linux-kernel - Re: objtool warning from next-20230125

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Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:59:54 -0800
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: objtool warning from next-20230125

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:23:02AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have started seeing these objtool warnings from a wide variety of
> KASAN-enabled rcutorture-related test scenarios in next-20230125.  It has
> been awhile since I tested -next, so I am not yet sure where this started.
> 
> vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: __asan_memset+0x34: call to __memset() with UACCESS enabled
> vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: __asan_memmove+0x4d: call to __memmove() with UACCESS enabled
> vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: __asan_memcpy+0x4d: call to __memcpy() with UACCESS enabled
> 
> As usual, should I be worried?

This apparently came from Peter's

  69d4c0d32186 ("entry, kasan, x86: Disallow overriding mem*() functions")

but I have no idea how this is supposed to work.  Peter?

-- 
Josh