On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 08:35:49AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 08:14:25PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote: > > Currently, filp_close() and generic_shutdown_super() use printk() to log > > messages when bugs are detected. This is problematic because infrastructure > > like syzkaller has no idea that this message indicates a bug. > > In addition, some people explicitly want their kernels to BUG() when kernel > > data corruption has been detected (CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION). > > And finally, when generic_shutdown_super() detects remaining inodes on a > > system without CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION, it would be nice if later > > accesses to a busy inode would at least crash somewhat cleanly rather than > > walking through freed memory. > > > > To address all three, use CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() when kernel bugs are > > detected. > > Seems reasonable to me. I'll carry this unless someone else speaks up. I've already picked this into a branch with other fs changes for coming cycle. Al, please tell me in case you end up picking this up and I'll drop it ofc. Christian
