linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 11/35] kmsan: Allow disabling KMSAN checks for the current task

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Message-ID: <CAG_fn=UEutgfgiE5xcFT=LXk51_PYmcCXCeNg3zSSEPYJ+tttg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:22:44 +0200
From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>, 
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, 
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/35] kmsan: Allow disabling KMSAN checks for the
 current task

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 5:39 PM Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Like for KASAN, it's useful to temporarily disable KMSAN checks around,
> e.g., redzone accesses. Introduce kmsan_disable_current() and
> kmsan_enable_current(), which are similar to their KASAN counterparts.
>
> Make them reentrant in order to handle memory allocations in interrupt
> context. Repurpose the allow_reporting field for this.

I am still a bit reluctant, because these nested counters always end
up being inconsistent.
But your patch series fixes support for SLUB_DEBUG, and I don't have
better ideas how to do this.

Could you please extend "Disabling the instrumentation" in kmsan.rst
so that it explains the new enable/disable API?
I think we should mention that the users need to be careful with it,
keeping the regions short and preferring other ways to disable
instrumentation, where possible.

> Signed-off-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>