* [PATCH 1/4] alloc_tag: Add trace events for tracing allocations
2026-09-21 21:26 [PATCH 0/4] alloc_tag: Introduce selective tracing for MAP Abhishek Bapat
@ 2026-09-21 21:26 ` Abhishek Bapat
2026-09-21 21:26 ` [PATCH 2/4] alloc_tag: Introduce IOCTLs to toggle allocation tracepoints Abhishek Bapat
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From: Abhishek Bapat @ 2026-09-21 21:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suren Baghdasaryan, Hao Ge, Andrew Morton
Cc: Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu, Mathieu Desnoyers,
linux-kernel, linux-mm, linux-trace-kernel, Shuah Khan,
Abhishek Bapat
The memory allocation profiling framework intercepts allocations across
the core subsystems, but currently lacks runtime tracing hooks for
standard observability tools to dynamically track the context (stack
traces and lifecycles of the individual memory chunks) of the
allocations made.
Introduce three standard trace events to allow this tracking:
1. `alloc_tag_hit`: Fired at the exact call site. This allows userspace
tools to trigger and capture a call stack.
2. `alloc_tag_mem_alloced`: Fired in alloc_tag_add upon successful
allocation. It records the allocated size, the tag, and the uniquely
generated codetag_ref metadata pointer.
3. `alloc_tag_mem_freed`: Fired in alloc_tag_sub right before memory is
freed, yielding the same codetag_ref to allow tracing tools to find
the corresponding allocation.
Because the introduced trace events occur at different stages in the
call stack, userspace tracing tools must stitch them together to form a
complete picture of a buffer's lifetime. Here's an example of how
userspace correlates these three events:
1. On `alloc_tag_hit`: The tool captures the stack trace and caches it,
keyed by the combination of the current thread's PID and the `tag`.
2. On `alloc_tag_mem_alloced`: The tool extracts the PID and `tag` from
the event and looks up the stack trace cached in step 1. It creates a
new active allocation record, mapping the new provided `codetag_ref`
to this cached stack trace and the newly returned allocation size.
3. On `alloc_tag_mem_freed`: When the memory is freed, the event yields
the same `codetag_ref`. The tool uses this reference to look up the
original allocation record, correlates the free, and safely retires
the tracking entry.
Also, introduce `alloc_tag_trace_key` static key to minimize the
overhead when no tags are being traced (the usual case). Once tracing
for any tag is requested, the key is set, opening the path to check
whether tracing is enabled for the current tag.
Nore that the mechanism to enabl tag tracing is implemented in the next
patch, therefore for now, `alloc_tag_trace_key` stays always unset.
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@google.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
include/linux/alloc_tag.h | 57 ++++++++++++---
include/trace/events/alloc_tag.h | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/alloc_tag.c | 28 +++++++
4 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/trace/events/alloc_tag.h
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 24420a8c06d0..29e1f7915cb9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17096,6 +17096,7 @@ S: Maintained
F: Documentation/mm/allocation-profiling.rst
F: include/linux/alloc_tag.h
F: include/linux/pgalloc_tag.h
+F: include/trace/events/alloc_tag.h
F: include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
F: mm/alloc_tag.c
F: tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/
diff --git a/include/linux/alloc_tag.h b/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
index 7f2d80a59792..2994934cf44a 100644
--- a/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
+++ b/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
@@ -128,12 +128,33 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct alloc_tag_counters, _shared_alloc_tag);
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT,
mem_alloc_profiling_key);
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(alloc_tag_trace_key);
+
static inline bool mem_alloc_profiling_enabled(void)
{
return static_branch_maybe(CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT,
&mem_alloc_profiling_key);
}
+static inline bool alloc_tag_trace_enabled(const struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ return static_branch_unlikely(&alloc_tag_trace_key);
+}
+
+void alloc_tag_trace_mem_alloc(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag,
+ size_t bytes);
+
+void alloc_tag_trace_mem_free(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag,
+ size_t bytes);
+
+void __alloc_tag_trace_hit(struct alloc_tag *tag);
+
+static inline void alloc_tag_trace_hit(struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ if (alloc_tag_trace_enabled(tag))
+ __alloc_tag_trace_hit(tag);
+}
+
bool mem_alloc_profiling_permanently_disabled(void);
static inline struct alloc_tag_counters alloc_tag_read(struct alloc_tag *tag)
@@ -200,8 +221,13 @@ static inline bool alloc_tag_ref_set(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *t
static inline void alloc_tag_add(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag, size_t bytes)
{
- if (likely(alloc_tag_ref_set(ref, tag)))
+ if (likely(alloc_tag_ref_set(ref, tag))) {
this_cpu_add(tag->counters->bytes, bytes);
+
+ if (alloc_tag_trace_enabled(tag))
+ /* Trace successful allocs with their unique ref */
+ alloc_tag_trace_mem_alloc(ref, tag, bytes);
+ }
}
static inline void alloc_tag_sub(union codetag_ref *ref, size_t bytes)
@@ -222,6 +248,10 @@ static inline void alloc_tag_sub(union codetag_ref *ref, size_t bytes)
this_cpu_sub(tag->counters->bytes, bytes);
this_cpu_dec(tag->counters->calls);
+ if (alloc_tag_trace_enabled(tag))
+ /* Trace frees with their unique ref */
+ alloc_tag_trace_mem_free(ref, tag, bytes);
+
ref->ct = NULL;
}
@@ -247,21 +277,24 @@ static inline void alloc_tag_add(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag,
static inline void alloc_tag_sub(union codetag_ref *ref, size_t bytes) {}
static inline void alloc_tag_set_inaccurate(struct alloc_tag *tag) {}
static inline bool alloc_tag_is_inaccurate(struct alloc_tag *tag) { return false; }
+#define alloc_tag_trace_hit(_tag) /* NOOP */
#define alloc_tag_record(p) do {} while (0)
#endif /* CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING */
-#define alloc_hooks_tag(_tag, _do_alloc) \
-({ \
- typeof(_do_alloc) _res; \
- if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled()) { \
- struct alloc_tag * __maybe_unused _old; \
- _old = alloc_tag_save(_tag); \
- _res = _do_alloc; \
- alloc_tag_restore(_tag, _old); \
- } else \
- _res = _do_alloc; \
- _res; \
+#define alloc_hooks_tag(_tag, _do_alloc) \
+({ \
+ typeof(_do_alloc) _res; \
+ if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled()) { \
+ struct alloc_tag * __maybe_unused _old; \
+ /* Fired here to cleanly capture the caller's stack trace */ \
+ alloc_tag_trace_hit(_tag); \
+ _old = alloc_tag_save(_tag); \
+ _res = _do_alloc; \
+ alloc_tag_restore(_tag, _old); \
+ } else \
+ _res = _do_alloc; \
+ _res; \
})
#define alloc_hooks(_do_alloc) \
diff --git a/include/trace/events/alloc_tag.h b/include/trace/events/alloc_tag.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af2182501864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/events/alloc_tag.h
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM alloc_tag
+
+#if !defined(_TRACE_ALLOC_TAG_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_ALLOC_TAG_H
+
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+/*
+ * alloc_tag_hit is generated at the exact allocation call site and can be
+ * used to capture a clean stack trace.
+ *
+ * To link this stack trace to the actual allocated memory chunk, tools must
+ * correlate this event with the resulting alloc_tag_mem_alloced event. Since
+ * multiple threads can hit the same tag simultaneously, tools must match BOTH
+ * the `tag` field and the implicitly recorded PID provided by the core
+ * tracing subsystem.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(alloc_tag_hit,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct alloc_tag *tag),
+
+ TP_ARGS(tag),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(struct alloc_tag *, tag)
+ __string(modname, tag->ct.modname ? tag->ct.modname : "NONE")
+ __string(filename, tag->ct.filename)
+ __string(function, tag->ct.function)
+ __field(unsigned int, lineno)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->tag = tag;
+ __assign_str(modname);
+ __assign_str(filename);
+ __assign_str(function);
+ __entry->lineno = tag->ct.lineno;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("tag %p, module: %s, filename: %s, function %s, lineno %u",
+ __entry->tag,
+ __get_str(modname),
+ __get_str(filename),
+ __get_str(function),
+ __entry->lineno
+ )
+);
+
+/*
+ * alloc_tag_mem_alloced is generated after memory is successfully allocated.
+ * It captures the exact byte size.
+ *
+ * The `ref` pointer identifies the memory chunk for tracking its lifecycle
+ * (e.g., matching it with alloc_tag_mem_freed).
+ *
+ * Because the kernel isolates active allocations within the task struct
+ * (current->alloc_tag), this even will always share the same implicit PID as
+ * its corresponding alloc_tag_hit event. Tools should use the combination
+ * PID + `tag` to correlate them.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(alloc_tag_mem_alloced,
+
+ TP_PROTO(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag, size_t bytes),
+
+ TP_ARGS(ref, tag, bytes),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(union codetag_ref *, ref)
+ __field(struct alloc_tag *, tag)
+ __field(size_t, bytes)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->ref = ref;
+ __entry->tag = tag;
+ __entry->bytes = bytes;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("reference %p, tag %p, bytes %zu",
+ __entry->ref,
+ __entry->tag,
+ __entry->bytes
+ )
+);
+
+/*
+ * alloc_tag_mem_freed event is generated immediately before memory is
+ * freed. The `ref` pointer matches the one emitted during allocation,
+ * allowing tools to match it to it's corresponding allocation and
+ * call stack.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(alloc_tag_mem_freed,
+
+ TP_PROTO(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag, size_t bytes),
+
+ TP_ARGS(ref, tag, bytes),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(union codetag_ref *, ref)
+ __field(struct alloc_tag *, tag)
+ __field(size_t, bytes)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->ref = ref;
+ __entry->tag = tag;
+ __entry->bytes = bytes;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("reference %p, tag %p, bytes %zu",
+ __entry->ref,
+ __entry->tag,
+ __entry->bytes
+ )
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_ALLOC_TAG_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>
diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
index f30ef8dd24c7..a5339767efd5 100644
--- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
#include <uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h>
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/alloc_tag.h>
+
#include "internal.h"
#include "page_alloc.h"
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_alloc_profiling_key);
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mem_profiling_compressed);
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(alloc_tag_trace_key);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_tag_trace_key);
+
struct alloc_tag_kernel_section kernel_tags = { NULL, 0 };
unsigned long alloc_tag_ref_mask;
int alloc_tag_ref_offs;
@@ -485,6 +491,28 @@ static const struct proc_ops allocinfo_proc_ops = {
#endif
};
+void __alloc_tag_trace_hit(struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ if (unlikely(!tag))
+ return;
+ trace_alloc_tag_hit(tag);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_tag_trace_hit);
+
+void alloc_tag_trace_mem_alloc(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag,
+ size_t bytes)
+{
+ trace_alloc_tag_mem_alloced(ref, tag, bytes);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_tag_trace_mem_alloc);
+
+void alloc_tag_trace_mem_free(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag,
+ size_t bytes)
+{
+ trace_alloc_tag_mem_freed(ref, tag, bytes);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_tag_trace_mem_free);
+
size_t alloc_tag_top_users(struct codetag_bytes *tags, size_t count, bool can_sleep)
{
struct codetag_iterator iter;
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
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From: Abhishek Bapat @ 2026-09-21 21:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suren Baghdasaryan, Hao Ge, Andrew Morton
Cc: Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu, Mathieu Desnoyers,
linux-kernel, linux-mm, linux-trace-kernel, Shuah Khan,
Abhishek Bapat
Introduce a new IOCTL (`ALLOCINFO_IOC_TOGGLE_TRACE`) to selectively
toggle tracing on exact allocation call sites. Userspace tools can
use the existing filtering mechanism to specify the set of tags to
toggle tracing for.
To facilitate low overhead execution for non-targeted call sites, add a
new `CODETAG_FLAG_TRACE_ON` flag to `struct codetag` to track per-site
activation. Protect these conditional branch evaluations using a global
`alloc_tag_trace_key` static branch and an inline static key check
pattern in the allocator hooks (`alloc_tag_add`, `alloc_tag_sub`, etc).
This ensures that the trace events are entirely skipped when no
allocation call sites are being actively traced, leaving only a NOP on
the allocation fast path.
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@google.com>
---
include/linux/alloc_tag.h | 39 ++++++++----
include/linux/codetag.h | 5 +-
include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h | 9 +++
mm/alloc_tag.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/alloc_tag.h b/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
index 2994934cf44a..dc86f8997476 100644
--- a/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
+++ b/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
@@ -136,9 +136,36 @@ static inline bool mem_alloc_profiling_enabled(void)
&mem_alloc_profiling_key);
}
+static inline void alloc_tag_set_inaccurate(struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ atomic_or(CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE, &tag->ct.flags);
+}
+
+static inline bool alloc_tag_is_inaccurate(struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ return !!(atomic_read(&tag->ct.flags) & CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE);
+}
+
+static inline void alloc_tag_set_traced(struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ atomic_or(CODETAG_FLAG_TRACE_ON, &tag->ct.flags);
+}
+
+static inline void alloc_tag_clear_traced(struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ atomic_andnot(CODETAG_FLAG_TRACE_ON, &tag->ct.flags);
+}
+
+static inline bool alloc_tag_is_traced(const struct alloc_tag *tag)
+{
+ return !!(atomic_read(&tag->ct.flags) & CODETAG_FLAG_TRACE_ON);
+}
+
static inline bool alloc_tag_trace_enabled(const struct alloc_tag *tag)
{
- return static_branch_unlikely(&alloc_tag_trace_key);
+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&alloc_tag_trace_key))
+ return tag && alloc_tag_is_traced(tag);
+ return false;
}
void alloc_tag_trace_mem_alloc(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag,
@@ -255,16 +282,6 @@ static inline void alloc_tag_sub(union codetag_ref *ref, size_t bytes)
ref->ct = NULL;
}
-static inline void alloc_tag_set_inaccurate(struct alloc_tag *tag)
-{
- tag->ct.flags |= CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE;
-}
-
-static inline bool alloc_tag_is_inaccurate(struct alloc_tag *tag)
-{
- return !!(tag->ct.flags & CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE);
-}
-
#define alloc_tag_record(p) ((p) = current->alloc_tag)
#else /* CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING */
diff --git a/include/linux/codetag.h b/include/linux/codetag.h
index a25a085c2df1..f728295d50c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/codetag.h
+++ b/include/linux/codetag.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct module;
/* codetag flags */
#define CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE (1 << 0)
+#define CODETAG_FLAG_TRACE_ON (1 << 1)
/*
* An instance of this structure is created in a special ELF section at every
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ struct module;
* an array of these.
*/
struct codetag {
- unsigned int flags;
+ atomic_t flags;
unsigned int lineno;
const char *modname;
const char *function;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ struct codetag_iterator {
.function = __func__, \
.filename = __FILE__, \
.lineno = __LINE__, \
- .flags = 0, \
+ .flags = ATOMIC_INIT(0), \
}
void codetag_lock_module_list(struct codetag_type *cttype);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
index 7d4618bea043..069ab8341e87 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
@@ -85,9 +85,16 @@ struct allocinfo_get_at {
struct allocinfo_tag_data data;
};
+struct allocinfo_toggle_traces {
+ /* inputs */
+ struct allocinfo_tag fields;
+ __u64 enable;
+};
+
#define _ALLOCINFO_IOC_CONTENT_ID 0
#define _ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_AT 1
#define _ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_NEXT 2
+#define _ALLOCINFO_IOC_TOGGLE_TRACE 3
#define ALLOCINFO_IOC_BASE 0xA6
#define ALLOCINFO_IOC_CONTENT_ID _IOR(ALLOCINFO_IOC_BASE, _ALLOCINFO_IOC_CONTENT_ID, \
@@ -96,5 +103,7 @@ struct allocinfo_get_at {
struct allocinfo_get_at)
#define ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_NEXT _IOR(ALLOCINFO_IOC_BASE, _ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_NEXT, \
struct allocinfo_tag_data)
+#define ALLOCINFO_IOC_TOGGLE_TRACE _IOW(ALLOCINFO_IOC_BASE, _ALLOCINFO_IOC_TOGGLE_TRACE, \
+ struct allocinfo_toggle_traces)
#endif /* _UAPI_ALLOC_TAG_H */
diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
index a5339767efd5..fb179321a2a1 100644
--- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mem_profiling_compressed);
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(alloc_tag_trace_key);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_tag_trace_key);
+static atomic_t alloc_tag_trace_cnt = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+/*
+ * As `codetag_lock_module_list` is a read lock, we need an additional mutex
+ * to protect against the race conditions involved in the alloc tag trace
+ * toggle path.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(alloc_tag_trace_mutex);
+
struct alloc_tag_kernel_section kernel_tags = { NULL, 0 };
unsigned long alloc_tag_ref_mask;
int alloc_tag_ref_offs;
@@ -297,7 +306,7 @@ static bool matches_filter(struct codetag *ct, struct allocinfo_filter *filter,
return false;
if (filter->mask & ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_INACCURATE) {
- inaccurate = !!(ct->flags & CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE);
+ inaccurate = alloc_tag_is_inaccurate(ct_to_alloc_tag(ct));
if (inaccurate != !!(filter->inaccurate))
return false;
}
@@ -444,6 +453,81 @@ static int allocinfo_ioctl_get_next(struct seq_file *m, void __user *arg)
return ret;
}
+static bool alloc_tag_trace_toggle(struct alloc_tag *tag, bool enable)
+{
+ if (enable) {
+ if (alloc_tag_is_traced(tag))
+ return false;
+
+ alloc_tag_set_traced(tag);
+ if (atomic_fetch_inc(&alloc_tag_trace_cnt) == 0)
+ static_branch_enable(&alloc_tag_trace_key);
+ } else {
+ if (!alloc_tag_is_traced(tag))
+ return false;
+
+ alloc_tag_clear_traced(tag);
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&alloc_tag_trace_cnt))
+ static_branch_disable(&alloc_tag_trace_key);
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Toggles context capture for a specified allocation.
+ */
+static int allocinfo_ioctl_toggle_trace(struct seq_file *m, void __user *arg)
+{
+ struct allocinfo_toggle_traces params;
+ struct codetag_iterator iter;
+ struct codetag *ct;
+ int matches = 0, successes = 0, ret;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(¶ms, arg, sizeof(params)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ codetag_lock_module_list(alloc_tag_cttype);
+
+ struct allocinfo_filter filter = {
+ .mask = ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MODNAME |
+ ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_FUNCTION |
+ ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_FILENAME |
+ ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_LINENO,
+ .fields = params.fields,
+ };
+
+ iter = codetag_get_ct_iter(alloc_tag_cttype);
+
+ /* Toggle tracing on all codetags that match */
+ while ((ct = codetag_next_ct(&iter))) {
+ if (matches_filter(ct, &filter, NULL, NULL)) {
+ matches++;
+
+ mutex_lock(&alloc_tag_trace_mutex);
+ if (alloc_tag_trace_toggle(ct_to_alloc_tag(ct), !!params.enable))
+ successes++;
+ mutex_unlock(&alloc_tag_trace_mutex);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (matches == 0)
+ /* Nothing matched the filter */
+ ret = -ENOENT;
+ else if (successes == 0)
+ /* Items matched, but were already in the requested state */
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ else
+ ret = 0;
+
+ codetag_unlock_module_list(alloc_tag_cttype);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
/*
* Entry point ioctl function for /proc/allocinfo routing requests to fetch the
* layout content ID, seek to a specific tag, or read sequential tags.
@@ -464,6 +548,9 @@ static long allocinfo_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
case ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_NEXT:
ret = allocinfo_ioctl_get_next(file->private_data, arg);
break;
+ case ALLOCINFO_IOC_TOGGLE_TRACE:
+ ret = allocinfo_ioctl_toggle_trace(file->private_data, arg);
+ break;
default:
ret = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
break;
@@ -493,8 +580,6 @@ static const struct proc_ops allocinfo_proc_ops = {
void __alloc_tag_trace_hit(struct alloc_tag *tag)
{
- if (unlikely(!tag))
- return;
trace_alloc_tag_hit(tag);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_tag_trace_hit);
@@ -1043,6 +1128,24 @@ static int load_module(struct module *mod, struct codetag *start, struct codetag
return 0;
}
+static void unload_module(struct module *mod, struct codetag *start, struct codetag *stop)
+{
+ struct alloc_tag *start_tag = ct_to_alloc_tag(start);
+ struct alloc_tag *stop_tag = ct_to_alloc_tag(stop);
+ struct alloc_tag *tag;
+
+ /*
+ * Turn tracing off for the tags of the module being unloaded. Without
+ * this, `alloc_tag_trace_cnt` would never reach zero and tracing would
+ * stay enabled forever.
+ *
+ * `alloc_tag_trace_mutex` is not needed here as this code path is
+ * protected by a `down_write(&cttype->mod_lock)`.
+ */
+ for (tag = start_tag; tag < stop_tag; tag++)
+ alloc_tag_trace_toggle(tag, false);
+}
+
static void replace_module(struct module *mod, struct module *new_mod)
{
MA_STATE(mas, &mod_area_mt, 0, module_tags.size);
@@ -1369,6 +1472,7 @@ static int __init alloc_tag_init(void)
.alloc_section_mem = reserve_module_tags,
.free_section_mem = release_module_tags,
.module_load = load_module,
+ .module_unload = unload_module,
.module_replaced = replace_module,
#endif
};
--
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2026-09-21 21:26 ` [PATCH 2/4] alloc_tag: Introduce IOCTLs to toggle allocation tracepoints Abhishek Bapat
@ 2026-09-21 21:26 ` Abhishek Bapat
2026-09-21 21:26 ` [PATCH 4/4] alloc_tag: add a test for trace state toggle and filtering Abhishek Bapat
3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Abhishek Bapat @ 2026-09-21 21:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suren Baghdasaryan, Hao Ge, Andrew Morton
Cc: Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu, Mathieu Desnoyers,
linux-kernel, linux-mm, linux-trace-kernel, Shuah Khan,
Abhishek Bapat
Extend the allocinfo filtering mechanism to allow users to filter tags
based on their trace state.
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@google.com>
---
include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h | 8 ++++++--
mm/alloc_tag.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
index 069ab8341e87..e65c32afceee 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ struct allocinfo_counter {
__u64 bytes;
__u64 calls;
__u8 accurate;
- __u8 pad[7];
+ __u8 trace_on;
+ __u8 pad[6];
} __attribute__((aligned(8)));
struct allocinfo_tag_data {
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ enum {
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_INACCURATE,
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MIN_SIZE,
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MAX_SIZE,
- __ALLOCINFO_FILTER_LAST = ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MAX_SIZE
+ ALLOCINFO_FILTER_TRACE_ON,
+ __ALLOCINFO_FILTER_LAST = ALLOCINFO_FILTER_TRACE_ON
};
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MODNAME (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MODNAME)
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ enum {
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_INACCURATE (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_INACCURATE)
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MIN_SIZE (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MIN_SIZE)
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MAX_SIZE (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MAX_SIZE)
+#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_TRACE_ON (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_TRACE_ON)
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASKS \
((1 << (__ALLOCINFO_FILTER_LAST + 1)) - 1)
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ struct allocinfo_filter {
__u64 max_size;
/* filter criteria only; see allocinfo_counter.accurate for actual accuracy */
__u64 inaccurate;
+ __u64 tracing;
};
struct allocinfo_get_at {
diff --git a/mm/alloc_tag.c b/mm/alloc_tag.c
index fb179321a2a1..50632b627d92 100644
--- a/mm/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/mm/alloc_tag.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ static void allocinfo_to_params(struct codetag *ct,
data->counter.bytes = counters->bytes;
data->counter.calls = counters->calls;
data->counter.accurate = !alloc_tag_is_inaccurate(ct_to_alloc_tag(ct));
+ data->counter.trace_on = alloc_tag_is_traced(ct_to_alloc_tag(ct));
}
/*
@@ -324,6 +325,13 @@ static bool matches_filter(struct codetag *ct, struct allocinfo_filter *filter,
return false;
}
+ if (filter->mask & ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_TRACE_ON) {
+ bool tracing = alloc_tag_is_traced(ct_to_alloc_tag(ct));
+
+ if (tracing != !!(filter->tracing))
+ return false;
+ }
+
return true;
}
--
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@ 2026-09-21 21:26 ` Abhishek Bapat
3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Abhishek Bapat @ 2026-09-21 21:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suren Baghdasaryan, Hao Ge, Andrew Morton
Cc: Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu, Mathieu Desnoyers,
linux-kernel, linux-mm, linux-trace-kernel, Shuah Khan,
Abhishek Bapat
Following the introduction of the ALLOCINFO_IOC_TOGGLE_TRACE IOCTL and
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_TRACE_ON filters for selective memory allocation
tracing, update the kselftests to validate this behaviour.
Introduce `test_tracing_toggle_and_filter`, which validates the
architecture by:
1. Dynamically toggling trace execution ON for a designated allocation.
2. Evaluating that the TRACE_ON filter precisely isolates the active
target across the IOCTL API.
3. Verifying that the targeted allocation correctly reports its
`trace_on` metadata state as 1.
4. Toggling trace execution OFF for the same allocation.
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@google.com>
---
.../alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c | 111 +++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 108 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c
index 74fd64b2370c..3ef7a12fe35b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/allocinfo_ioctl_test.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ static inline int __allocinfo_get_next(int dev_fd, struct allocinfo_tag_data *pa
return ioctl(dev_fd, ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_NEXT, params);
}
+static inline int __allocinfo_toggle_trace(int dev_fd, struct allocinfo_toggle_traces *params)
+{
+ return ioctl(dev_fd, ALLOCINFO_IOC_TOGGLE_TRACE, params);
+}
+
static bool match_entry(const struct allocinfo_tag_data *procfs_entry,
const struct allocinfo_tag_data *tag_data,
bool match_bytes, bool match_calls, bool match_lineno,
@@ -289,6 +294,8 @@ static int run_filter_test(const struct allocinfo_filter *filter)
return ret;
}
+static const char *target_test_function = "dup_mm";
+
static int test_filename_filter(void)
{
struct allocinfo_filter filter;
@@ -304,11 +311,10 @@ static int test_filename_filter(void)
static int test_function_filter(void)
{
struct allocinfo_filter filter;
- const char *target_function = "dup_mm";
memset(&filter, 0, sizeof(filter));
filter.mask |= ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_FUNCTION;
- strncpy(filter.fields.function, target_function, ALLOCINFO_STR_SIZE);
+ strncpy(filter.fields.function, target_test_function, ALLOCINFO_STR_SIZE);
return run_filter_test(&filter);
}
@@ -514,11 +520,104 @@ static int test_lineno_filter(void)
return ret;
}
+static enum ioctl_ret toggle_trace(struct allocinfo_tag *target_tag,
+ bool enable)
+{
+ int fd;
+ struct allocinfo_toggle_traces toggle_params;
+
+ fd = open(ALLOCINFO_PROC, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Failed to open " ALLOCINFO_PROC ": %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return IOCTL_FAILURE;
+ }
+
+ memset(&toggle_params, 0, sizeof(toggle_params));
+ toggle_params.fields = *target_tag;
+ toggle_params.enable = enable;
+
+ if (__allocinfo_toggle_trace(fd, &toggle_params)) {
+ close(fd);
+ return IOCTL_FAILURE;
+ }
+
+ close(fd);
+ return IOCTL_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int test_tracing_toggle_and_filter(void)
+{
+ struct allocinfo_filter filter = { 0 };
+ enum ioctl_ret ioctl_status;
+ int ret = KSFT_PASS;
+ bool initial_state, target_state;
+ struct allocinfo_tag target_tag;
+ struct allocinfo_tag_data_vec *tags = calloc(1, sizeof(*tags));
+
+ if (!tags) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Memory allocation failed.\n");
+ return KSFT_FAIL;
+ }
+
+ filter.mask |= ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_FUNCTION;
+ strncpy(filter.fields.function, target_test_function, ALLOCINFO_STR_SIZE);
+
+ ioctl_status = get_filtered_ioctl_entries(tags, &filter, 0);
+ if (ioctl_status != IOCTL_SUCCESS || tags->count == 0) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Could not retrieve IOCTL entries for %s\n", target_test_function);
+ ret = KSFT_SKIP;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ target_tag = tags->tag[0].tag;
+ initial_state = tags->tag[0].counter.trace_on;
+ target_state = !initial_state;
+
+ ioctl_status = toggle_trace(&target_tag, target_state);
+ if (ioctl_status != IOCTL_SUCCESS) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Failed to toggle tracing\n");
+ ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ filter.mask |= ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_TRACE_ON;
+ filter.tracing = target_state;
+
+ ioctl_status = get_filtered_ioctl_entries(tags, &filter, 0);
+ if (ioctl_status != IOCTL_SUCCESS) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Error retrieving IOCTL entries with trace filter.\n");
+ ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ goto exit_revert;
+ }
+
+ if (tags->count != 1) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Expected exactly 1 entry, but got %llu\n", tags->count);
+ ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ goto exit_revert;
+ }
+
+ if (tags->tag[0].counter.trace_on != target_state) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Entry returned by trace filter does not match target state\n");
+ ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ }
+
+exit_revert:
+ ioctl_status = toggle_trace(&target_tag, initial_state);
+ if (ioctl_status != IOCTL_SUCCESS) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Failed to revert tracing to initial state\n");
+ ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ }
+
+exit:
+ free(tags);
+ return ret;
+}
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int ret;
- ksft_set_plan(4);
+ ksft_set_plan(5);
ret = test_filename_filter();
if (ret == KSFT_SKIP)
@@ -526,6 +625,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
else
ksft_test_result(ret == KSFT_PASS, "test_filename_filter\n");
+ ret = test_tracing_toggle_and_filter();
+ if (ret == KSFT_SKIP)
+ ksft_test_result_skip("Skipping test_tracing_toggle_and_filter\n");
+ else
+ ksft_test_result(ret == KSFT_PASS, "test_tracing_toggle_and_filter\n");
+
ret = test_function_filter();
if (ret == KSFT_SKIP)
ksft_test_result_skip("Skipping test_function_filter\n");
--
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