linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: suppress KMSAN reports in arch_within_stack

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:17:18 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: suppress KMSAN reports in arch_within_stack_frames()

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 03:27:49PM +0100, Alexander Potapenko wrote:

> In other words, for normal instrumentation:
>  - locals are explicitly marked as uninitialized;
>  - shadow values are calculated for arithmetic operations based on their inputs;
>  - shadow values are checked for branches, pointer dereferences, and
> before passing them as function arguments;
>  - memory stores update shadow for affected variables.
> 
> For __no_kmsan_checks:
>  - locals are explicitly marked as initialized;
>  - no instrumentation is added for arithmetic operations, branches,
> pointer dereferences;
>  - all function arguments are marked as initialized;
>  - stores always mark memory as initialized.
> 
> For __no_sanitize_memory:
>  - no instrumentation for locals (they may end up being initialized or
> uninitialized - doesn't matter, because their shadow values are never
> used);
>  - no instrumentation for arithmetic operations, branches, pointer dereferences;
>  - no instrumentation for function calls (an instrumented function
> will receive garbage shadow values from a non-instrumented one);
>  - no instrumentation for stores (initialization done in these
> functions is invisible).

Thanks! That is a great summary.