linux-kernel - Re: KCSAN Support on ARM64 Kernel

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:30:20 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     sgrover@...eaurora.org
Cc:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: KCSAN Support on ARM64 Kernel

On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 11:31, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com> wrote:
> My plan was to send patches upstream within the month.
[...]
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 11:30, <sgrover@...eaurora.org> wrote:
[...]
> > When can we expect upstream of KCSAN on kernel mainline. Any timeline?
[...]
> > > > Can you please tell me if KCSAN is supported on ARM64 now? Can I just rebase the KCSAN branch on top of our let’s say android mainline kernel, enable the config and run syzkaller on that for finding race conditions?
[...]
> > KCSAN does not yet have ARM64 support. Once it's upstream, I would expect that Mark's patches (from repo linked in LKML thread) will just cleanly apply to enable ARM64 support.

Just FYI, KCSAN is in mainline now. I believe porting it to other
architectures has also become much simpler due to its reworked
ONCE/atomic support relying on proper compiler instrumentation instead
of other tricks.

Thanks,
-- Marco