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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index d3f335ffc751..21dc03bc10a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -181,9 +181,16 @@ By default, KASAN prints a bug report only for the first invalid memory access. With ``kasan_multi_shot``, KASAN prints a report on every invalid access. This effectively disables ``panic_on_warn`` for KASAN reports. +Alternatively, independent of ``panic_on_warn`` the ``kasan.fault=`` boot +parameter can be used to control panic and reporting behaviour: + +- ``kasan.fault=report`` or ``=panic`` controls whether to only print a KASAN + report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). The panic happens even + if ``kasan_multi_shot`` is enabled. + Hardware tag-based KASAN mode (see the section about various modes below) is intended for use in production as a security mitigation. Therefore, it supports -boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling its features. +additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features: - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``). @@ -199,10 +206,6 @@ boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling its features. - ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack traces collection (default: ``on``). -- ``kasan.fault=report`` or ``=panic`` controls whether to only print a KASAN - report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). The panic happens even - if ``kasan_multi_shot`` is enabled. - Implementation details ---------------------- @@ -447,11 +450,10 @@ When a test fails due to a failed ``kmalloc``:: When a test fails due to a missing KASAN report:: - # kmalloc_double_kzfree: EXPECTATION FAILED at lib/test_kasan.c:629 - Expected kasan_data->report_expected == kasan_data->report_found, but - kasan_data->report_expected == 1 - kasan_data->report_found == 0 - not ok 28 - kmalloc_double_kzfree + # kmalloc_double_kzfree: EXPECTATION FAILED at lib/test_kasan.c:974 + KASAN failure expected in "kfree_sensitive(ptr)", but none occurred + not ok 44 - kmalloc_double_kzfree + At the end the cumulative status of all KASAN tests is printed. On success:: |