Re: [PATCHv2] x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Oct 11 2023 - 04:11:55 EST



* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > DPRINTK(ALT, "alt table %px, -> %px", start, end);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * In the case CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y, KASAN_SHADOW_START is defined using
> > + * cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57) and is therefore patched here.
> > + * During the process, KASAN becomes confused and triggers
>
> because of partial LA57 convertion ..

Not all LA57 related sites are patched yet at this point, and KASAN sees
a weird & broken mixture of LA48 and LA57 runtime semantics, right?

Ie. as far as KASAN is concerned, the LA48 -> LA57 behavioral switchover
must be atomic, but during the kernel code patching process it isn't.

Thanks,

Ingo