From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kasan: docs: update GENERIC implementation details section Update the "Implementation details" section for generic KASAN: - Don't mention kmemcheck, it's not present in the kernel anymore. - Don't mention GCC as the only supported compiler. - Update kasan_mem_to_shadow() definition to match actual code. - Punctuation, readability, and other minor clean-ups. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/f2f35fdab701f8c709f63d328f98aec2982c8acc.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 | 29 +++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst~kasan-docs-update-generic-implementation-details-section +++ a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -209,12 +209,11 @@ Implementation details Generic KASAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -From a high level perspective, KASAN's approach to memory error detection is -similar to that of kmemcheck: use shadow memory to record whether each byte of -memory is safe to access, and use compile-time instrumentation to insert checks -of shadow memory on each memory access. +Software KASAN modes use shadow memory to record whether each byte of memory is +safe to access and use compile-time instrumentation to insert shadow memory +checks before each memory access. -Generic KASAN dedicates 1/8th of kernel memory to its shadow memory (e.g. 16TB +Generic KASAN dedicates 1/8th of kernel memory to its shadow memory (16TB to cover 128TB on x86_64) and uses direct mapping with a scale and offset to translate a memory address to its corresponding shadow address. @@ -223,23 +222,23 @@ address:: static inline void *kasan_mem_to_shadow(const void *addr) { - return ((unsigned long)addr >> KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT) + return (void *)((unsigned long)addr >> KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT) + KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET; } where ``KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT = 3``. Compile-time instrumentation is used to insert memory access checks. Compiler -inserts function calls (__asan_load*(addr), __asan_store*(addr)) before each -memory access of size 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16. These functions check whether memory -access is valid or not by checking corresponding shadow memory. - -GCC 5.0 has possibility to perform inline instrumentation. Instead of making -function calls GCC directly inserts the code to check the shadow memory. -This option significantly enlarges kernel but it gives x1.1-x2 performance -boost over outline instrumented kernel. +inserts function calls (``__asan_load*(addr)``, ``__asan_store*(addr)``) before +each memory access of size 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16. These functions check whether +memory accesses are valid or not by checking corresponding shadow memory. + +With inline instrumentation, instead of making function calls, the compiler +directly inserts the code to check shadow memory. This option significantly +enlarges the kernel, but it gives an x1.1-x2 performance boost over the +outline-instrumented kernel. -Generic KASAN is the only mode that delays the reuse of freed object via +Generic KASAN is the only mode that delays the reuse of freed objects via quarantine (see mm/kasan/quarantine.c for implementation). Software tag-based KASAN _
