Re: [PATCH] alloc_tag: add ioctl to /proc/allocinfo -fix

On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM Abhishek Bapat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Move the `inaccurate` filtering criteria from `struct allocinfo_tag` to
> `struct allocinfo_filter`. Also fix a typo in the selftest added to
> validate the introduced feature.
>
> This is a fixup patch to resolve a pending comment left by sashiko on
> the patch series starting with Commit bc3da70ba4d9 ("alloc_tag: add ioctl
> to /proc/allocinfo").
>
> Note, sashiko also left a valid comment on the selftest about the sscanf
> in the test skipping loaded modules, however, it was a deliberate design
> choice. The modules were kept out of the test baseline on purpose as
> dunamic module loading/unloading can trigger content_id mismatches
> (which can cause flakiness). Since the IOCTL logic itself function
> regardless of whether the codetag is in vmlinux or a loadable module,
> stocking to stable built-in targets keeps the tests robust.
>
> Fixes: b011dfc9f8d6 ("alloc_tag: add accuracy based filtering to ioctl")
> Fixes: 359316c50445 ("kselftest: alloc_tag: add kselftest for ioctl interface")
> Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/[email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]>

> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h                           | 4 ++--
>  mm/alloc_tag.c                                           | 2 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
> index 270f693b1822..e3ad94444864 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
> @@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ struct allocinfo_tag {
>         char function[ALLOCINFO_STR_SIZE];
>         char filename[ALLOCINFO_STR_SIZE];
>         __u64 lineno;
> -       /* filter criteria only; see allocinfo_counter.accurate for actual accuracy */
> -       __u64 inaccurate;
>  };
>
>  /* The alignment ensures 32-bit compatible interfaces are not broken */
> @@ -74,6 +72,8 @@ struct allocinfo_filter {
>         struct allocinfo_tag fields;
>         __u64 min_size;
>         __u64 max_size;
> +       /* filter criteria only; see allocinfo_counter.accurate for actual accuracy */
> +       __u64 inaccurate;
>  };
>
>  struct allocinfo_get_at {
> diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
> index 52aece27b00e..84c5c3783ca4 100644
> --- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
> +++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static bool matches_filter(struct codetag *ct, struct allocinfo_filter *filter,
>
>         if (filter->mask & ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_INACCURATE) {
>                 inaccurate = !!(ct->flags & CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE);
> -               if (inaccurate != !!(filter->fields.inaccurate))
> +               if (inaccurate != !!(filter->inaccurate))
>                         return false;
>         }
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c
> index 7d94abb785a1..74fd64b2370c 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>
>  /* kselftest for allocinfo ioctl
> - * allocinfo ioctl retrives allocinfo data through ioctl
> + * allocinfo ioctl retrieves allocinfo data through ioctl
>   * Copyright (C) 2026 Google, Inc.
>   */
>
>
> base-commit: 486855239e38a91d3eae26618ccb7845c1764625
> --
> 2.55.0.508.g3f0d502094-goog
>