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Harry Yoo 29659497e1 mm/slab: avoid allocating slabobj_ext array from its own slab 
[ Upstream commit 280ea9c315 ]

When allocating slabobj_ext array in alloc_slab_obj_exts(), the array
can be allocated from the same slab we're allocating the array for.
This led to obj_exts_in_slab() incorrectly returning true [1],
although the array is not allocated from wasted space of the slab.

Vlastimil Babka observed that this problem should be fixed even when
ignoring its incompatibility with obj_exts_in_slab(), because it creates
slabs that are never freed as there is always at least one allocated
object.

To avoid this, use the next kmalloc size or large kmalloc when
the array can be allocated from the same cache we're allocating
the array for.

In case of random kmalloc caches, there are multiple kmalloc caches
for the same size and the cache is selected based on the caller address.
Because it is fragile to ensure the same caller address is passed to
kmalloc_slab(), kmalloc_noprof(), and kmalloc_node_noprof(), bump the
size to (s->object_size + 1) when the sizes are equal, instead of
directly comparing the kmem_cache pointers.

Note that this doesn't happen when memory allocation profiling is
disabled, as when the allocation of the array is triggered by memory
cgroup (KMALLOC_CGROUP), the array is allocated from KMALLOC_NORMAL.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202601231457.f7b31e09-lkp@intel.com [1]
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 4b87369646 ("mm/slab: add allocation accounting into slab allocation and free paths")
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260126125714.88008-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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