linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kasan: Fix Oops due to missing calls to kasan_arch_is

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Message-Id: <20230126152024.bfdd25de2ff5107fa7c02986@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:20:24 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kasan: Fix Oops due to missing calls to
 kasan_arch_is_ready()

On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 08:04:47 +0100 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu> wrote:

> On powerpc64, you can build a kernel with KASAN as soon as you build it
> with RADIX MMU support. However if the CPU doesn't have RADIX MMU,
> KASAN isn't enabled at init and the following Oops is encountered.

Should we backport to -stable?  If so, can we identify a suitable Fixes: target?

Thanks.