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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Cc: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] Documentation/kasan: Update details of KASAN on powerpc
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 20:07:46 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YoTFctxWJIkI9yGy@cleo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YoTEb2BaH3MDkH+2@cleo>

From: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
index 8089c559d339..448995c11bee 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ 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 powerpc for 32-bit kernels and
+for 64-bit kernels running under the Radix MMU. Tag-based KASAN modes are
+supported only for arm64.
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -351,6 +353,9 @@ 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.
 
+It is optional, except on 64-bit powerpc kernels, and 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.
 
-- 
2.35.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-05-18 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-18 10:03 [PATCH v2 0/6] KASAN support for 64-bit Book 3S powerpc Paul Mackerras
2022-05-18 10:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] kasan: Document support on 32-bit powerpc Paul Mackerras
2022-05-18 10:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] powerpc/mm/kasan: rename kasan_init_32.c to init_32.c Paul Mackerras
2022-05-18 10:05 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] powerpc: Book3S 64-bit outline-only KASAN support Paul Mackerras
2022-06-02 15:18   ` Guenter Roeck
2022-05-18 10:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] powerpc/kasan: Don't instrument non-maskable or raw interrupts Paul Mackerras
2022-05-18 10:07 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] powerpc/kasan: Disable address sanitization in kexec paths Paul Mackerras
2022-05-18 10:07 ` Paul Mackerras [this message]
2022-11-14 12:49   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] Documentation/kasan: Update details of KASAN on powerpc Christophe Leroy
2022-05-18 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] KASAN support for 64-bit Book 3S powerpc Christophe Leroy
2022-05-24 11:09 ` Michael Ellerman

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