From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, vbabka@kernel.org, harry@kernel.org,
ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, jackmanb@google.com,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, ziy@nvidia.com, hao.li@linux.dev,
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Subject: [PATCH 3/3] vmalloc: hw_tags: optimize vmalloc redzoning
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 16:27:34 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513105734.3380544-4-dev.jain@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260513105734.3380544-1-dev.jain@arm.com>
If the allocation size is less than a page, vmalloc first unpoisons the
entire page, then poisons the tail with KASAN_TAG_INVALID (for hw tags),
to catch OOB.
Instead, unpoison the allocation length, and then poison the tail,
saving some work.
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
---
mm/kasan/hw_tags.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
index cbef5e450954..7c94f71b5f12 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
@@ -364,9 +364,6 @@ void *__kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size,
tag = (flags & KASAN_VMALLOC_KEEP_TAG) ? get_tag(start) : kasan_random_tag();
start = set_tag(start, tag);
- /* Unpoison and initialize memory up to size. */
- kasan_unpoison(start, size, flags & KASAN_VMALLOC_INIT);
-
/*
* Explicitly poison and initialize the in-page vmalloc() redzone.
* Unlike software KASAN modes, hardware tag-based KASAN doesn't
@@ -375,8 +372,14 @@ void *__kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size,
redzone_start = round_up((unsigned long)start + size,
KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE);
redzone_size = round_up(redzone_start, PAGE_SIZE) - redzone_start;
- kasan_poison((void *)redzone_start, redzone_size, KASAN_TAG_INVALID,
- flags & KASAN_VMALLOC_INIT);
+
+ /* Unpoison and initialize memory before the redzone. */
+ kasan_unpoison(start, redzone_start - (unsigned long)start,
+ flags & KASAN_VMALLOC_INIT);
+
+ if (redzone_size)
+ kasan_poison((void *)redzone_start, redzone_size,
+ KASAN_TAG_INVALID, flags & KASAN_VMALLOC_INIT);
/*
* Set per-page tag flags to allow accessing physical memory for the
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-13 10:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 10:57 [PATCH 0/3] kasan: hw_tags: some micro-optimizations Dev Jain
2026-05-13 10:57 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm/slub: hw_tags: skip page-allocator unpoisoning on slab allocation Dev Jain
2026-05-14 12:11 ` Ryan Roberts
2026-05-15 7:04 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-13 10:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] kasan: avoid re-poisoning tag-based kmalloc redzones Dev Jain
2026-05-13 10:57 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2026-05-14 9:56 ` [PATCH 0/3] kasan: hw_tags: some micro-optimizations Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-05-14 10:22 ` Dev Jain
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