Re: Can kfree() sleep at runtime?

[Jia-Ju Bai]

On 2018/5/31 22:09, Christopher Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2018, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
>
> > I write a static analysis tool (DSAC), and it finds that kfree() can sleep.
> That should not happen.
>
> > Here is the call path for kfree().
> > Please look at it *from the bottom up*.
> >
> > [FUNC] alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL)
> > arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c, 756: alloc_pages in split_large_page
> > arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c, 1283: split_large_page in __change_page_attr
> > arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c, 1391: __change_page_attr in __change_page_attr_set_clr
> > arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c, 2014: __change_page_attr_set_clr in __set_pages_np
> > arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c, 2034: __set_pages_np in __kernel_map_pages
> > ./include/linux/mm.h, 2488: __kernel_map_pages in kernel_map_pages
> > mm/page_alloc.c, 1074: kernel_map_pages in free_pages_prepare
> mapping pages in the page allocator can cause allocations?? How did that
> get in there?

Thanks for reply :)
I am also confused about it.

I get in here according to the definition of free_pages_prepare():
1022. static bool free_pages_prepare(...) {
             ...
1072.    arch_free_page(page, order);
1073.    kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
1074.    kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0); // *Here*
1075.    kasan_free_pages(page, order);
1076.
1077.    return true;
1078. }


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai