Re: [PATCH RFC v3 21/36] kmsan: disable KMSAN instrumentation for certain kernel parts

[Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:27 PM <glider@google.com> wrote:
>
> Instrumenting some files with KMSAN will result in kernel being unable
> to link, boot or crashing at runtime for various reasons (e.g. infinite
> recursion caused by instrumentation hooks calling instrumented code again).
>
> Disable KMSAN in the following places:
>  - arch/x86/boot and arch/x86/realmode/rm, as KMSAN doesn't work for i386;
>  - arch/x86/entry/vdso, which isn't linked with KMSAN runtime;
>  - three files in arch/x86/kernel - boot problems;
>  - arch/x86/mm/cpu_entry_area.c - recursion;
>  - EFI stub - build failures;
>  - kcov, stackdepot - recursion.

It makes sense to unify comments explaining the reasons for
KMSAN_SANITIZE := n with KCSAN patches:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11244145/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11244161/

>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
> To: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> ---
>
> Change-Id: I90961eabf2dcb9ae992aed259088953bad5e4d6d
> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/Makefile                | 2 ++
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile     | 2 ++
>  arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile          | 3 +++
>  arch/x86/kernel/Makefile              | 4 ++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile          | 1 +
>  arch/x86/mm/Makefile                  | 2 ++
>  arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile         | 2 ++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 1 +
>  kernel/Makefile                       | 1 +
>  lib/Makefile                          | 1 +
>  10 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
> index e2839b5c246c..c039abd4c81f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
>  #
>
>  KASAN_SANITIZE                 := n
> +# KMSAN doesn't work for i386
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD      := y
>
>  # Kernel does not boot with kcov instrumentation here.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> index 6b84afdd7538..9efe2d9fca4c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
>  #      compressed vmlinux.bin.all + u32 size of vmlinux.bin.all
>
>  KASAN_SANITIZE                 := n
> +# KMSAN doesn't work for i386
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD      := y
>
>  # Prevents link failures: __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() is not linked in.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
> index 0f2154106d01..000467a1a4f2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
> @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
>
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_LTO)
>  KASAN_SANITIZE                 := n
> +# Undefined references to KMSAN hooks.
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_vclock_gettime.o := n
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_vgetcpu.o       := n
>  UBSAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD      := y
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
> index 3578ad248bc9..ce39972a7edf 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ KASAN_SANITIZE_dumpstack_$(BITS).o                   := n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_stacktrace.o                            := n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_paravirt.o                              := n
>
> +# Work around reboot loop.
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_head$(BITS).o                           := n
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_nmi.o                                   := n
> +
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_relocate_kernel_$(BITS).o    := y
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_test_nx.o                    := y
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_paravirt_patch.o             := y
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
> index d7a1e5a9331c..41f4f8f2f2f0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ endif
>  # If these files are instrumented, boot hangs during the first second.
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_common.o := n
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_perf_event.o := n
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_common.o := n
>
>  # Make sure load_percpu_segment has no stackprotector
>  nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
> index 84373dc9b341..42cb3a6409b0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_mem_encrypt_identity.o  := n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_mem_encrypt.o           := n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_mem_encrypt_identity.o  := n
>
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_cpu_entry_area.o := n
> +
>  ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_mem_encrypt.o            = -pg
>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_mem_encrypt_identity.o   = -pg
> diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
> index f60501a384f9..27e7bc0bbdde 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
>  #
>  #
>  KASAN_SANITIZE                 := n
> +# KMSAN doesn't work for i386
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD      := y
>
>  # Prevents link failures: __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() is not linked in.
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> index 0460c7581220..11869c17a64c 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS                 := $(cflags-y) -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING \
>
>  GCOV_PROFILE                   := n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE                 := n
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  UBSAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD      := y
>
> diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
> index daad787fb795..5fd6fbca2592 100644
> --- a/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_extable.o := n
>  # Don't self-instrument.
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kcov.o := n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
>  CFLAGS_kcov.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-conserve-stack -fno-stack-protector)
>
>  # cond_syscall is currently not LTO compatible
> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> index 08fcb37499a0..ae6e57d857b0 100644
> --- a/lib/Makefile
> +++ b/lib/Makefile
> @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IRQ_POLL) += irq_poll.o
>  CFLAGS_stackdepot.o += -fno-builtin
>  obj-$(CONFIG_STACKDEPOT) += stackdepot.o
>  KASAN_SANITIZE_stackdepot.o := n
> +KMSAN_SANITIZE_stackdepot.o := n
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_stackdepot.o := n
>
>  libfdt_files = fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_rw.o fdt_sw.o fdt_strerror.o \
> --
> 2.24.0.432.g9d3f5f5b63-goog
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