The quilt patch titled
Subject: kmsan: disable strscpy() optimization under KMSAN
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kmsan-disable-strscpy-optimization-under-kmsan.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kmsan: disable strscpy() optimization under KMSAN
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:03:59 +0200
Disable the efficient 8-byte reading under KMSAN to avoid false positives.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220915150417.722975-26-glider@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/string.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
--- a/lib/string.c~kmsan-disable-strscpy-optimization-under-kmsan
+++ a/lib/string.c
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *
max = 0;
#endif
+ /*
+ * read_word_at_a_time() below may read uninitialized bytes after the
+ * trailing zero and use them in comparisons. Disable this optimization
+ * under KMSAN to prevent false positive reports.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KMSAN))
+ max = 0;
+
while (max >= sizeof(unsigned long)) {
unsigned long c, data;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from glider@xxxxxxxxxx are
