Memory profiling can be shut down due to reasons like a failure during
initialization. When this happens, the user should not be able to
re-enable it. Current sysctrl interface does not handle this properly
and will allow re-enabling memory profiling. Fix this by checking for
this condition during sysctrl write operation.
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
---
lib/alloc_tag.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/alloc_tag.c b/lib/alloc_tag.c
index 95688c4cba7a..79891528e7b6 100644
--- a/lib/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/lib/alloc_tag.c
@@ -767,6 +767,16 @@ struct page_ext_operations page_alloc_tagging_ops = {
EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_alloc_tagging_ops);
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+static int proc_mem_profiling_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ if (!mem_profiling_support && write)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return proc_do_static_key(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
+
static struct ctl_table memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls[] = {
{
.procname = "mem_profiling",
@@ -776,7 +786,7 @@ static struct ctl_table memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls[] = {
#else
.mode = 0644,
#endif
- .proc_handler = proc_do_static_key,
+ .proc_handler = proc_mem_profiling_handler,
},
};
--
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
On 10/09/2025 00:34, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> Memory profiling can be shut down due to reasons like a failure during
> initialization. When this happens, the user should not be able to
> re-enable it. Current sysctrl interface does not handle this properly
> and will allow re-enabling memory profiling. Fix this by checking for
> this condition during sysctrl write operation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> ---
> lib/alloc_tag.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Acked-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
> diff --git a/lib/alloc_tag.c b/lib/alloc_tag.c
> index 95688c4cba7a..79891528e7b6 100644
> --- a/lib/alloc_tag.c
> +++ b/lib/alloc_tag.c
> @@ -767,6 +767,16 @@ struct page_ext_operations page_alloc_tagging_ops = {
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_alloc_tagging_ops);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
nit: might be good to add a comment here that we are not using default as we dont want to enable
it back if it fails once. But not worth a respin as someone can always check git log if curious.
> +static int proc_mem_profiling_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> + void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> + if (!mem_profiling_support && write)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + return proc_do_static_key(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> +}
> +
> +
> static struct ctl_table memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls[] = {
> {
> .procname = "mem_profiling",
> @@ -776,7 +786,7 @@ static struct ctl_table memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls[] = {
> #else
> .mode = 0644,
> #endif
> - .proc_handler = proc_do_static_key,
> + .proc_handler = proc_mem_profiling_handler,
> },
> };
>
On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 10/09/2025 00:34, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > Memory profiling can be shut down due to reasons like a failure during
> > initialization. When this happens, the user should not be able to
> > re-enable it. Current sysctrl interface does not handle this properly
> > and will allow re-enabling memory profiling. Fix this by checking for
> > this condition during sysctrl write operation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> > ---
> > lib/alloc_tag.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
>
> Acked-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > diff --git a/lib/alloc_tag.c b/lib/alloc_tag.c
> > index 95688c4cba7a..79891528e7b6 100644
> > --- a/lib/alloc_tag.c
> > +++ b/lib/alloc_tag.c
> > @@ -767,6 +767,16 @@ struct page_ext_operations page_alloc_tagging_ops = {
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_alloc_tagging_ops);
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
>
> nit: might be good to add a comment here that we are not using default as we dont want to enable
> it back if it fails once. But not worth a respin as someone can always check git log if curious.
Ok, if I respin the series will add it. Thanks!
>
> > +static int proc_mem_profiling_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> > + void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> > +{
> > + if (!mem_profiling_support && write)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + return proc_do_static_key(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> > +}
> > +
> > +
> > static struct ctl_table memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls[] = {
> > {
> > .procname = "mem_profiling",
> > @@ -776,7 +786,7 @@ static struct ctl_table memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls[] = {
> > #else
> > .mode = 0644,
> > #endif
> > - .proc_handler = proc_do_static_key,
> > + .proc_handler = proc_mem_profiling_handler,
> > },
> > };
> >
>
On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 04:34:08PM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > Memory profiling can be shut down due to reasons like a failure during > initialization. When this happens, the user should not be able to > re-enable it. Current sysctrl interface does not handle this properly > and will allow re-enabling memory profiling. Fix this by checking for > this condition during sysctrl write operation. > > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
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