[PATCH v2] alloc_tag: fix undetected compressed tag overflow when profiling is disabled
Hao Ge <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 20:20:38 +0800
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.mm,gmane.linux.kernel.stable |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In reserve_module_tags(), the tag overflow check is gated on
mem_alloc_profiling_enabled():
if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() && !tags_addressable())
If profiling is toggled off at runtime and a module is loaded whose
tags exceed the compressed-mode limit, shutdown_mem_profiling() is
skipped. vm_module_tags_populate() still maps memory for the tags and
the module loads successfully, but the total tag count now exceeds what
NR_UNUSED_PAGEFLAG_BITS can address.
Once profiling is re-enabled, ref_to_idx() computes each tag's index
as its position in the alloc_tag array. update_page_tag_ref() masks
it to alloc_tag_ref_mask before storing in page->flags. Indices
beyond the mask are truncated and idx_to_ref() resolves them to wrong
tags.
mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() and mem_profiling_compressed are
independent. Once compressed mode is established at boot, it stays
active regardless of runtime toggles of mem_profiling.
Remove the mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() guard. Also return an error
after shutdown_mem_profiling() to skip vm_module_tags_populate(), as
the mapped pages would never be reused - shutdown_mem_profiling() sets
mem_profiling_support to false, so no future module load enters the
codetag path.
Fixes: 4835f747d3ed ("alloc_tag: support for page allocation tag compression")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Return error after shutdown_mem_profiling() to skip unnecessary
vm_module_tags_populate()
v1 link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
---
mm/alloc_tag.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
index 52aece27b00e..d8c36430f1c0 100644
--- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
@@ -904,10 +904,11 @@ static void *reserve_module_tags(struct module *mod, unsigned long size,
int grow_res;
module_tags.size = offset + size;
- if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() && !tags_addressable()) {
+ if (!tags_addressable()) {
shutdown_mem_profiling(true);
pr_warn("With module %s there are too many tags to fit in %d page flag bits. Memory allocation profiling is disabled!\n",
mod->name, NR_UNUSED_PAGEFLAG_BITS);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
}
grow_res = vm_module_tags_populate();
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