Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] dm: Use kzalloc for all structs with embedded biosets/mempools | From | Jens Axboe <> | Date | Tue, 5 Jun 2018 08:22:22 -0600 |
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On 6/5/18 3:26 AM, Kent Overstreet wrote: > mempool_init()/bioset_init() require that the mempools/biosets be zeroed > first; they probably should not _require_ this, but not allocating those > structs with kzalloc is a fairly nonsensical thing to do (calling > mempool_exit()/bioset_exit() on an uninitialized mempool/bioset is legal > and safe, but only works if said memory was zeroed.) > > Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> > --- > > Linus, > > I fucked up majorly on the bioset/mempool conversion - I forgot to check that > everything biosets/mempools were being embedded in was actually being zeroed on > allocation. Device mapper currently explodes, you'll probably want to apply this > patch post haste. > > I have now done that auditing, for every single conversion - this patch fixes > everything I found. There do not seem to be any incorrect ones outside of device > mapper... > > We'll probably want a second patch that either a) changes > bioset_init()/mempool_init() to zero the passed in bioset/mempool first, or b) > my preference, WARN() or BUG() if they're passed memory that isn't zeroed.
Odd, haven't seen a crash, but probably requires kasan or poisoning to trigger anything? Mike's tree also had the changes, since they were based on the block tree.
I can queue this up and ship it later today. Mike, you want to review this one?
-- Jens Axboe
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