Re: [PATCH 01/18] lib/stackdepot: fix setting next_slab_inited in init_stack_slab

[Alexander Potapenko]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 9:49 PM <andrey.konovalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In commit 305e519ce48e ("lib/stackdepot.c: fix global out-of-bounds in
> stack_slabs"), init_stack_slab was changed to only use preallocated
> memory for the next slab if the slab number limit is not reached.
> However, setting next_slab_inited was not moved together with updating
> stack_slabs.
>
> Set next_slab_inited only if the preallocated memory was used for the
> next slab.
>
> Fixes: 305e519ce48e ("lib/stackdepot.c: fix global out-of-bounds in stack_slabs")
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>

Wait, I think there's a problem here.

> diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
> index 79e894cf8406..0eed9bbcf23e 100644
> --- a/lib/stackdepot.c
> +++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
> @@ -105,12 +105,13 @@ static bool init_stack_slab(void **prealloc)
>                 if (depot_index + 1 < STACK_ALLOC_MAX_SLABS) {
If we get to this branch, but the condition is false, this means that:
 - next_slab_inited == 0
 - depot_index == STACK_ALLOC_MAX_SLABS+1
 - stack_slabs[depot_index] != NULL.

So stack_slabs[] is at full capacity, but upon leaving
init_stack_slab() we'll always keep next_slab_inited==0.

Now every time __stack_depot_save() is called for a known stack trace,
it will preallocate 1<<STACK_ALLOC_ORDER pages (because
next_slab_inited==0), then find the stack trace id in the hash, then
pass the preallocated pages to init_stack_slab(), which will not
change the value of next_slab_inited.
Then the preallocated pages will be freed, and next time
__stack_depot_save() is called they'll be allocated again.