Merge branch 'slub-tiny-v1r6' into slab/for-next

Merge my series [1] to deprecate the SLOB allocator.
- Renames CONFIG_SLOB to CONFIG_SLOB_DEPRECATED with deprecation notice.
- The recommended replacement is CONFIG_SLUB, optionally with the new
  CONFIG_SLUB_TINY tweaks for systems with 16MB or less RAM.
- Use cases that stopped working with CONFIG_SLUB_TINY instead of SLOB
  should be reported to linux-mm@kvack.org and slab maintainers,
  otherwise SLOB will be removed in few cycles.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221121171202.22080-1-vbabka@suse.cz/

arch/arm/configs/clps711x_defconfig

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_EDB7211=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_P720T=y
 CONFIG_AEABI=y
 # CONFIG_COREDUMP is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y

arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE="noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2 fbcon=rotate:1"
 CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y
 CONFIG_PM=y
 # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y

arch/arm/configs/multi_v4t_defconfig

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ CONFIG_ARM_CLPS711X_CPUIDLE=y
 CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y
 CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
 # CONFIG_COREDUMP is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK=y

arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
 # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y

arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
 CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARTITION=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y

arch/arm/configs/tct_hammer_defconfig

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y

arch/arm/configs/xcep_defconfig

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_BLOCK is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
 CONFIG_NET=y

arch/openrisc/configs/or1ksim_defconfig

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ CONFIG_EXPERT=y
 # CONFIG_AIO is not set
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 # CONFIG_BLOCK is not set
 CONFIG_OPENRISC_BUILTIN_DTB="or1ksim"

arch/openrisc/configs/simple_smp_defconfig

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ CONFIG_EXPERT=y
 # CONFIG_AIO is not set
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 # CONFIG_BLOCK is not set
 CONFIG_OPENRISC_BUILTIN_DTB="simple_smp"

arch/riscv/configs/nommu_k210_defconfig

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN=y
 CONFIG_NONPORTABLE=y

arch/riscv/configs/nommu_k210_sdcard_defconfig

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN=y
 CONFIG_NONPORTABLE=y

arch/riscv/configs/nommu_virt_defconfig

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ CONFIG_EXPERT=y
 # CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_SOC_VIRT=y
 CONFIG_NONPORTABLE=y

arch/sh/configs/rsk7201_defconfig

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_PID_NS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_AIO is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set

arch/sh/configs/rsk7203_defconfig

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_PID_NS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set

arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y

arch/sh/configs/shmin_defconfig

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 # CONFIG_FUTEX is not set
 # CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
 # CONFIG_SHMEM is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
 CONFIG_CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7706=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_START=0x0c000000

arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_PID_NS=y
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_KPROBES=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y

include/linux/slab.h

@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@
 
 /* The following flags affect the page allocator grouping pages by mobility */
 /* Objects are reclaimable */
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
 #define SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT	((slab_flags_t __force)0x00020000U)
+#else
+#define SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT	((slab_flags_t __force)0)
+#endif
 #define SLAB_TEMPORARY		SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT	/* Objects are short-lived */
 
 /*
@@ -336,12 +340,17 @@ enum kmalloc_cache_type {
 #endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 	KMALLOC_CGROUP = KMALLOC_NORMAL,
-#else
-	KMALLOC_CGROUP,
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
+	KMALLOC_RECLAIM = KMALLOC_NORMAL,
+#else
 	KMALLOC_RECLAIM,
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 	KMALLOC_DMA,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+	KMALLOC_CGROUP,
 #endif
 	NR_KMALLOC_TYPES
 };

include/linux/slab_def.h

@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	unsigned int *random_seq;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 	unsigned int useroffset;	/* Usercopy region offset */
 	unsigned int usersize;		/* Usercopy region size */
+#endif
 
 	struct kmem_cache_node *node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 };

include/linux/slub_def.h

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ enum stat_item {
 	CPU_PARTIAL_DRAIN,	/* Drain cpu partial to node partial */
 	NR_SLUB_STAT_ITEMS };
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
 /*
  * When changing the layout, make sure freelist and tid are still compatible
  * with this_cpu_cmpxchg_double() alignment requirements.
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ struct kmem_cache_cpu {
 	unsigned stat[NR_SLUB_STAT_ITEMS];
 #endif
 };
+#endif /* CONFIG_SLUB_TINY */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
 #define slub_percpu_partial(c)		((c)->partial)
@@ -88,7 +90,9 @@ struct kmem_cache_order_objects {
  * Slab cache management.
  */
 struct kmem_cache {
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
 	struct kmem_cache_cpu __percpu *cpu_slab;
+#endif
 	/* Used for retrieving partial slabs, etc. */
 	slab_flags_t flags;
 	unsigned long min_partial;
@@ -136,13 +140,15 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	struct kasan_cache kasan_info;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 	unsigned int useroffset;	/* Usercopy region offset */
 	unsigned int usersize;		/* Usercopy region size */
+#endif
 
 	struct kmem_cache_node *node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSFS) && !defined(CONFIG_SLUB_TINY)
 #define SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
 void sysfs_slab_unlink(struct kmem_cache *);
 void sysfs_slab_release(struct kmem_cache *);

kernel/configs/tiny.config

@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ=y
 # CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4 is not set
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
-# CONFIG_SLUB is not set
-CONFIG_SLOB=y
+# CONFIG_SLOB_DEPRECATED is not set
+CONFIG_SLUB=y
+CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y

lib/Kconfig.kasan

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ menuconfig KASAN
 		     (HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_SW_TAGS && CC_HAS_KASAN_SW_TAGS)) && \
 		    CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE_ADDRESS) || \
 		   HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_HW_TAGS
-	depends on (SLUB && SYSFS) || (SLAB && !DEBUG_SLAB)
+	depends on (SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY) || (SLAB && !DEBUG_SLAB)
 	select STACKDEPOT_ALWAYS_INIT
 	help
 	  Enables KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) - a dynamic memory safety

mm/Kconfig

@@ -219,17 +219,43 @@ config SLUB
 	   and has enhanced diagnostics. SLUB is the default choice for
 	   a slab allocator.
 
-config SLOB
+config SLOB_DEPRECATED
 	depends on EXPERT
-	bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)"
+	bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator - DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on !PREEMPT_RT
 	help
+	   Deprecated and scheduled for removal in a few cycles. SLUB
+	   recommended as replacement. CONFIG_SLUB_TINY can be considered
+	   on systems with 16MB or less RAM.
+
+	   If you need SLOB to stay, please contact linux-mm@kvack.org and
+	   people listed in the SLAB ALLOCATOR section of MAINTAINERS file,
+	   with your use case.
+
 	   SLOB replaces the stock allocator with a drastically simpler
 	   allocator. SLOB is generally more space efficient but
 	   does not perform as well on large systems.
 
 endchoice
 
+config SLOB
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on SLOB_DEPRECATED
+
+config SLUB_TINY
+	bool "Configure SLUB for minimal memory footprint"
+	depends on SLUB && EXPERT
+	select SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
+	help
+	   Configures the SLUB allocator in a way to achieve minimal memory
+	   footprint, sacrificing scalability, debugging and other features.
+	   This is intended only for the smallest system that had used the
+	   SLOB allocator and is not recommended for systems with more than
+	   16MB RAM.
+
+	   If unsure, say N.
+
 config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
 	bool "Allow slab caches to be merged"
 	default y
@@ -247,7 +273,7 @@ config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
 
 config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
 	bool "Randomize slab freelist"
-	depends on SLAB || SLUB
+	depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY)
 	help
 	  Randomizes the freelist order used on creating new pages. This
 	  security feature reduces the predictability of the kernel slab
@@ -255,7 +281,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
 
 config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
 	bool "Harden slab freelist metadata"
-	depends on SLAB || SLUB
+	depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY)
 	help
 	  Many kernel heap attacks try to target slab cache metadata and
 	  other infrastructure. This options makes minor performance
@@ -267,7 +293,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
 config SLUB_STATS
 	default n
 	bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
-	depends on SLUB && SYSFS
+	depends on SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
 	help
 	  SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
 	  order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
@@ -279,7 +305,7 @@ config SLUB_STATS
 
 config SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
 	default y
-	depends on SLUB && SMP
+	depends on SLUB && SMP && !SLUB_TINY
 	bool "SLUB per cpu partial cache"
 	help
 	  Per cpu partial caches accelerate objects allocation and freeing

mm/Kconfig.debug

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config DEBUG_SLAB
 config SLUB_DEBUG
 	default y
 	bool "Enable SLUB debugging support" if EXPERT
-	depends on SLUB && SYSFS
+	depends on SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
 	select STACKDEPOT if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 	help
 	  SLUB has extensive debug support features. Disabling these can

mm/slab.h

@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	unsigned int size;	/* The aligned/padded/added on size  */
 	unsigned int align;	/* Alignment as calculated */
 	slab_flags_t flags;	/* Active flags on the slab */
-	unsigned int useroffset;/* Usercopy region offset */
-	unsigned int usersize;	/* Usercopy region size */
 	const char *name;	/* Slab name for sysfs */
 	int refcount;		/* Use counter */
 	void (*ctor)(void *);	/* Called on object slot creation */

mm/slab_common.c

@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ int slab_unmergeable(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (s->ctor)
 		return 1;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 	if (s->usersize)
 		return 1;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * We may have set a slab to be unmergeable during bootstrap.
@@ -223,8 +225,10 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_cache(const char *name,
 	s->size = s->object_size = object_size;
 	s->align = align;
 	s->ctor = ctor;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 	s->useroffset = useroffset;
 	s->usersize = usersize;
+#endif
 
 	err = __kmem_cache_create(s, flags);
 	if (err)
@@ -317,7 +321,8 @@ kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
 	flags &= CACHE_CREATE_MASK;
 
 	/* Fail closed on bad usersize of useroffset values. */
-	if (WARN_ON(!usersize && useroffset) ||
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY) ||
+	    WARN_ON(!usersize && useroffset) ||
 	    WARN_ON(size < usersize || size - usersize < useroffset))
 		usersize = useroffset = 0;
 
@@ -595,8 +600,8 @@ void kmem_dump_obj(void *object)
 		ptroffset = ((char *)object - (char *)kp.kp_objp) - kp.kp_data_offset;
 		pr_cont(" pointer offset %lu", ptroffset);
 	}
-	if (kp.kp_slab_cache && kp.kp_slab_cache->usersize)
-		pr_cont(" size %u", kp.kp_slab_cache->usersize);
+	if (kp.kp_slab_cache && kp.kp_slab_cache->object_size)
+		pr_cont(" size %u", kp.kp_slab_cache->object_size);
 	if (kp.kp_ret)
 		pr_cont(" allocated at %pS\n", kp.kp_ret);
 	else
@@ -640,8 +645,10 @@ void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name,
 		align = max(align, size);
 	s->align = calculate_alignment(flags, align, size);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 	s->useroffset = useroffset;
 	s->usersize = usersize;
+#endif
 
 	err = __kmem_cache_create(s, flags);
 
@@ -766,10 +773,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_size_roundup);
 #define KMALLOC_CGROUP_NAME(sz)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
+#define KMALLOC_RCL_NAME(sz)	.name[KMALLOC_RECLAIM] = "kmalloc-rcl-" #sz,
+#else
+#define KMALLOC_RCL_NAME(sz)
+#endif
+
 #define INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(__size, __short_size)			\
 {								\
 	.name[KMALLOC_NORMAL]  = "kmalloc-" #__short_size,	\
-	.name[KMALLOC_RECLAIM] = "kmalloc-rcl-" #__short_size,	\
+	KMALLOC_RCL_NAME(__short_size)				\
 	KMALLOC_CGROUP_NAME(__short_size)			\
 	KMALLOC_DMA_NAME(__short_size)				\
 	.size = __size,						\
@@ -855,7 +868,7 @@ void __init setup_kmalloc_cache_index_table(void)
 static void __init
 new_kmalloc_cache(int idx, enum kmalloc_cache_type type, slab_flags_t flags)
 {
-	if (type == KMALLOC_RECLAIM) {
+	if ((KMALLOC_RECLAIM != KMALLOC_NORMAL) && (type == KMALLOC_RECLAIM)) {
 		flags |= SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT;
 	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) && (type == KMALLOC_CGROUP)) {
 		if (mem_cgroup_kmem_disabled()) {