kasan-only-apply-__gfp_zerotags-when-memory-is-zeroed.patch removed from -mm tree
The patch titled
Subject: kasan: only apply __GFP_ZEROTAGS when memory is zeroed
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kasan-only-apply-__gfp_zerotags-when-memory-is-zeroed.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Andrey Konovalov <[email protected]>
Subject: kasan: only apply __GFP_ZEROTAGS when memory is zeroed
__GFP_ZEROTAGS should only be effective if memory is being zeroed. Currently, hardware tag-based KASAN violates this requirement.
Fix by including an initialization check along with checking for __GFP_ZEROTAGS.
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mm/kasan/hw_tags.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
mm/kasan/hw_tags.c renamed from mm/kasan/hw_tags.c~kasan-only-apply-__gfp_zerotags-when-memory-is-zeroed +2 -1
@@ -199,11 +199,12 @@ void kasan_alloc_pages(struct page *page* page_alloc.c. */ bool init = !want_init_on_free () &&want_init_on_alloc (flags); +bool init_tags = init && (flags & __GFP_ZEROTAGS);if (flags & __GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON)SetPageSkipKASanPoison (page); -if (flags & __GFP_ZEROTAGS) { +if (init_tags) {int i;for (i =0 ; i !=1 << order; ++i)
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are
stacktrace-add-interface-based-on-shadow-call-stack.patch arm64-scs-save-scs_sp-values-per-cpu-when-switching-stacks.patch arm64-implement-stack_trace_save_shadow.patch kasan-use-stack_trace_save_shadow.patch