[PATCH] mm: alloc_tag: change the KASAN_TAG_WIDTH for HW_TAGS

From: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes
Date: Sat Apr 26 2025 - 14:08:52 EST


the KASAN_TAG_WIDTH is 8 bits for both (HW_TAGS and SW_TAGS), but for
HW_TAGS the KASAN_TAG_WIDTH can be 4 bits bits because due to the design
of the MTE the memory words for storing metadata only need 4 bits.
Change the preprocessor define KASAN_TAG_WIDTH for check if SW_TAGS is
define, so KASAN_TAG_WIDTH should be 8 bits, but if HW_TAGS is define,
so KASAN_TAG_WIDTH should be 4 bits.

Suggested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/page-flags-layout.h | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h b/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h
index 4f5c9e979bb9..760006b1c480 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@
#define NODE_NOT_IN_PAGE_FLAGS 1
#endif

-#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS)
#define KASAN_TAG_WIDTH 8
+#elif defined(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)
+#define KASAN_TAG_WIDTH 4
#else
#define KASAN_TAG_WIDTH 0
#endif
--
2.34.1