[PATCH 2/2] dumpstack: prevent KASAN false positive warnings

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Nov 17 2016 - 12:14:06 EST


The oops stack dump code scans the entire stack, which can cause KASAN
"stack-out-of-bounds" false positive warnings. Tell KASAN to ignore it.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
index 9b7cf5c..85f854b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
for (; stack < stack_info.end; stack++) {
unsigned long real_addr;
int reliable = 0;
- unsigned long addr = *stack;
+ unsigned long addr = READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(*stack);
unsigned long *ret_addr_p =
unwind_get_return_address_ptr(&state);

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2.7.4