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| author | Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com> | 2021-01-23 21:01:34 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-01-24 10:34:52 -0800 |
| commit | 76bc99e81a7cb78a78e058107e4b5b1d8ed3c874 (patch) | |
| tree | 3423d3456f96ac8d2fb60f39d3f60aa95ccce417 /Documentation | |
| parent | 5dabd1712cd056814f9ab15f1d68157ceb04e741 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-76bc99e81a7cb78a78e058107e4b5b1d8ed3c874.tar.gz lwn-76bc99e81a7cb78a78e058107e4b5b1d8ed3c874.zip | |
kasan: fix HW_TAGS boot parameters
The initially proposed KASAN command line parameters are redundant.
This change drops the complex "kasan.mode=off/prod/full" parameter and
adds a simpler kill switch "kasan=off/on" instead. The new parameter
together with the already existing ones provides a cleaner way to
express the same set of features.
The full set of parameters with this change:
kasan=off/on - whether KASAN is enabled
kasan.fault=report/panic - whether to only print a report or also panic
kasan.stacktrace=off/on - whether to collect alloc/free stack traces
Default values:
kasan=on
kasan.fault=report
kasan.stacktrace=on (if CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y)
kasan.stacktrace=off (otherwise)
Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/Ib3694ed90b1e8ccac6cf77dfd301847af4aba7b8
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4e9c4a4bdcadc168317deb2419144582a9be6e61.1610736745.git.andreyknvl@google.com
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
Cc: Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@google.com>
Cc: Branislav Rankov <Branislav.Rankov@arm.com>
Cc: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 27 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index 0fc3fb1860c4..1651d961f06a 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -160,29 +160,14 @@ intended for use in production as a security mitigation. Therefore it supports boot parameters that allow to disable KASAN competely or otherwise control particular KASAN features. -The things that can be controlled are: +- ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``). -1. Whether KASAN is enabled at all. -2. Whether KASAN collects and saves alloc/free stacks. -3. Whether KASAN panics on a detected bug or not. +- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack + traces collection (default: ``on`` for ``CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y``, otherwise + ``off``). -The ``kasan.mode`` boot parameter allows to choose one of three main modes: - -- ``kasan.mode=off`` - KASAN is disabled, no tag checks are performed -- ``kasan.mode=prod`` - only essential production features are enabled -- ``kasan.mode=full`` - all KASAN features are enabled - -The chosen mode provides default control values for the features mentioned -above. However it's also possible to override the default values by providing: - -- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` - enable alloc/free stack collection - (default: ``on`` for ``mode=full``, - otherwise ``off``) -- ``kasan.fault=report`` or ``=panic`` - only print KASAN report or also panic - (default: ``report``) - -If ``kasan.mode`` parameter is not provided, it defaults to ``full`` when -``CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL`` is enabled, and to ``prod`` otherwise. +- ``kasan.fault=report`` or ``=panic`` controls whether to only print a KASAN + report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). For developers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |