Re: [PATCH 09/11] kasan: docs: update shadow memory section

From: Andrey Konovalov
Date: Fri Mar 12 2021 - 08:54:02 EST


On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:52 AM Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:37PM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> [...]
> > -The kernel maps memory in a number of different parts of the address
> > -space. This poses something of a problem for KASAN, which requires
> > -that all addresses accessed by instrumented code have a valid shadow
> > -region.
> > -
> > -The range of kernel virtual addresses is large: there is not enough
> > -real memory to support a real shadow region for every address that
> > -could be accessed by the kernel.
> > +The kernel maps memory in several different parts of the address space.
> > +The range of kernel virtual addresses is large: there is not enough real
> > +memory to support a real shadow region for every address that could be
> > +accessed by the kernel. Therefore, KASAN only maps real shadow for certain
> > +parts of the address space.
> >
> > By default
> > ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> While we're here, can we change this "By default" heading which seems
> wrong -- the paragraph starts with "By default, ..." as well.
>
> Perhaps "Default Behaviour"?

Sounds good, thanks!