On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 02:08:13PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Abbott Liu wrote: > > > > > index c79b829..20161e2 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S > > > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S > > > @@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ __mmap_switched: > > > str r8, [r2] @ Save atags pointer > > > cmp r3, #0 > > > strne r10, [r3] @ Save control register values > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN > > > + bl kasan_early_init > > > +#endif > > > mov lr, #0 > > > b start_kernel > > > ENDPROC(__mmap_switched) > > > > Would be better if lr was cleared before calling kasan_early_init. > > No. The code is correct - please remember that "bl" writes to LR. You're right of course. /me giving up on patch review and going back to bed Nicolas