mm: slub: fix slub_debug disabling for list of slabs

Vijayanand Jitta reports:

  Consider the scenario where CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is set and we would
  want to disable slub_debug for few slabs. Using boot parameter with
  slub_debug=-,slab_name syntax doesn't work as expected i.e; only
  disabling debugging for the specified list of slabs. Instead it
  disables debugging for all slabs, which is wrong.

This patch fixes it by delaying the moment when the global slub_debug
flags variable is updated.  In case a "slub_debug=-,slab_name" has been
passed, the global flags remain as initialized (depending on
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON enabled or disabled) and are not simply reset to 0.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Vijayanand Jitta <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Vijayanand Jitta <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Vinayak Menon <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

Author: tehcaster

mm/slub.c

@@ -1400,12 +1400,13 @@ parse_slub_debug_flags(char *str, slab_flags_t *flags, char **slabs, bool init)
 static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str)
 {
 	slab_flags_t flags;
+	slab_flags_t global_flags;
 	char *saved_str;
 	char *slab_list;
 	bool global_slub_debug_changed = false;
 	bool slab_list_specified = false;
 
-	slub_debug = DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS;
+	global_flags = DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS;
 	if (*str++ != '=' || !*str)
 		/*
 		 * No options specified. Switch on full debugging.
@@ -1417,7 +1418,7 @@ static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str)
 		str = parse_slub_debug_flags(str, &flags, &slab_list, true);
 
 		if (!slab_list) {
-			slub_debug = flags;
+			global_flags = flags;
 			global_slub_debug_changed = true;
 		} else {
 			slab_list_specified = true;
@@ -1426,16 +1427,18 @@ static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str)
 
 	/*
 	 * For backwards compatibility, a single list of flags with list of
-	 * slabs means debugging is only enabled for those slabs, so the global
-	 * slub_debug should be 0. We can extended that to multiple lists as
+	 * slabs means debugging is only changed for those slabs, so the global
+	 * slub_debug should be unchanged (0 or DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS, depending
+	 * on CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON). We can extended that to multiple lists as
 	 * long as there is no option specifying flags without a slab list.
 	 */
 	if (slab_list_specified) {
 		if (!global_slub_debug_changed)
-			slub_debug = 0;
+			global_flags = slub_debug;
 		slub_debug_string = saved_str;
 	}
 out:
+	slub_debug = global_flags;
 	if (slub_debug != 0 || slub_debug_string)
 		static_branch_enable(&slub_debug_enabled);
 	else