Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm: kfence: Only load kfence_test when kfence is enabled

From: Alexander Potapenko
Date: Wed Aug 25 2021 - 05:32:02 EST


On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:17 AM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Provide kfence_is_enabled() helper, only load kfence_test module
> when kfence is enabled.

What's wrong with the current behavior?
I think we need at least some way to tell the developer that KFENCE
does not work, and a failing test seems to be the perfect one.

> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/kfence.h | 2 ++
> mm/kfence/core.c | 8 ++++++++
> mm/kfence/kfence_test.c | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kfence.h b/include/linux/kfence.h
> index 3fe6dd8a18c1..f08f24e8a726 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kfence.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kfence.h
> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
> #define KFENCE_POOL_SIZE ((CONFIG_KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS + 1) * 2 * PAGE_SIZE)
> extern char *__kfence_pool;
>
> +bool kfence_is_enabled(void);
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_KFENCE_STATIC_KEYS
> #include <linux/static_key.h>
> DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kfence_allocation_key);
> diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
> index 7a97db8bc8e7..f1aaa7ebdcad 100644
> --- a/mm/kfence/core.c
> +++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
> @@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ static unsigned long kfence_sample_interval __read_mostly = CONFIG_KFENCE_SAMPLE
> #endif
> #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "kfence."
>
> +bool kfence_is_enabled(void)
> +{
> + if (!kfence_sample_interval || !READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled))
> + return false;
> + return true;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfence_is_enabled);
> +
> static int param_set_sample_interval(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> {
> unsigned long num;
> diff --git a/mm/kfence/kfence_test.c b/mm/kfence/kfence_test.c
> index eb6307c199ea..4087f9f1497e 100644
> --- a/mm/kfence/kfence_test.c
> +++ b/mm/kfence/kfence_test.c
> @@ -847,6 +847,8 @@ static void unregister_tracepoints(struct tracepoint *tp, void *ignore)
> */
> static int __init kfence_test_init(void)
> {
> + if (!kfence_is_enabled())
> + return 0;
> /*
> * Because we want to be able to build the test as a module, we need to
> * iterate through all known tracepoints, since the static registration
> --
> 2.26.2
>
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