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author | Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> | 2025-07-31 02:57:18 -0700 |
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committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2025-08-05 13:28:46 -0700 |
commit | 47b0f6d8f0d2be4d311a49e13d2fd5f152f492b2 (patch) | |
tree | 6aa5bbebf1ab90c4c176142c6c82be94f31c3c35 /tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | |
parent | 475356fe2814f2f0b188da8bf0f1fcc579d81272 (diff) |
mm/kmemleak: avoid deadlock by moving pr_warn() outside kmemleak_lock
When netpoll is enabled, calling pr_warn_once() while holding
kmemleak_lock in mem_pool_alloc() can cause a deadlock due to lock
inversion with the netconsole subsystem. This occurs because
pr_warn_once() may trigger netpoll, which eventually leads to
__alloc_skb() and back into kmemleak code, attempting to reacquire
kmemleak_lock.
This is the path for the deadlock.
mem_pool_alloc()
-> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags);
-> pr_warn_once()
-> netconsole subsystem
-> netpoll
-> __alloc_skb
-> __create_object
-> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags);
Fix this by setting a flag and issuing the pr_warn_once() after
kmemleak_lock is released.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250731-kmemleak_lock-v1-1-728fd470198f@debian.org
Fixes: c5665868183f ("mm: kmemleak: use the memory pool for early allocations")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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