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Bug 120691 [email protected] 1 participant 18 messages Jun 20, 2016 – Aug 23, 2016 Bluetooth drivers

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120691

            Bug ID: 120691
           Summary: UART HCI memory leak
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 4.7-rc3
          Hardware: ARM
                OS: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Bluetooth
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
        Regression: No

Hello,

It looks like there is a memory leak on UART HCI driver. I am using kernel 4.7-rc3 and Bluez 5.40. I can reproduce the issue with kernel 4.2. There is nothing special to do to encounter the problem; HCI traffic is enough. I can speed up the occurrence of the issue when BT module is scanning because it increases HCI traffic.
My BT module is dual mode but I can reproduce the issue when I force "brerd" or "le" mode.
FYI, the leak is 1MByte/hour when BT scanning is on; which is a lot on embedded systems.

Below is a piece of kmemleak dump:

unreferenced object 0xc6a59ac0 (size 2048):
comm "kworker/u2:0", pid 6, jiffies 4294951225 (age 1195.920s) hex dump (first 32 bytes):

    6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 0e 0e 01 04 10 00 01 01  kkkkkkkk........
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b  ........kkkkkkkk
  backtrace:
    [<c03c93a0>] __alloc_skb+0x7c/0x164
    [<c03563ac>] ll_recv+0x1c8/0x41c
    [<c03554b4>] hci_uart_tty_receive+0x44/0x64
    [<c0255ec4>] tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x50/0x58
    [<c0256338>] flush_to_ldisc+0xb8/0xd0
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
unreferenced object 0xc62f0020 (size 168):
  comm "kworker/u3:2", pid 439, jiffies 4294951225 (age 1195.920s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 54 a4 46 a9 95 53 54 14  ........T.F..ST.
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<c0473bfc>] hci_event_packet+0x1d8/0x2ba0
    [<c04674c8>] hci_rx_work+0x170/0x248
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff

unreferenced object 0xc6a5be40 (size 2048):
comm "kworker/u2:0", pid 6, jiffies 4294951227 (age 1195.900s) hex dump (first 32 bytes):
6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 0e 04 01 10 20 00 6b 6b kkkkkkkk.... .kk 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
backtrace:

    [<c03c93a0>] __alloc_skb+0x7c/0x164
    [<c03563ac>] ll_recv+0x1c8/0x41c
    [<c03554b4>] hci_uart_tty_receive+0x44/0x64
    [<c0255ec4>] tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x50/0x58
    [<c0256338>] flush_to_ldisc+0xb8/0xd0
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
unreferenced object 0xc6315da0 (size 168):
  comm "kworker/u3:2", pid 439, jiffies 4294951227 (age 1195.900s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5d c6 6d aa 95 53 54 14  ........].m..ST.
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<c0473bfc>] hci_event_packet+0x1d8/0x2ba0
    [<c04674c8>] hci_rx_work+0x170/0x248
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff

unreferenced object 0xc6a5a3a0 (size 2048):
comm "kworker/u2:0", pid 6, jiffies 4294951228 (age 1195.890s) hex dump (first 32 bytes):
6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 0e 06 01 12 0c 00 00 00 kkkkkkkk........ 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
backtrace:

    [<c03c93a0>] __alloc_skb+0x7c/0x164
    [<c03563ac>] ll_recv+0x1c8/0x41c
    [<c03554b4>] hci_uart_tty_receive+0x44/0x64
    [<c0255ec4>] tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x50/0x58
    [<c0256338>] flush_to_ldisc+0xb8/0xd0
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
unreferenced object 0xc6315620 (size 168):
  comm "kworker/u3:2", pid 439, jiffies 4294951228 (age 1195.890s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1a 97 8f aa 95 53 54 14  .............ST.
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<c0473bfc>] hci_event_packet+0x1d8/0x2ba0
    [<c04674c8>] hci_rx_work+0x170/0x248
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
unreferenced object 0xc63151a0 (size 168):
  comm "kworker/u3:0", pid 435, jiffies 4294953313 (age 1175.050s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 3f ce 85 9a 53 54 14  .........?...ST.
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<c0473bfc>] hci_event_packet+0x1d8/0x2ba0
    [<c04674c8>] hci_rx_work+0x170/0x248
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
unreferenced object 0xc6a5ac80 (size 2048):
  comm "kworker/u2:0", pid 6, jiffies 4294958830 (age 1119.880s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 0e 0a 01 09 10 00 f8 a7  kkkkkkkk........
    d7 e9 17 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b  ....kkkkkkkkkkkk
  backtrace:
    [<c03c93a0>] __alloc_skb+0x7c/0x164
    [<c03563ac>] ll_recv+0x1c8/0x41c
    [<c03554b4>] hci_uart_tty_receive+0x44/0x64
    [<c0255ec4>] tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x50/0x58
    [<c0256338>] flush_to_ldisc+0xb8/0xd0
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
unreferenced object 0xc6315aa0 (size 168):
  comm "kworker/u3:2", pid 439, jiffies 4294958830 (age 1119.890s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 e0 d1 5d a7 53 54 14  ...........].ST.
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<c0473bfc>] hci_event_packet+0x1d8/0x2ba0
    [<c04674c8>] hci_rx_work+0x170/0x248
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
unreferenced object 0xc6600020 (size 2048):
  comm "kworker/u2:0", pid 6, jiffies 4294958833 (age 1119.860s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 0e 0e 01 04 10 00 01 01  kkkkkkkk........
    01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b  ........kkkkkkkk
  backtrace:
    [<c03c93a0>] __alloc_skb+0x7c/0x164
    [<c03563ac>] ll_recv+0x1c8/0x41c
    [<c03554b4>] hci_uart_tty_receive+0x44/0x64
    [<c0255ec4>] tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x50/0x58
    [<c0256338>] flush_to_ldisc+0xb8/0xd0
    [<c00318c0>] process_one_work+0x128/0x478
    [<c0031c64>] worker_thread+0x54/0x574
    [<c00368f4>] kthread+0xc0/0xdc
    [<c000a2d0>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff

...

I had a look to kernel source code but did not find anything obvious.

Thanks!

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#1 lore raw

[Bug 120691] UART HCI memory leak

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120691

Loic Poulain <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Loic Poulain <[email protected]> --- Seems that this memory leak is due to the hci_ll (TI) proto. Don't think this comes from the generic hci-uart/ldisc part.
To be sure, are you able to reproduce this issue with any other proto (hci_h4, hci_bcm, hci_intel..)?

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[Bug 120691] UART HCI memory leak

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120691

Nicolas Royer <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #9 from Nicolas Royer <[email protected]> ---
I finally got BT modules with BT controller from Broadcom (BCM4343W: UART H4) and CSR (CSR8510A10: USB).

The leak is present whatever the controller.
In all cases kmemleak reports leaks in the BT controller driver (hci_ll, hci_h4, btusb) but also in hci_event.

It looks like the leak is in the HCI layer. I will try to figure out what object is leaking in hci_event.

Below are kmemleak logs for BCM4343W and CSR8510A10.

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[Bug 120691] UART HCI memory leak

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--- Comment #14 from [email protected] ---
Can you see if that patch fixed the issue or do I need to write a new one.

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[Bug 120691] UART HCI memory leak

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE

--- Comment #17 from [email protected] --- Exactly; I tried this patch and the leak disappeared:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-bluetooth&m=147193208628547

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