linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] UML: add support for KASAN under x86

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:24:20 +0100
From:   Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
To:     Patricia Alfonso <trishalfonso@...gle.com>
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] UML: add support for KASAN under x86_64

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 11:56 PM Patricia Alfonso
<trishalfonso@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > +++ b/kernel/Makefile
> > > @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kcov.o := n
> > >  KASAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
> > >  CFLAGS_kcov.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-conserve-stack -fno-stack-protector)
> > >
> > > +ifdef CONFIG_UML
> > > +# Do not istrument kasan on panic because it can be called before KASAN
> >
> > typo there - 'instrument'
> >
>
> Thanks for catching that!

Hi Patricia,

Very cool indeed! And will be a kunit killer feature!

I can't parse this sentence (even with fixed), what is "kasan on panic"?
Did you want to say "Do not instrument panic because it can be called
before KASAN is initialized"?
Or  "Do not KASAN-instrument panic because it can be called before
KASAN is initialized"? Though, "KASAN-instrument" looks somewhat
redundant in this context.