[PATCH v5 1/2] kasan/hw-tags: introduce kasan.write_only option
Yeoreum Yun
yeoreum.yun at arm.com
Mon Sep 1 03:14:08 PDT 2025
Hi Andery,
[...]
> > diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
> > index 0a1418ab72fd..fe1a1e152275 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
> > @@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ disabling KASAN altogether or controlling its features:
> > Asymmetric mode: a bad access is detected synchronously on reads and
> > asynchronously on writes.
> >
> > +- ``kasan.write_only=off`` or ``kasan.write_only=on`` controls whether KASAN
> > + checks the write (store) accesses only or all accesses (default: ``off``)
>
> Nit: a dot missing at the end of the sentence.
Thanks! I'll add it.
[...]
> > #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
> > diff --git a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
> > index 9a6927394b54..334e9e84983e 100644
> > --- a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
> > +++ b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
> > @@ -41,9 +41,16 @@ enum kasan_arg_vmalloc {
> > KASAN_ARG_VMALLOC_ON,
> > };
> >
> > +enum kasan_arg_write_only {
> > + KASAN_ARG_WRITE_ONLY_DEFAULT,
> > + KASAN_ARG_WRITE_ONLY_OFF,
> > + KASAN_ARG_WRITE_ONLY_ON,
> > +};
> > +
> > static enum kasan_arg kasan_arg __ro_after_init;
> > static enum kasan_arg_mode kasan_arg_mode __ro_after_init;
> > static enum kasan_arg_vmalloc kasan_arg_vmalloc __initdata;
> > +static enum kasan_arg_write_only kasan_arg_write_only __ro_after_init;
> >
> > /*
> > * Whether KASAN is enabled at all.
> > @@ -67,6 +74,9 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kasan_flag_vmalloc);
> > #endif
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kasan_flag_vmalloc);
> >
> > +/* Whether to check write access only. */
>
> Nit: access => accesses
Thanks. I'll change it.
[...]
> For the KASAN parts:
>
> Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl at gmail.com>
>
> Thank you!
Thanks :D
--
Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun
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