[PATCH 07/11] kasan: add compiler barriers to KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL
Andrey Konovalov
andreyknvl at google.com
Tue Jan 5 13:27:51 EST 2021
It might not be obvious to the compiler that the expression must be
executed between writing and reading to fail_data. In this case, the
compiler might reorder or optimize away some of the accesses, and
the tests will fail.
Add compiler barriers around the expression in KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL.
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl at google.com>
Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I046079f48641a1d36fe627fc8827a9249102fd50
---
lib/test_kasan.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index dd3d2f95c24e..b5077a47b95a 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ static void kasan_test_exit(struct kunit *test)
NULL, \
&resource, \
"kasan_data", &fail_data); \
+ barrier(); \
expression; \
+ barrier(); \
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, \
fail_data.report_expected, \
fail_data.report_found); \
--
2.29.2.729.g45daf8777d-goog
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