linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 38/48] objtool: kmsan: list KMSAN API functions as uaccess-safe

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Message-ID: <Ylg/2dqbL3t/EE65@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:38:01 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 38/48] objtool: kmsan: list KMSAN API functions as
 uaccess-safe

On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 05:30:34PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 10:46 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 02:40:07PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> > > KMSAN inserts API function calls in a lot of places (function entries
> > > and exits, local variables, memory accesses), so they may get called
> > > from the uaccess regions as well.
> >
> > That's insufficient. Explain how you did the right thing and made these
> > functions actually safe to be called in this context.
> >

> As a result, none of KMSAN API functions perform userspace accesses, but
> since they might be called from UACCESS regions they
> use user_access_save/restore().

^ That.. very good.

Thanks!