> If so, should we put the call inside of vm_area_register_early? Ah, we already do this. Sorry. My other questions remain. Kind regards, Daniel > > Kind regards, > Daniel > >> >>> void __init kasan_init(void) >>> { >>> kasan_init_shadow(); >>> diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h >>> index 5310e217bd74..79d3895b0240 100644 >>> --- a/include/linux/kasan.h >>> +++ b/include/linux/kasan.h >>> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ extern p4d_t kasan_early_shadow_p4d[MAX_PTRS_PER_P4D]; >>> int kasan_populate_early_shadow(const void *shadow_start, >>> const void *shadow_end); >>> >>> +void kasan_populate_early_vm_area_shadow(void *start, unsigned long size); >>> + >>> static inline void *kasan_mem_to_shadow(const void *addr) >>> { >>> return (void *)((unsigned long)addr >> KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT) >>> diff --git a/mm/kasan/init.c b/mm/kasan/init.c >>> index cc64ed6858c6..d39577d088a1 100644 >>> --- a/mm/kasan/init.c >>> +++ b/mm/kasan/init.c >>> @@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ int __ref kasan_populate_early_shadow(const void *shadow_start, >>> return 0; >>> } >>> >>> +void __init __weak kasan_populate_early_vm_area_shadow(void *start, >>> + unsigned long size) >>> +{ >>> +} >> >> I'm just wondering if this could be a generic function, perhaps with an >> appropriate IS_ENABLED() check of a generic Kconfig option >> (CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK ?) to short-circuit it, if it's >> not only an arm64 problem. >> >> But I haven't looked much further, so would appeal to you to either >> confirm or reject this idea. >> >> Thanks, >> -- Marco