From d345bd2e9834e2da505977e154a1c179c793b7b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brauner Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:56:24 +0200 Subject: mm: add kmem_cache_create_rcu() When a kmem cache is created with SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU the free pointer must be located outside of the object because we don't know what part of the memory can safely be overwritten as it may be needed to prevent object recycling. That has the consequence that SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU may end up adding a new cacheline. This is the case for e.g., struct file. After having it shrunk down by 40 bytes and having it fit in three cachelines we still have SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU adding a fourth cacheline because it needs to accommodate the free pointer. Add a new kmem_cache_create_rcu() function that allows the caller to specify an offset where the free pointer is supposed to be placed. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240828-work-kmem_cache-rcu-v3-2-5460bc1f09f6@kernel.org Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- include/linux/slab.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/slab.h') diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index eb2bf4629157..5b2da2cf31a8 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ enum _slab_flag_bits { #define SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT __SLAB_FLAG_UNUSED #endif +/* + * freeptr_t represents a SLUB freelist pointer, which might be encoded + * and not dereferenceable if CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED is enabled. + */ +typedef struct { unsigned long v; } freeptr_t; + /* * ZERO_SIZE_PTR will be returned for zero sized kmalloc requests. * @@ -242,6 +248,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name, slab_flags_t flags, unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize, void (*ctor)(void *)); +struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_rcu(const char *name, unsigned int size, + unsigned int freeptr_offset, + slab_flags_t flags); void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s); int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *s); -- cgit