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Steven Rostedt (VMware) dc0f003274 ring-buffer: Check if memory is available before allocation 
commit 2a872fa4e9 upstream.

The ring buffer is made up of a link list of pages. When making the ring
buffer bigger, it will allocate all the pages it needs before adding to the
ring buffer, and if it fails, it frees them and returns an error. This makes
increasing the ring buffer size an all or nothing action. When this was
first created, the pages were allocated with "NORETRY". This was to not
cause any Out-Of-Memory (OOM) actions from allocating the ring buffer. But
NORETRY was too strict, as the ring buffer would fail to expand even when
there's memory available, but was taken up in the page cache.

Commit 848618857d ("tracing/ring_buffer: Try harder to allocate") changed
the allocating from NORETRY to RETRY_MAYFAIL. The RETRY_MAYFAIL would
allocate from the page cache, but if there was no memory available, it would
simple fail the allocation and not trigger an OOM.

This worked fine, but had one problem. As the ring buffer would allocate one
page at a time, it could take up all memory in the system before it failed
to allocate and free that memory. If the allocation is happening and the
ring buffer allocates all memory and then tries to take more than available,
its allocation will not trigger an OOM, but if there's any allocation that
happens someplace else, that could trigger an OOM, even though once the ring
buffer's allocation fails, it would free up all the previous memory it tried
to allocate, and allow other memory allocations to succeed.

Commit d02bd27bd3 ("mm/page_alloc.c: calculate 'available' memory in a
separate function") separated out si_mem_availble() as a separate function
that could be used to see how much memory is available in the system. Using
this function to make sure that the ring buffer could be allocated before it
tries to allocate pages we can avoid allocating all memory in the system and
making it vulnerable to OOMs if other allocations are taking place.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1522320104-6573-1-git-send-email-zhaoyang.huang@spreadtrum.com

CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Fixes: 848618857d ("tracing/ring_buffer: Try harder to allocate")
Requires: d02bd27bd3 ("mm/page_alloc.c: calculate 'available' memory in a separate function")
Reported-by: Zhaoyang Huang <huangzhaoyang@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 		2018-04-24 09:36:32 +02:00
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bpf bpf: skip unnecessary capability check 2018-03-28 18:24:50 +02:00
cgroup cgroup: fix rule checking for threaded mode switching 2018-03-28 18:24:37 +02:00
configs ANDROID: binder: add hwbinder,vndbinder to BINDER_DEVICES. 2017-08-22 18:43:23 -07:00
debug kdb: Fix handling of kallsyms_symbol_next() return value 2017-12-14 09:52:58 +01:00
events perf/core: Fix use-after-free in uprobe_perf_close() 2018-04-19 08:56:17 +02:00
gcov License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
irq genirq: Guard handle_bad_irq log messages 2018-03-03 10:24:31 +01:00
livepatch License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
locking locking/locktorture: Fix num reader/writer corner cases 2018-03-19 08:42:56 +01:00
power PM / s2idle: Clear the events_check_enabled flag 2017-12-20 10:10:23 +01:00
printk License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
rcu rcu: Export init_rcu_head() and destroy_rcu_head() to GPL modules 2018-02-16 20:23:11 +01:00
sched sched: Stop resched_cpu() from sending IPIs to offline CPUs 2018-03-19 08:42:49 +01:00
time posix-timers: Protect posix clock array access against speculation 2018-03-28 18:24:46 +02:00
trace ring-buffer: Check if memory is available before allocation 2018-04-24 09:36:32 +02:00
.gitignore
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Kconfig.freezer
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Kconfig.hz
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Kconfig.locks
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Kconfig.preempt
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Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
acct.c kernel/acct.c: fix the acct->needcheck check in check_free_space() 2018-01-10 09:31:17 +01:00
async.c kernel/async.c: revert "async: simplify lowest_in_progress()" 2018-02-16 20:23:05 +01:00
audit.c audit: ensure that 'audit=1' actually enables audit for PID 1 2017-12-17 15:08:00 +01:00
audit.h ipc: mqueue: Replace timespec with timespec64 2017-09-03 20:21:24 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit_tree.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
audit_watch.c audit/stable-4.13 PR 20170816 2017-08-16 16:48:34 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: kernel generated netlink traffic should have a portid of 0 2017-05-02 10:16:05 -04:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'work.ipc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-09-14 17:37:26 -07:00
backtracetest.c
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bounds.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
capability.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
compat.c semtimedop(): move compat to native 2017-07-15 20:46:47 -04:00
configs.c
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context_tracking.c
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cpu.c timers: Reinitialize per cpu bases on hotplug 2018-01-02 20:31:15 +01:00
cpu_pm.c PM / CPU: replace raw_notifier with atomic_notifier 2017-07-31 13:09:49 +02:00
crash_core.c kdump: write correct address of mem_section into vmcoreinfo 2018-01-17 09:45:27 +01:00
crash_dump.c
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cred.c doc: ReSTify credentials.txt 2017-05-18 10:30:19 -06:00
delayacct.c delayacct: Account blkio completion on the correct task 2018-01-23 19:58:13 +01:00
dma.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
elfcore.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
exec_domain.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
exit.c kernel/exit.c: export abort() to modules 2018-02-13 10:19:49 +01:00
extable.c extable: Enable RCU if it is not watching in kernel_text_address() 2017-09-23 16:50:20 -04:00
fork.c kmemcheck: stop using GFP_NOTRACK and SLAB_NOTRACK 2018-02-22 15:42:23 +01:00
freezer.c
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futex.c futex: Fix OWNER_DEAD fixup 2018-02-03 17:38:47 +01:00
futex_compat.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
groups.c kernel: make groups_sort calling a responsibility group_info allocators 2017-12-20 10:10:18 +01:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: defer showing held locks 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
irq_work.c
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jump_label.c jump_label: Invoke jump_label_test() via early_initcall() 2017-12-14 09:53:13 +01:00
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: replace all_var with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL) 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
kcmp.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kcov.c kcov: detect double association with a single task 2018-02-25 11:07:50 +01:00
kexec.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
kexec_core.c x86/mm, kexec: Allow kexec to be used with SME 2017-07-18 11:38:04 +02:00
kexec_file.c kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
kexec_internal.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kmod.c kmod: move #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES wrapper to Makefile 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Use synchronize_rcu_tasks() for optprobe with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y 2017-12-10 13:40:40 +01:00
ksysfs.c kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c: kthread_worker: don't hog the cpu 2017-08-31 16:33:15 -07:00
latencytop.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
memremap.c mm: Fix memory size alignment in devm_memremap_pages_release() 2018-02-22 15:42:27 +01:00
module-internal.h
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module.c module/retpoline: Warn about missing retpoline in module 2018-02-07 11:12:18 -08:00
module_signing.c
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notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: simplify expression 2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
nsproxy.c perf: Add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info 2017-03-13 15:57:41 -03:00
padata.c padata: Avoid nested calls to cpus_read_lock() in pcrypt_init_padata() 2017-05-26 10:10:37 +02:00
panic.c locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Implement fast refcount overflow protection 2017-08-17 10:40:26 +02:00
params.c kernel/params.c: improve STANDARD_PARAM_DEF readability 2017-10-03 17:54:26 -07:00
pid.c pids: make task_tgid_nr_ns() safe 2017-08-21 12:47:31 -07:00
pid_namespace.c userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces 2017-07-20 07:43:58 -05:00
profile.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ptrace.c signal: Remove kernel interal si_code magic 2017-07-24 14:30:28 -05:00
range.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
reboot.c
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relay.c kernel/relay.c: revert "kernel/relay.c: fix potential memory leak" 2018-02-16 20:23:05 +01:00
resource.c resource: fix integer overflow at reallocation 2018-04-24 09:36:22 +02:00
seccomp.c locking/barriers: Convert users of lockless_dereference() to READ_ONCE() 2017-12-25 14:26:21 +01:00
signal.c kmemcheck: stop using GFP_NOTRACK and SLAB_NOTRACK 2018-02-22 15:42:23 +01:00
smp.c treewide: make "nr_cpu_ids" unsigned 2017-09-08 18:26:48 -07:00
smpboot.c watchdog/core, powerpc: Lock cpus across reconfiguration 2017-10-04 10:53:54 +02:00
smpboot.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
softirq.c kmemcheck: rip it out 2018-02-22 15:42:24 +01:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces 2017-03-08 09:18:02 +01:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_cpuslocked() 2017-05-26 10:10:36 +02:00
sys.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
sys_ni.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
sysctl.c kmemcheck: rip it out 2018-02-22 15:42:24 +01:00
sysctl_binary.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
task_work.c locking/barriers: Convert users of lockless_dereference() to READ_ONCE() 2017-12-25 14:26:21 +01:00
taskstats.c taskstats: add e/u/stime for TGID command 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
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torture.c torture: Fix typo suppressing CPU-hotplug statistics 2017-07-25 13:04:45 -07:00
tracepoint.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
tsacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Remove the atomicity from ucount->count 2017-03-06 15:26:37 -06:00
uid16.c kernel: make groups_sort calling a responsibility group_info allocators 2017-12-20 10:10:18 +01:00
umh.c kmod: split out umh code into its own file 2017-09-08 18:26:50 -07:00
up.c smp: Avoid using two cache lines for struct call_single_data 2017-08-29 15:14:38 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
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user.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/user.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
user_namespace.c userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces 2017-07-20 07:43:58 -05:00
utsname.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sched/headers: Remove <linux/rwsem.h> from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-03 01:45:36 +01:00
watchdog.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
watchdog_hld.c Merge branch 'linus' into core/urgent, to pick up dependent commits 2017-11-04 08:53:04 +01:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Allow retrieval of current task's work struct 2018-03-15 10:54:29 +01:00
workqueue_internal.h Merge branch 'for-4.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2017-11-06 12:26:49 -08:00