Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751969AbaFFOrC (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:47:02 -0400 Received: from qmta10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.17]:53201 "EHLO qmta10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751622AbaFFOrB (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:47:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:46:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Christoph Lameter To: Vladimir Davydov cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com, rientjes@google.com, penberg@kernel.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org, mhocko@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm v2 5/8] slub: make slab_free non-preemptable In-Reply-To: <7cd6784a36ed997cc6631615d98e11e02e811b1b.1402060096.git.vdavydov@parallels.com> Message-ID: References: <7cd6784a36ed997cc6631615d98e11e02e811b1b.1402060096.git.vdavydov@parallels.com> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Vladimir Davydov wrote: > This patch makes SLUB's implementation of kmem_cache_free > non-preemptable. As a result, synchronize_sched() will work as a barrier > against kmem_cache_free's in flight, so that issuing it before cache > destruction will protect us against the use-after-free. Subject: slub: reenable preemption before the freeing of slabs from slab_free I would prefer to call the page allocator with preemption enabled if possible. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Index: linux/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/slub.c 2014-05-29 11:45:32.065859887 -0500 +++ linux/mm/slub.c 2014-06-06 09:45:12.822480834 -0500 @@ -1998,6 +1998,7 @@ if (n) spin_unlock(&n->list_lock); + preempt_enable(); while (discard_page) { page = discard_page; discard_page = discard_page->next; @@ -2006,6 +2007,7 @@ discard_slab(s, page); stat(s, FREE_SLAB); } + preempt_disable(); #endif } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/