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author | Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> | 2021-10-29 12:25:08 +0100 |
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committer | Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> | 2021-10-29 12:25:08 +0100 |
commit | 7066248c44ee4392b6831b2ede0ce57891202de0 (patch) | |
tree | b043c40d932283f93e1bceeea56a1615c4b48f85 /Documentation | |
parent | dc6bab18fb3c9dfde892cef2b1fe73565ff1f91a (diff) | |
parent | 2d27e585147395316289c63efc932984675c65c2 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-next/mte' into for-next/core
* for-next/mte:
kasan: Extend KASAN mode kernel parameter
arm64: mte: Add asymmetric mode support
arm64: mte: CPU feature detection for Asymm MTE
arm64: mte: Bitfield definitions for Asymm MTE
kasan: Remove duplicate of kasan_flag_async
arm64: kasan: mte: move GCR_EL1 switch to task switch when KASAN disabled
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index 21dc03bc10a4..8089c559d339 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -194,14 +194,17 @@ additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features: - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``). -- ``kasan.mode=sync`` or ``=async`` controls whether KASAN is configured in - synchronous or asynchronous mode of execution (default: ``sync``). +- ``kasan.mode=sync``, ``=async`` or ``=asymm`` controls whether KASAN + is configured in synchronous, asynchronous or asymmetric mode of + execution (default: ``sync``). Synchronous mode: a bad access is detected immediately when a tag check fault occurs. Asynchronous mode: a bad access detection is delayed. When a tag check fault occurs, the information is stored in hardware (in the TFSR_EL1 register for arm64). The kernel periodically checks the hardware and only reports tag faults during these checks. + Asymmetric mode: a bad access is detected synchronously on reads and + asynchronously on writes. - ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack traces collection (default: ``on``). |