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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] kasan: Document support on 32-bit powerpc
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 17:26:30 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YntlJmKGkibTZW2l@cleo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yntk7oERGce44+Sd@cleo>

From: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>

KASAN is supported on 32-bit powerpc and the docs should reflect this.

Suggested-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst |  8 ++++++--
 Documentation/powerpc/kasan.txt   | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/powerpc/kasan.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
index 8089c559d339..8e5cd26d59cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Both software KASAN modes work with SLUB and SLAB memory allocators,
 while the hardware tag-based KASAN currently only supports SLUB.
 
 Currently, generic KASAN is supported for the x86_64, arm, arm64, xtensa, s390,
-and riscv architectures, and tag-based KASAN modes are supported only for arm64.
+and riscv architectures. It is also supported on 32-bit powerpc kernels.
+Tag-based KASAN modes are supported only for arm64.
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -349,7 +350,10 @@ CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC
 
 With ``CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC``, KASAN can cover vmalloc space at the
 cost of greater memory usage. Currently, this is supported on x86,
-riscv, s390, and powerpc.
+riscv, s390, and 32-bit powerpc.
+
+It is optional, except on 32-bit powerpc kernels with module support,
+where it is required.
 
 This works by hooking into vmalloc and vmap and dynamically
 allocating real shadow memory to back the mappings.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/kasan.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/kasan.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26bb0e8bb18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/kasan.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+KASAN is supported on powerpc on 32-bit only.
+
+32 bit support
+==============
+
+KASAN is supported on both hash and nohash MMUs on 32-bit.
+
+The shadow area sits at the top of the kernel virtual memory space above the
+fixmap area and occupies one eighth of the total kernel virtual memory space.
+
+Instrumentation of the vmalloc area is optional, unless built with modules,
+in which case it is required.
-- 
2.35.3


  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-11  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-11  7:25 [PATCH 0/3] KASAN support for 64-bit Book 3S powerpc Paul Mackerras
2022-05-11  7:26 ` Paul Mackerras [this message]
2022-05-11  7:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] powerpc/mm/kasan: rename kasan_init_32.c to init_32.c Paul Mackerras
2022-05-11  7:28 ` [PATCH 3/3] [RFC] powerpc: Book3S 64-bit outline-only KASAN support Paul Mackerras
2022-05-15  7:33   ` Christophe Leroy
2022-05-17  7:31     ` Paul Mackerras
2022-05-17  8:06       ` Christophe Leroy
2022-05-15  7:59 ` [PATCH 0/3] KASAN support for 64-bit Book 3S powerpc Christophe Leroy

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