2021-01-22 16:16:04

by Andrey Konovalov

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] kasan: Add explicit preconditions to kasan_report()

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 4:57 PM Vincenzo Frascino
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> With the introduction of KASAN_HW_TAGS, kasan_report() accesses the
> metadata only when addr_has_metadata() succeeds.
>
> Add a comment to make sure that the preconditions to the function are
> explicitly clarified.
>
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <[email protected]>
> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <[email protected]>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <[email protected]>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <[email protected]>
> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <[email protected]>
> ---
> include/linux/kasan.h | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
> index fe1ae73ff8b5..0aea9e2a2a01 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kasan.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
> @@ -333,6 +333,13 @@ static inline void *kasan_reset_tag(const void *addr)
> return (void *)arch_kasan_reset_tag(addr);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * kasan_report - print a report about a bad memory access detected by KASAN
> + * @addr: address of the bad access
> + * @size: size of the bad access
> + * @is_write: whether the bad access is a write or a read
> + * @ip: instruction pointer for the accessibility check or the bad access itself
> + */
> bool kasan_report(unsigned long addr, size_t size,
> bool is_write, unsigned long ip);
>
> --
> 2.30.0

Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov <[email protected]>