1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 3f4822938f46..e17cc2c337b8 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2275,9 +2275,11 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
         /*
          * Determine if the slab management is 'on' or 'off' slab.
          * (bootstrapping cannot cope with offslab caches so don't do
-         * it too early on.)
+         * it too early on. Always use on-slab management when
+         * SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE to avoid recursive calls into kmemleak)
          */
-        if ((size >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 3)) && !slab_early_init)
+        if ((size >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 3)) && !slab_early_init &&
+            !(flags & SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE))
                 /*
                  * Size is large, assume best to place the slab management obj
                  * off-slab (should allow better packing of objs).
@@ -2596,8 +2598,8 @@ static struct slab *alloc_slabmgmt(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
                  * kmemleak does not treat the ->s_mem pointer as a reference
                  * to the object. Otherwise we will not report the leak.
                  */
-                kmemleak_scan_area(slabp, offsetof(struct slab, list),
-                                   sizeof(struct list_head), local_flags);
+                kmemleak_scan_area(&slabp->list, sizeof(struct list_head),
+                                   local_flags);
                 if (!slabp)
                         return NULL;
         } else {