From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kasan: docs: update boot parameters section Update the "Boot parameters" section in KASAN documentation: - Mention panic_on_warn. - Mention kasan_multi_shot and its interaction with panic_on_warn. - Clarify kasan.fault=panic interaction with panic_on_warn. - A readability clean-up. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/01364952f15789948f0627d6733b5cdf5209f83a.1615559068.git.andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst~kasan-docs-update-boot-parameters-section +++ a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -174,10 +174,16 @@ call_rcu() and workqueue queuing. Boot parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +KASAN is affected by the generic ``panic_on_warn`` command line parameter. +When it is enabled, KASAN panics the kernel after printing a bug report. + +By default, KASAN prints a bug report only for the first invalid memory access. +With ``kasan_multi_shot``, KASAN prints a report on every invalid access. This +effectively disables ``panic_on_warn`` for KASAN reports. + Hardware tag-based KASAN mode (see the section about various modes below) is 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. +boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling its features. - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``). @@ -194,8 +200,8 @@ particular KASAN features. traces collection (default: ``on``). - ``kasan.fault=report`` or ``=panic`` controls whether to only print a KASAN - report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). Note, that tag - checking gets disabled after the first reported bug. + report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). The panic happens even + if ``kasan_multi_shot`` is enabled. Implementation details ---------------------- _
