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[05/13] kernel: Disable SLUB debugging

Message ID 20210917114229.10704-5-michael.tremer@ipfire.org
State Accepted
Headers
Series [01/13] kernel: Change timer tick to 1000Hz |

Commit Message

Michael Tremer Sept. 17, 2021, 11:42 a.m. UTC 
  This is not necessary on our systems and according to the documentation
will reduce code size of the allocator which will result in better
performance.

Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
---
 config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire | 3 +--
 config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire  | 3 +--
 config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire    | 3 +--
 config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire  | 3 +--
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Comments

Peter Müller Sept. 18, 2021, 4:27 p.m. UTC | #1 
Hello Michael,
hello *,

at the time of writing, I agree.

Cross-check hardening features of kernel 5.10.x is an item still open on my todo list, and
I will hopefully have some spare time for this next month. I will reevaluate SLUB debugging
then as well, since kernsec mentions this to be necessary for some page poisoning options
(whyever that is...).

Acked-by: Peter Müller <peter.mueller@ipfire.org>

Thanks, and best regards,
Peter Müller


> This is not necessary on our systems and according to the documentation
> will reduce code size of the allocator which will result in better
> performance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
> ---
>   config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire | 3 +--
>   config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire  | 3 +--
>   config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire    | 3 +--
>   config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire  | 3 +--
>   4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
> index d0ec69ba9..b277a17b5 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>   # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>   
>   CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON is not set
>   # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
> @@ -7751,7 +7751,6 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
>   CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
>   # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>   CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
> index a23906796..9d63b36ac 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
> @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>   # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>   
>   CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON is not set
>   # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
> @@ -7826,7 +7826,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC=y
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST is not set
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_WX is not set
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>   CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
> index 9c49a90d8..56b40eac7 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
> @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>   # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>   
>   CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>   # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
>   CONFIG_SLUB=y
> @@ -7383,7 +7383,6 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
>   CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
>   # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>   CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
> index 0a1f67074..8247e9b48 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
> @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>   # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>   
>   CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>   # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
>   CONFIG_SLUB=y
> @@ -7249,7 +7249,6 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
>   CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
>   # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>   # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>   CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>   # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
>
Michael Tremer Sept. 21, 2021, 9:42 a.m. UTC | #2 
Hello,

> On 18 Sep 2021, at 17:27, Peter Müller <peter.mueller@ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Michael,
> hello *,
> 
> at the time of writing, I agree.
> 
> Cross-check hardening features of kernel 5.10.x is an item still open on my todo list, and
> I will hopefully have some spare time for this next month. I will reevaluate SLUB debugging
> then as well, since kernsec mentions this to be necessary for some page poisoning options
> (whyever that is...).

Err. No. Why?

We want the distribution to be stable. And that means that we want to make consistent and long-standing changes.

Changing something back and forth for no reason apart from not having enough time to look into things properly right now is not what I would consider “stable”.

We can either drop this patch (i.e. NACK by you), or we can accept it and leave it.

As far as I can see this debugging option didn’t add any other configuration options that would be otherwise unavailable; and it significantly decreases the size of the memory allocator which should result in performance gains on smaller hardware with smaller CPU caches:

https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/SLUB_DEBUG.html

-Michael

> 
> Acked-by: Peter Müller <peter.mueller@ipfire.org>
> 
> Thanks, and best regards,
> Peter Müller
> 
> 
>> This is not necessary on our systems and according to the documentation
>> will reduce code size of the allocator which will result in better
>> performance.
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
>> ---
>>  config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire | 3 +--
>>  config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire  | 3 +--
>>  config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire    | 3 +--
>>  config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire  | 3 +--
>>  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
>> index d0ec69ba9..b277a17b5 100644
>> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
>> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
>> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>>  # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>>    CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
>> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
>> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON is not set
>>  # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
>> @@ -7751,7 +7751,6 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
>>  CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
>>  # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
>> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>>  CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
>> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
>> index a23906796..9d63b36ac 100644
>> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
>> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
>> @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>>  # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>>    CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
>> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
>> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON is not set
>>  # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
>> @@ -7826,7 +7826,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_WX is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
>> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>>  CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
>> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
>> index 9c49a90d8..56b40eac7 100644
>> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
>> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
>> @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>>  # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>>    CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
>> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
>> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>>  # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
>>  CONFIG_SLUB=y
>> @@ -7383,7 +7383,6 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
>>  CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
>>  # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
>> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>>  CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
>> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
>> index 0a1f67074..8247e9b48 100644
>> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
>> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
>> @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
>>  # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
>>    CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
>> -CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
>> +# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
>>  # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
>>  CONFIG_SLUB=y
>> @@ -7249,7 +7249,6 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
>>  CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
>>  # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
>> -# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
>>  # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
>>  CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
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diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
index d0ec69ba9..b277a17b5 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@  CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
 
 CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
-CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
+# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
@@ -7751,7 +7751,6 @@  CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
 CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
 # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
-# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
index a23906796..9d63b36ac 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@  CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
 
 CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
-CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
+# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
@@ -7826,7 +7826,6 @@  CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_WX is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
-# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
index 9c49a90d8..56b40eac7 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.i586-ipfire
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@  CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
 
 CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
-CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
+# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
 CONFIG_SLUB=y
@@ -7383,7 +7383,6 @@  CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
 CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
 # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
-# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
index 0a1f67074..8247e9b48 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@  CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters
 
 CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
-CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
+# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
 CONFIG_SLUB=y
@@ -7249,7 +7249,6 @@  CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
 CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE=y
 # CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
-# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set