On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 07:01:04AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > > > > On April 1, 2025 12:30:46 AM PDT, Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >While investigating a kcompactd 100% CPU utilization issue in production, I > > >observed frequent costly high-order (order-6) page allocations triggered by > > >proc file reads from monitoring tools. This can be reproduced with a simple > > >test case: > > > > > > fd = open(PROC_FILE, O_RDONLY); > > > size = read(fd, buff, 256KB); > > > close(fd); > > > > > >Although we should modify the monitoring tools to use smaller buffer sizes, > > >we should also enhance the kernel to prevent these expensive high-order > > >allocations. > > > > > >Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> > > >Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >--- > > > fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 10 +++++++++- > > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > >diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c > > >index cc9d74a06ff0..c53ba733bda5 100644 > > >--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c > > >+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c > > >@@ -581,7 +581,15 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_call_handler(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, > > > error = -ENOMEM; > > > if (count >= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) > > > goto out; > > >- kbuf = kvzalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL); > > >+ > > >+ /* > > >+ * Use vmalloc if the count is too large to avoid costly high-order page > > >+ * allocations. > > >+ */ > > >+ if (count < (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)) > > >+ kbuf = kvzalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL); > > > > Why not move this check into kvmalloc family? > > Hmm should this check really be in kvmalloc family? Modifying the existing kvmalloc functions risks performance regressions. Could we instead introduce a new variant like vkmalloc() (favoring vmalloc over kmalloc) or kvmalloc_costless()? > > I don't think users would expect kvmalloc() to implictly decide on using > vmalloc() without trying kmalloc() first, just because it's a high-order > allocation. > -- Regards Yafang
