);
+		       bool still_accessible, bool no_quarantine);
 /**
  * kasan_slab_free - Poison, initialize, and quarantine a slab object.
  * @object: Object to be freed.
@@ -226,11 +226,13 @@ bool __kasan_slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object, bool init,
  * @Return true if KASAN took ownership of the object; false otherwise.
  */
 static __always_inline bool kasan_slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s,
-						void *object, bool init,
-						bool still_accessible)
+					    void *object, bool init,
+					    bool still_accessible,
+					    bool no_quarantine)
 {
 	if (kasan_enabled())
-		return __kasan_slab_free(s, object, init, still_accessible);
+		return __kasan_slab_free(s, object, init, still_accessible,
+					 no_quarantine);
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -427,7 +429,8 @@ static inline bool kasan_slab_pre_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
 }
 
 static inline bool kasan_slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
-				   bool init, bool still_accessible)
+				   bool init, bool still_accessible,
+				   bool no_quarantine)
 {
 	return false;
 }