[PATCH v2 46/48] x86: fs: kmsan: disable CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS

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dentry_string_cmp() calls read_word_at_a_time(), which might read
uninitialized bytes to optimize string comparisons.
Disabling CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS should prohibit this optimization,
as well as (probably) similar ones.

Suggested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I4c0073224ac2897cafb8c037362c49dda9cfa133
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 arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 86df15017f79d..646a7849be4cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ config X86
 	select CLKEVT_I8253
 	select CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE
 	select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
-	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
+	# Word-size accesses may read uninitialized data past the trailing \0
+	# in strings and cause false KMSAN reports.
+	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS		if !KMSAN
 	select DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME
 	select EDAC_ATOMIC_SCRUB
 	select EDAC_SUPPORT
-- 
2.35.1.1021.g381101b075-goog




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