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Linus Torvalds b791d1bdf9 The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN)
KCSAN is a dynamic race detector, which relies on compile-time
 instrumentation, and uses a watchpoint-based sampling approach to detect
 races.
 
 The feature was under development for quite some time and has already found
 legitimate bugs.
 
 Unfortunately it comes with a limitation, which was only understood late in
 the development cycle:
 
   It requires an up to date CLANG-11 compiler
 
 CLANG-11 is not yet released (scheduled for June), but it's the only
 compiler today which handles the kernel requirements and especially the
 annotations of functions to exclude them from KCSAN instrumentation
 correctly.
 
 These annotations really need to work so that low level entry code and
 especially int3 text poke handling can be completely isolated.
 
 A detailed discussion of the requirements and compiler issues can be found
 here:
 
   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CANpmjNMTsY_8241bS7=XAfqvZHFLrVEkv_uM4aDUWE_kh3Rvbw@mail.gmail.com/
 
 We came to the conclusion that trying to work around compiler limitations
 and bugs again would end up in a major trainwreck, so requiring a working
 compiler seemed to be the best choice.
 
 For Continous Integration purposes the compiler restriction is manageable
 and that's where most xxSAN reports come from.
 
 For a change this limitation might make GCC people actually look at their
 bugs. Some issues with CSAN in GCC are 7 years old and one has been 'fixed'
 3 years ago with a half baken solution which 'solved' the reported issue
 but not the underlying problem.
 
 The KCSAN developers also ponder to use a GCC plugin to become independent,
 but that's not something which will show up in a few days.
 
 Blocking KCSAN until wide spread compiler support is available is not a
 really good alternative because the continuous growth of lockless
 optimizations in the kernel demands proper tooling support.
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Merge tag 'locking-kcsan-2020-06-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull the Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer from Thomas Gleixner:
 "The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN) is a dynamic race detector,
  which relies on compile-time instrumentation, and uses a
  watchpoint-based sampling approach to detect races.

  The feature was under development for quite some time and has already
  found legitimate bugs.

  Unfortunately it comes with a limitation, which was only understood
  late in the development cycle:

     It requires an up to date CLANG-11 compiler

  CLANG-11 is not yet released (scheduled for June), but it's the only
  compiler today which handles the kernel requirements and especially
  the annotations of functions to exclude them from KCSAN
  instrumentation correctly.

  These annotations really need to work so that low level entry code and
  especially int3 text poke handling can be completely isolated.

  A detailed discussion of the requirements and compiler issues can be
  found here:

    https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CANpmjNMTsY_8241bS7=XAfqvZHFLrVEkv_uM4aDUWE_kh3Rvbw@mail.gmail.com/

  We came to the conclusion that trying to work around compiler
  limitations and bugs again would end up in a major trainwreck, so
  requiring a working compiler seemed to be the best choice.

  For Continous Integration purposes the compiler restriction is
  manageable and that's where most xxSAN reports come from.

  For a change this limitation might make GCC people actually look at
  their bugs. Some issues with CSAN in GCC are 7 years old and one has
  been 'fixed' 3 years ago with a half baken solution which 'solved' the
  reported issue but not the underlying problem.

  The KCSAN developers also ponder to use a GCC plugin to become
  independent, but that's not something which will show up in a few
  days.

  Blocking KCSAN until wide spread compiler support is available is not
  a really good alternative because the continuous growth of lockless
  optimizations in the kernel demands proper tooling support"

* tag 'locking-kcsan-2020-06-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (76 commits)
  compiler_types.h, kasan: Use __SANITIZE_ADDRESS__ instead of CONFIG_KASAN to decide inlining
  compiler.h: Move function attributes to compiler_types.h
  compiler.h: Avoid nested statement expression in data_race()
  compiler.h: Remove data_race() and unnecessary checks from {READ,WRITE}_ONCE()
  kcsan: Update Documentation to change supported compilers
  kcsan: Remove 'noinline' from __no_kcsan_or_inline
  kcsan: Pass option tsan-instrument-read-before-write to Clang
  kcsan: Support distinguishing volatile accesses
  kcsan: Restrict supported compilers
  kcsan: Avoid inserting __tsan_func_entry/exit if possible
  ubsan, kcsan: Don't combine sanitizer with kcov on clang
  objtool, kcsan: Add kcsan_disable_current() and kcsan_enable_current_nowarn()
  kcsan: Add __kcsan_{enable,disable}_current() variants
  checkpatch: Warn about data_race() without comment
  kcsan: Use GFP_ATOMIC under spin lock
  Improve KCSAN documentation a bit
  kcsan: Make reporting aware of KCSAN tests
  kcsan: Fix function matching in report
  kcsan: Change data_race() to no longer require marking racing accesses
  kcsan: Move kcsan_{disable,enable}_current() to kcsan-checks.h
  ...
2020-06-11 18:55:43 -07:00
..
kasan mm: remove __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK and include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h 2020-06-04 19:06:21 -07:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-next 2020-06-07 17:25:29 -07:00
Kconfig.debug mm: add DEBUG_WX support 2020-06-03 20:09:49 -07:00
Makefile The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN) 2020-06-11 18:55:43 -07:00
backing-dev.c bdi: remove the name field in struct backing_dev_info 2020-05-09 16:15:13 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c mm/balloon_compaction: suppress allocation warnings 2019-09-04 07:42:01 -04:00
cleancache.c Driver Core and debugfs changes for 5.3-rc1 2019-07-12 12:24:03 -07:00
cma.c mm: cma: NUMA node interface 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
cma.h
cma_debug.c mm/cma_debug.c: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE to define debugfs fops 2019-12-01 12:59:09 -08:00
compaction.c mm/compaction: fix a typo in comment "pessemistic"->"pessimistic" 2020-06-04 19:06:23 -07:00
debug.c maccess: always use strict semantics for probe_kernel_read 2020-06-09 09:39:15 -07:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug_vm_pgtable.c mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix kernel crash by checking for THP support 2020-06-10 19:14:18 -07:00
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: micro-optimisation remove unnecessary branch 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap.c: use %pa to print resource_size_t variables 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
fadvise.c mm: return void from various readahead functions 2020-06-02 10:59:06 -07:00
failslab.c mm/failslab.c: by default, do not fail allocations with direct reclaim only 2019-07-12 11:05:43 -07:00
filemap.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
frame_vector.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
frontswap.c mm/frontswap: fix some typos in frontswap.c 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
gup.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
gup_benchmark.c mm/gup_benchmark: support pin_user_pages() and related calls 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
highmem.c mm, x86/mm: Untangle address space layout definitions from basic pgtable type definitions 2019-12-10 10:12:55 +01:00
hmm.c mmap locking API: add mmap_assert_locked() and mmap_assert_write_locked() 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
huge_memory.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
hugetlb.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: use fallthrough; 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/hwpoison-inject: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE to define debugfs fops 2019-12-01 12:59:09 -08:00
init-mm.c mmap locking API: add MMAP_LOCK_INITIALIZER 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
internal.h mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
interval_tree.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 248 2019-06-19 17:09:08 +02:00
khugepaged.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
kmemleak-test.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 333 2019-06-05 17:37:06 +02:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak.c: use address-of operator on section symbols 2020-04-02 09:35:26 -07:00
ksm.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
list_lru.c mm/list_lru: fix a typo in comment "numbesr"->"numbers" 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
maccess.c maccess: return -ERANGE when probe_kernel_read() fails 2020-06-09 09:39:16 -07:00
madvise.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: update huge page-table entry callbacks 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
memblock.c mm/memblock: fix a typo in comment "implict"->"implicit" 2020-06-04 19:06:23 -07:00
memcontrol.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
memfd.c mm: page cache: store only head pages in i_pages 2019-09-24 15:54:08 -07:00
memory-failure.c mm/memory-failure: send SIGBUS(BUS_MCEERR_AR) only to current thread 2020-06-11 18:17:47 -07:00
memory.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c virtio: features, fixes 2020-06-10 13:42:09 -07:00
mempolicy.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mempool.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
memremap.c mm/memremap: set caching mode for PCI P2PDMA memory to WC 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mincore.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mlock.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mm_init.c mm/mm_init.c: report kasan-tag information stored in page->flags 2020-06-02 10:59:12 -07:00
mmap.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mmu_gather.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mmu_notifier.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mmzone.c
mprotect.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mremap.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
msync.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
nommu.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
oom_kill.c kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract 2020-06-10 19:14:18 -07:00
page-writeback.c mm/page-writeback: fix a typo in comment "effictive"->"effective" 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
page_alloc.c virtio: features, fixes 2020-06-10 13:42:09 -07:00
page_counter.c mm, memcg: prevent memory.min load/store tearing 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
page_ext.c mm/page_ext.c: drop pfn_present() check when onlining 2020-04-07 10:43:40 -07:00
page_idle.c mm/page_idle.c: skip offline pages 2020-06-08 11:05:55 -07:00
page_io.c mm: don't include asm/pgtable.h if linux/mm.h is already included 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm: Allow to offline unmovable PageOffline() pages via MEM_GOING_OFFLINE 2020-06-04 15:36:52 -04:00
page_owner.c mm: rename gfpflags_to_migratetype to gfp_migratetype for same convention 2020-06-03 20:09:45 -07:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison.c: fix a typo in a comment 2019-09-24 15:54:08 -07:00
page_reporting.c mm/page_reporting: add budget limit on how many pages can be reported per pass 2020-04-07 10:43:39 -07:00
page_reporting.h mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/page_vma_mapped.c: explicitly compare pfn for normal, hugetlbfs and THP page 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
pagewalk.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
percpu-internal.h percpu: convert chunk hints to be based on pcpu_block_md 2019-03-13 12:25:31 -07:00
percpu-km.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
percpu-stats.c percpu: update copyright emails to dennis@kernel.org 2020-04-01 10:09:12 -07:00
percpu-vm.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
percpu.c mm: remove the pgprot argument to __vmalloc 2020-06-02 10:59:11 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
ptdump.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
readahead.c mm: use memalloc_nofs_save in readahead path 2020-06-02 10:59:07 -07:00
rmap.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
rodata_test.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
shmem.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
shuffle.c mm: adjust shuffle code to allow for future coalescing 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
shuffle.h mm: adjust shuffle code to allow for future coalescing 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
slab.c mm/page_alloc: integrate classzone_idx and high_zoneidx 2020-06-03 20:09:44 -07:00
slab.h mm: kmem: rename (__)memcg_kmem_(un)charge_memcg() to __memcg_kmem_(un)charge() 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
slab_common.c usercopy: mark dma-kmalloc caches as usercopy caches 2020-06-02 10:59:06 -07:00
slob.c mm/sl[uo]b: export __kmalloc_track(_node)_caller 2020-03-26 14:45:51 +01:00
slub.c mm/slub: fix a typo in comment "disambiguiation"->"disambiguation" 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm: don't include asm/pgtable.h if linux/mm.h is already included 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
sparse.c mm: don't include asm/pgtable.h if linux/mm.h is already included 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
swap.c mm: swap: memcg: fix memcg stats for huge pages 2020-06-03 20:09:49 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: memcontrol: make swap tracking an integral part of memory control 2020-06-03 20:09:48 -07:00
swap_slots.c mm/swap_slots.c: assign|reset cache slot by value directly 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
swap_state.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
swapfile.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
truncate.c mm/thp: allow dropping THP from page cache 2019-10-19 06:32:33 -04:00
usercopy.c usercopy: Avoid HIGHMEM pfn warning 2019-09-17 15:20:17 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
util.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
vmacache.c kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract 2020-06-10 19:14:18 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm/vmalloc: fix a typo in comment 2020-06-04 19:06:21 -07:00
vmpressure.c mm: vmpressure: use mem_cgroup_is_root API 2020-04-02 09:35:31 -07:00
vmscan.c mm/vmsan: fix some typos in comment 2020-06-04 19:06:23 -07:00
vmstat.c mm/vmstat.c: convert to use DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE macro 2020-06-04 19:06:26 -07:00
workingset.c mm: vmscan: reclaim writepage is IO cost 2020-06-03 20:09:49 -07:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold: silence kmemleak false positives of slots 2020-05-28 11:35:40 -07:00
zbud.c mm: use false for bool variable 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
zpool.c zpool: add malloc_support_movable to zpool_driver 2019-09-24 15:54:12 -07:00
zsmalloc.c mm: reorder includes after introduction of linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00