The quilt patch titled
Subject: kcov: kmsan: unpoison area->list in kcov_remote_area_put()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kcov-kmsan-unpoison-area-list-in-kcov_remote_area_put.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: kcov: kmsan: unpoison area->list in kcov_remote_area_put()
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:04:03 +0200
KMSAN does not instrument kernel/kcov.c for performance reasons (with
CONFIG_KCOV=y virtually every place in the kernel invokes kcov
instrumentation). Therefore the tool may miss writes from kcov.c that
initialize memory.
When CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is enabled, list pointers from kernel/kcov.c are
passed to instrumented helpers in lib/list_debug.c, resulting in false
positives.
To work around these reports, we unpoison the contents of area->list after
initializing it.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220915150417.722975-30-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>
---
kernel/kcov.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
--- a/kernel/kcov.c~kcov-kmsan-unpoison-area-list-in-kcov_remote_area_put
+++ a/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/hashtable.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kmsan-checks.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/preempt.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
@@ -152,6 +153,12 @@ static void kcov_remote_area_put(struct
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&area->list);
area->size = size;
list_add(&area->list, &kcov_remote_areas);
+ /*
+ * KMSAN doesn't instrument this file, so it may not know area->list
+ * is initialized. Unpoison it explicitly to avoid reports in
+ * kcov_remote_area_get().
+ */
+ kmsan_unpoison_memory(&area->list, sizeof(area->list));
}
static notrace bool check_kcov_mode(enum kcov_mode needed_mode, struct task_struct *t)
_
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