[compiler-rt] [scudo] Add primary option to zero block on dealloc. (PR #142394)

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https://github.com/piwicode updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/142394

>From 91ca3b8e23f6b678bb16f26e388fbbb852d5390a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre Labatut <plabatut at google.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 15:19:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [scudo] Add an option to zero block on dealloc.

When all the blocks of a page are unused, the page will be full of zero
and decommitted on operating systems that scan the memory.

Change-Id: I278055d82057090b0a04d812b49cf93fdf467478
---
 .../lib/scudo/standalone/allocator_config.def |  7 ++
 compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/combined.h   | 19 +++++
 compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/flags.inc    |  6 ++
 .../scudo/standalone/tests/combined_test.cpp  | 77 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 109 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/allocator_config.def b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/allocator_config.def
index 0aea7b8f2fb9a..935f3b953e45e 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/allocator_config.def
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/allocator_config.def
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ BASE_OPTIONAL(const bool, QuarantineDisabled, false)
 // If set to false, return the total available size in the allocation.
 BASE_OPTIONAL(const bool, ExactUsableSize, true)
 
+#ifdef SCUDO_FUCHSIA
+// Writes zeros to the memory slot when a allocation is returned to
+// the allocator. This decommits memory on operating systems that
+// detects pages full of zero."
+BASE_OPTIONAL(const bool, EnableZeroOnDealloc, false)
+#endif
+
 // PRIMARY_REQUIRED_TYPE(NAME)
 //
 // SizeClassMap to use with the Primary.
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/combined.h b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/combined.h
index ffe9554203241..f93e112281133 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/combined.h
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/combined.h
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ class Allocator {
 
     QuarantineMaxChunkSize =
         static_cast<u32>(getFlags()->quarantine_max_chunk_size);
+#ifdef SCUDO_FUCHSIA
+    ZeroOnDeallocMaxSize =
+        static_cast<u32>(getFlags()->zero_on_dealloc_max_size);
+#endif
 
     Stats.init();
     // TODO(chiahungduan): Given that we support setting the default value in
@@ -1035,6 +1039,9 @@ class Allocator {
 
   u32 Cookie = 0;
   u32 QuarantineMaxChunkSize = 0;
+#ifdef SCUDO_FUCHSIA
+  u32 ZeroOnDeallocMaxSize = 0;
+#endif
 
   GlobalStats Stats;
   PrimaryT Primary;
@@ -1345,6 +1352,18 @@ class Allocator {
         BlockBegin = retagBlock(Options, TaggedPtr, Ptr, Header, Size, true);
       }
 
+#ifdef SCUDO_FUCHSIA
+      if (AllocatorConfig::getEnableZeroOnDealloc()) {
+        // Clearing the header and is incompatible with quarantine and tagging.
+        // Hence, it is fine to implement it only when quanrantine is bypassed.
+        DCHECK(!useMemoryTagging<AllocatorConfig>(Options));
+        uptr length = reinterpret_cast<uptr>(Ptr) + Size -
+                      reinterpret_cast<uptr>(BlockBegin);
+        if (length <= ZeroOnDeallocMaxSize)
+          memset(BlockBegin, 0, length);
+      }
+#endif // SCUDO_FUCHSIA
+
       const uptr ClassId = Header->ClassId;
       if (LIKELY(ClassId)) {
         bool CacheDrained;
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/flags.inc b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/flags.inc
index ff0c28e1db7c4..b1f7ae68d8798 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/flags.inc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/flags.inc
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ SCUDO_FLAG(bool, delete_size_mismatch, true,
            "Terminate on a size mismatch between a sized-delete and the actual "
            "size of a chunk (as provided to new/new[]).")
 
+#ifdef SCUDO_FUCHSIA
+SCUDO_FLAG(int, zero_on_dealloc_max_size, 0,
+           "Only chunks smaller or equal to this threshold will be zeroed on "
+           "deallocation. Requires zero on dealloc to be enabled.")
+#endif
+
 SCUDO_FLAG(bool, zero_contents, false, "Zero chunk contents on allocation.")
 
 SCUDO_FLAG(bool, pattern_fill_contents, false,
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/combined_test.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/combined_test.cpp
index 4837ac96b9b26..83e9e3360841c 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/combined_test.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/combined_test.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <condition_variable>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <set>
@@ -1077,6 +1078,82 @@ struct TestQuarantineSizeClassConfig {
   static const scudo::uptr SizeDelta = 0;
 };
 
+#ifdef SCUDO_FUCHSIA
+struct TestZeroOnDeallocConfig {
+  static const bool MaySupportMemoryTagging = false;
+  static const bool EnableZeroOnDealloc = true;
+  static const bool QuarantineDisabled = true;
+
+  template <class A> using TSDRegistryT = scudo::TSDRegistrySharedT<A, 1U, 1U>;
+  struct Primary {
+    // Tiny allocator, its Primary only serves chunks of four sizes.
+    using SizeClassMap =
+        scudo::FixedSizeClassMap<TestQuarantineSizeClassConfig>;
+    static const scudo::uptr RegionSizeLog = DeathRegionSizeLog;
+    static const scudo::s32 MinReleaseToOsIntervalMs = INT32_MIN;
+    static const scudo::s32 MaxReleaseToOsIntervalMs = INT32_MAX;
+    typedef scudo::uptr CompactPtrT;
+    static const scudo::uptr CompactPtrScale = 0;
+    static const bool EnableRandomOffset = true;
+    static const scudo::uptr MapSizeIncrement = 1UL << 18;
+    static const scudo::uptr GroupSizeLog = 18;
+  };
+
+  template <typename Config>
+  using PrimaryT = scudo::SizeClassAllocator64<Config>;
+
+  struct Secondary {
+    template <typename Config>
+    using CacheT = scudo::MapAllocatorNoCache<Config>;
+  };
+
+  template <typename Config> using SecondaryT = scudo::MapAllocator<Config>;
+};
+
+struct TestNoZeroOnDeallocConfig : public TestZeroOnDeallocConfig {
+  static const bool EnableZeroOnDealloc = false;
+};
+
+TEST(ScudoCombinedTest, ZeroOnDeallocEnabledAndFlag) {
+  ([]() { // Cleanup on exit scope.
+    for (scudo::uptr FlagValue = 128; FlagValue <= 2048; FlagValue *= 2) {
+      // Set the size limit flag via the environment variable.
+      char Options[256];
+      snprintf(Options, sizeof(Options),
+               "SCUDO_OPTIONS=zero_on_dealloc_max_size=%ld",
+               static_cast<long>(FlagValue));
+      putenv(Options);
+
+      // Creates an allocator, configured from the environment.
+      using AllocatorT = TestAllocator<TestZeroOnDeallocConfig>;
+      auto Allocator = std::unique_ptr<AllocatorT>(new AllocatorT());
+
+      for (scudo::uptr AllocatedSize : {FlagValue / 2, FlagValue}) {
+        // Allocates and sets the memory.
+        void *P = Allocator->allocate(AllocatedSize, Origin);
+        ASSERT_NE(P, nullptr);
+        memset(P, 'B', AllocatedSize);
+
+        char *Begin =
+            reinterpret_cast<char *>(Allocator->getBlockBeginTestOnly(P));
+        char *End = reinterpret_cast<char *>(P) + AllocatedSize;
+        // Deallocates and eventually clears the memory.
+        Allocator->deallocate(P, Origin);
+
+        if (End - Begin <= static_cast<long>(FlagValue)) {
+          // Verifies the memory was cleared, including the header.
+          for (char *T = Begin; T < End; ++T) {
+            ASSERT_EQ(*T, 0);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })();
+  // Clear the scudo flag option.
+  unsetenv("SCUDO_OPTIONS");
+}
+#endif
+
 struct TestQuarantineConfig {
   static const bool MaySupportMemoryTagging = false;
 



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