kfence: move the size check to the beginning of __kfence_alloc()
authorAlexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 22:50:11 +0000 (15:50 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:43:28 +0000 (17:43 -0700)
Check the allocation size before toggling kfence_allocation_gate.

This way allocations that can't be served by KFENCE will not result in
waiting for another CONFIG_KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL without allocating
anything.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210714092222.1890268-1-glider@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Suggested-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [5.12+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/kfence/core.c

index d7666ac..2623ff4 100644 (file)
@@ -733,6 +733,13 @@ void kfence_shutdown_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 void *__kfence_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
+       /*
+        * Perform size check before switching kfence_allocation_gate, so that
+        * we don't disable KFENCE without making an allocation.
+        */
+       if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
+               return NULL;
+
        /*
         * allocation_gate only needs to become non-zero, so it doesn't make
         * sense to continue writing to it and pay the associated contention
@@ -757,9 +764,6 @@ void *__kfence_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
        if (!READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled))
                return NULL;
 
-       if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-               return NULL;
-
        return kfence_guarded_alloc(s, size, flags);
 }