Re: [PATCH] kasan: double -Wframe-larger-than threshold if KASAN

[Marco Elver]

On Thu, 9 Sept 2021 at 12:49, Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All architectures at least double stack size when using one of the KASAN
> software modes that rely on compiler instrumentation.
>
> Until now, warnings emitted by -Wframe-larger-than could easily be
> ignored, as we would still get a working kernel.
>
> However, with the introduction of -Werror (CONFIG_WERROR=y), it makes
> sense to at least double the -Wframe-larger-than threshold for
> software-based KASAN modes to reflect the already increased stack sizes
> when building a kernel with KASAN enabled.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YTbOs13waorzamZ6@Ryzen-9-3900X.localdomain
> Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>

FWIW, there's still no consensus if this is what we want, and the
discussion continues at:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CANpmjNPBdx4b7bp=reNJPMzSNetdyrk+503_1LLoxNMYwUhSHg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> ---
>  lib/Kconfig.debug | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index ed4a31e34098..2055bbb6724a 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ endif # DEBUG_INFO
>  config FRAME_WARN
>         int "Warn for stack frames larger than"
>         range 0 8192
> +       default 4096 if 64BIT && (KASAN_GENERIC || KASAN_SW_TAGS)
> +       default 2048 if !64BIT && (KASAN_GENERIC || KASAN_SW_TAGS)
>         default 2048 if GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY
>         default 1536 if (!64BIT && PARISC)
>         default 1024 if (!64BIT && !PARISC)
> --
> 2.33.0.153.gba50c8fa24-goog
>