linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 14/14] x86/kasan: Make software tag-based kasan available

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Message-ID: <20260113161047.GNaWZuh21aoxqtTNXS@fat_crate.local>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:10:47 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Maciej Wieczor-Retman <m.wieczorretman@...me>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	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>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 14/14] x86/kasan: Make software tag-based kasan
 available

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 04:00:47PM +0000, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:
> The two added lines are two alternative ranges based on which mode is chosen
> during compile time. Is there some neater way to note this down here?

Explain it with words. Perhaps put a footnote or so. Say that those are
alternative ranges so that it is perfectly clear to readers.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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