linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kasan: support panic_on

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Message-ID: <53400e91-cf51-1bff-c5e4-0a02cd9c2290@virtuozzo.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:14:19 +0300
From:   Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, <glider@...gle.com>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kasan: support panic_on_warn

On 10/17/2016 11:59 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> If user sets panic_on_warn, he wants kernel to panic if there is
> anything barely wrong with the kernel. KASAN-detected errors
> are definitely not less benign than an arbitrary kernel WARNING.
> 
> Panic after KASAN errors if panic_on_warn is set.
> 
> We use this for continuous fuzzing where we want kernel to stop
> and reboot on any error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Cc: kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> 
Acked-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>

> ---
> 
> Changes from v1:
>  - don't reset panic_on_warn before calling panic()
> ---
>  mm/kasan/report.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c
> index 24c1211..0ee8211 100644
> --- a/mm/kasan/report.c
> +++ b/mm/kasan/report.c
> @@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static void kasan_end_report(unsigned long *flags)
>  	pr_err("==================================================================\n");
>  	add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&report_lock, *flags);
> +	if (panic_on_warn)
> +		panic("panic_on_warn set ...\n");
>  	kasan_enable_current();
>  }
>  
>