linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 7/7] kasan: don't run tests in async mode

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Date:   Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:22:24 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@...gle.com>,
        Branislav Rankov <Branislav.Rankov@....com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 7/7] kasan: don't run tests in async mode

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 03:33:53PM +0000, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> 
> Asynchronous KASAN mode doesn't guarantee that a tag fault will be
> detected immediately and causes tests to fail. Forbid running them
> in asynchronous mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
> ---
>  lib/test_kasan.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
> index f8c72d3aed64..77a60592d350 100644
> --- a/lib/test_kasan.c
> +++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
> @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ static int kasan_test_init(struct kunit *test)
>  		kunit_err(test, "can't run KASAN tests with KASAN disabled");
>  		return -1;
>  	}
> +	if (kasan_flag_async) {
> +		kunit_err(test, "can't run KASAN tests in async mode");
> +		return -1;
> +	}

I think we have time to fix this properly ;), so I'd rather not add this
patch at all.

-- 
Catalin