2021-07-22 19:10:09

by Hridya Valsaraju

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Subject: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

This patch limits the size of total memory that can be requested in a
single allocation from the system heap. This would prevent a
buggy/malicious client from depleting system memory by requesting for an
extremely large allocation which might destabilize the system.

The limit is set to half the size of the device's total RAM which is the
same as what was set by the deprecated ION system heap.

Signed-off-by: Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>
---
drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
index b7fbce66bcc0..099f5a8304b4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@ static struct dma_buf *system_heap_do_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap,
struct page *page, *tmp_page;
int i, ret = -ENOMEM;

+ if (len / PAGE_SIZE > totalram_pages() / 2) {
+ pr_err("pid %d requested too large an allocation(size %lu) from system heap\n",
+ current->pid, len);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
+
buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(*buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buffer)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
--
2.32.0.432.gabb21c7263-goog


2021-08-03 02:19:32

by John Stultz

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]> wrote:
> This patch limits the size of total memory that can be requested in a
> single allocation from the system heap. This would prevent a
> buggy/malicious client from depleting system memory by requesting for an
> extremely large allocation which might destabilize the system.
>
> The limit is set to half the size of the device's total RAM which is the
> same as what was set by the deprecated ION system heap.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>

Seems sane to me, unless folks have better suggestions for allocation limits.

Reviewed-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>

thanks
-john

2021-08-03 23:21:08

by Hridya Valsaraju

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 7:18 PM John Stultz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This patch limits the size of total memory that can be requested in a
> > single allocation from the system heap. This would prevent a
> > buggy/malicious client from depleting system memory by requesting for an
> > extremely large allocation which might destabilize the system.
> >
> > The limit is set to half the size of the device's total RAM which is the
> > same as what was set by the deprecated ION system heap.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>
>
> Seems sane to me, unless folks have better suggestions for allocation limits.
>
> Reviewed-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>

Thank you for taking a look John!

Regards,
Hridya

>
> thanks
> -john

2021-08-10 11:34:59

by Sumit Semwal

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

Hi Hridya,

Apologies for the delay in responding;


On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 03:09, Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 7:18 PM John Stultz <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > This patch limits the size of total memory that can be requested in a
> > > single allocation from the system heap. This would prevent a
> > > buggy/malicious client from depleting system memory by requesting for an
> > > extremely large allocation which might destabilize the system.
> > >
> > > The limit is set to half the size of the device's total RAM which is the
> > > same as what was set by the deprecated ION system heap.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>
> >
> > Seems sane to me, unless folks have better suggestions for allocation limits.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>
>
> Thank you for taking a look John!
Looks good to me; I will apply it to drm-misc today.
>
> Regards,
> Hridya
>
> >
> > thanks
> > -john
Best,
Sumit.


--
Thanks and regards,

Sumit Semwal (he / him)
Tech Lead - LCG, Vertical Technologies
Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs

2021-08-10 11:44:49

by Daniel Vetter

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 01:54:41PM +0530, Sumit Semwal wrote:
> Hi Hridya,
>
> Apologies for the delay in responding.
>
> On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 03:09, Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 7:18 PM John Stultz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > This patch limits the size of total memory that can be requested in a
> > > > single allocation from the system heap. This would prevent a
> > > > buggy/malicious client from depleting system memory by requesting for
> > an
> > > > extremely large allocation which might destabilize the system.
> > > >
> > > > The limit is set to half the size of the device's total RAM which is
> > the
> > > > same as what was set by the deprecated ION system heap.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Seems sane to me, unless folks have better suggestions for allocation
> > limits.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>
> >
> > Thank you for taking a look John!
> >
> Looks good to me; I will apply it to drm-misc today.

Please don't, this doesn't really solve anything:
- it's easy to bypass, just allocate more buffers to get over the limit
- resource limit plan is cgroups, not hand-rolled limits in every
allocator
- the ttm "max half of system memory" is for pinned memory, to work around
locking inversion issues between dma_resv_lock and core mm shrinkers. It
does not actually impose an overall allocation limit, you can allocate
ttm bo until your entire memory (and swap) are full. Christian König has
merged a patch set to lift this by reworking the shrinker interaction,
but it had to be reverted again because of some fallout I can't remember
offhand. dma_resv_lock vs shrinkers is very tricky.

So if you want resource limits then you really want cgroups here.

Cheers, Daniel

>
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Hridya
> >
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > -john
> >
> Best,
> Sumit.
>
> --
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Sumit Semwal (he / him)
> Tech Lead - LCG, Vertical Technologies
> Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs

--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch

2021-08-10 18:18:50

by Hridya Valsaraju

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 1:40 AM Daniel Vetter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 01:54:41PM +0530, Sumit Semwal wrote:
> > Hi Hridya,
> >
> > Apologies for the delay in responding.
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 03:09, Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 7:18 PM John Stultz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > This patch limits the size of total memory that can be requested in a
> > > > > single allocation from the system heap. This would prevent a
> > > > > buggy/malicious client from depleting system memory by requesting for
> > > an
> > > > > extremely large allocation which might destabilize the system.
> > > > >
> > > > > The limit is set to half the size of the device's total RAM which is
> > > the
> > > > > same as what was set by the deprecated ION system heap.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Hridya Valsaraju <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > Seems sane to me, unless folks have better suggestions for allocation
> > > limits.
> > > >
> > > > Reviewed-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Thank you for taking a look John!
> > >
> > Looks good to me; I will apply it to drm-misc today.
>
> Please don't, this doesn't really solve anything:
> - it's easy to bypass, just allocate more buffers to get over the limit
> - resource limit plan is cgroups, not hand-rolled limits in every
> allocator
> - the ttm "max half of system memory" is for pinned memory, to work around
> locking inversion issues between dma_resv_lock and core mm shrinkers. It
> does not actually impose an overall allocation limit, you can allocate
> ttm bo until your entire memory (and swap) are full. Christian König has
> merged a patch set to lift this by reworking the shrinker interaction,
> but it had to be reverted again because of some fallout I can't remember
> offhand. dma_resv_lock vs shrinkers is very tricky.
>
> So if you want resource limits then you really want cgroups here.

Thanks Daniel and Sumit, that makes sense. Once the GPU memory
accounting cgroups are ready, we should be able to set the limit using
the same.

Regards,
Hridya

>
> Cheers, Daniel
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Hridya
> > >
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > > -john
> > >
> > Best,
> > Sumit.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks and regards,
> >
> > Sumit Semwal (he / him)
> > Tech Lead - LCG, Vertical Technologies
> > Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs
>
> --
> Daniel Vetter
> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> http://blog.ffwll.ch