linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: disable instrumentations of mm/pgprot.c

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:25:20 +0000
From:   Naohiro Aota <Naohiro.Aota@....com>
To:     "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: disable instrumentations of mm/pgprot.c

On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 05:47:26PM +0900, Naohiro Aota wrote:
> The commit 4867fbbdd6b3 ("x86/mm: move protection_map[] inside the
> platform") moved accesses to protection_map[] from mem_encrypt_amd.c to
> pgprot.c. As a result, the accesses are now targets of KASAN (and other
> instrumentations), leading to the crash during the boot process.
> 
> Disable the instrumentations for pgprot.c like commit 67bb8e999e0a
> ("x86/mm: Disable various instrumentations of mm/mem_encrypt.c and
> mm/tlb.c").
> 
> Before this patch, my AMD machine cannot boot since v6.0-rc1 with KASAN
> enabled, without anything printed. After the change, it successfully boots
> up.
> 
> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@....com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/Makefile | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
> index f8220fd2c169..829c1409ffbd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
> @@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_tlb.o			:= n
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_mem_encrypt.o		:= n
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_mem_encrypt_amd.o	:= n
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_mem_encrypt_identity.o	:= n
> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_pgprot.o		:= n
>  
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_mem_encrypt.o		:= n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_mem_encrypt_amd.o	:= n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_mem_encrypt_identity.o	:= n
> +KASAN_SANITIZE_pgprot.o		:= n
>  
>  # Disable KCSAN entirely, because otherwise we get warnings that some functions
>  # reference __initdata sections.
> @@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_mem_encrypt.o		= -pg
>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_mem_encrypt_amd.o		= -pg
>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_mem_encrypt_identity.o	= -pg
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_pgprot.o			= -pg
>  endif
>  
>  obj-y				:=  init.o init_$(BITS).o fault.o ioremap.o extable.o mmap.o \
> -- 
> 2.37.2
> 

Hello, maintainers.

Gentle ping on this patch. I need this patch to boot up my AMD machine with
KASAN enabled.