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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index 38fd5681fade..c09c9ca2ff1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ KASAN uses compile-time instrumentation to insert validity checks before every memory access, and therefore requires a compiler version that supports that. Generic KASAN is supported in both GCC and Clang. With GCC it requires version -8.3.0 or later. With Clang it requires version 7.0.0 or later, but detection of +8.3.0 or later. Any supported Clang version is compatible, but detection of out-of-bounds accesses for global variables is only supported since Clang 11. -Tag-based KASAN is only supported in Clang and requires version 7.0.0 or later. +Tag-based KASAN is only supported in Clang. Currently generic KASAN is supported for the x86_64, arm64, xtensa, s390 and riscv architectures, and tag-based KASAN is supported only for arm64. @@ -281,3 +281,73 @@ unmapped. This will require changes in arch-specific code. This allows ``VMAP_STACK`` support on x86, and can simplify support of architectures that do not have a fixed module region. + +CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST & CONFIG_TEST_KASAN_MODULE +-------------------------------------------------- + +``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` utilizes the KUnit Test Framework for testing. +This means each test focuses on a small unit of functionality and +there are a few ways these tests can be run. + +Each test will print the KASAN report if an error is detected and then +print the number of the test and the status of the test: + +pass:: + + ok 28 - kmalloc_double_kzfree +or, if kmalloc failed:: + + # kmalloc_large_oob_right: ASSERTION FAILED at lib/test_kasan.c:163 + Expected ptr is not null, but is + not ok 4 - kmalloc_large_oob_right +or, if a KASAN report was expected, but not found:: + + # 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 + +All test statuses are tracked as they run and an overall status will +be printed at the end:: + + ok 1 - kasan + +or:: + + not ok 1 - kasan + +(1) Loadable Module +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` enabled, ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` can be built as +a loadable module and run on any architecture that supports KASAN +using something like insmod or modprobe. The module is called ``test_kasan``. + +(2) Built-In +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` built-in, ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` can be built-in +on any architecure that supports KASAN. These and any other KUnit +tests enabled will run and print the results at boot as a late-init +call. + +(3) Using kunit_tool +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` and ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` built-in, we can also +use kunit_tool to see the results of these along with other KUnit +tests in a more readable way. This will not print the KASAN reports +of tests that passed. Use `KUnit documentation <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kunit/index.html>`_ for more up-to-date +information on kunit_tool. + +.. _KUnit: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kunit/index.html + +``CONFIG_TEST_KASAN_MODULE`` is a set of KASAN tests that could not be +converted to KUnit. These tests can be run only as a module with +``CONFIG_TEST_KASAN_MODULE`` built as a loadable module and +``CONFIG_KASAN`` built-in. The type of error expected and the +function being run is printed before the expression expected to give +an error. Then the error is printed, if found, and that test +should be interpretted to pass only if the error was the one expected +by the test. |