Re: [PATCH 00/18] introduce a new tool, valid access checker

[Joonsoo Kim]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 04:48:35PM +0900, js1304@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This patchset introduces a new tool, valid access checker.
> 
> Vchecker is a dynamic memory error detector. It provides a new debug feature
> that can find out an un-intended access to valid area. Valid area here means
> the memory which is allocated and allowed to be accessed by memory owner and
> un-intended access means the read/write that is initiated by non-owner.
> Usual problem of this class is memory overwritten.
> 
> Most of debug feature focused on finding out un-intended access to
> in-valid area, for example, out-of-bound access and use-after-free, and,
> there are many good tools for it. But, as far as I know, there is no good tool
> to find out un-intended access to valid area. This kind of problem is really
> hard to solve so this tool would be very useful.
> 
> This tool doesn't automatically catch a problem. Manual runtime configuration
> to specify the target object is required.
> 
> Note that there was a similar attempt for the debugging overwritten problem
> however it requires manual code modifying and recompile.
> 
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/<20171117223043.7277-1-wen.gang.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> To get more information about vchecker, please see a documention at
> the last patch.
> 
> Patchset can also be available at
> 
> https://github.com/JoonsooKim/linux/tree/vchecker-master-v1.0-next-20171122
> 
> Enjoy it.
> 
> Thanks.

Hello, Andrew.

Before the fixing some build failure on this patchset, I'd like to know
other reviewer's opinion on this patchset, especially, yours. :)

There are some interests on this patchset from some developers. Wengang
come up with a very similar change and Andi said that this looks useful.
Do you think that this tool is useful and can be merged?

Thanks.