Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/percpu: Use C for percpu read/write accessors

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Oct 09 2023 - 08:20:52 EST



* Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 1:51 PM Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > * Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > > > index ecb256954351..1edf4a5b93ca 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ config CC_HAS_NAMED_AS
> > > >
> > > > config USE_X86_SEG_SUPPORT
> > > > def_bool y
> > > > - depends on CC_HAS_NAMED_AS && SMP
> > > > + depends on CC_HAS_NAMED_AS && SMP && !KASAN
> > > > + depends on CC_HAS_NAMED_AS && SMP && !KASAN
> > >
> > > So I'd rather express this as a Kconfig quirk line, and explain each quirk.
> > >
> > > Something like:
> > >
> > > depends on CC_HAS_NAMED_AS
> > > depends on SMP
> > > #
> > > # -fsanitize=kernel-address (KASAN) is at the moment incompatible
> > > # with named address spaces - see GCC bug #12345.
> > > #
> > > depends on !KASAN
> > >
> > > ... or so.
> >
> > BTW., while this OK for testing, this is too heavy handed for release
> > purposes, so please only disable the KASAN instrumentation for the affected
> > percpu accessors.
> >
> > See the various __no_sanitize* attributes available.
>
> These attributes are for function declarations. The percpu casts can
> not be implemented with separate static inline functions. Also,
> __no_sanitize_address is mutually exclusive with __always_inline.

Sigh - I guess the Kconfig toggle is the only solution then?

Thanks,

Ingo