Re: [PATCH] x86: suppress KMSAN reports in arch_within_stack_frames()

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Thu Jan 12 2023 - 00:40:52 EST


On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 09:40:45PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 06:23:05PM +0100, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> > arch_within_stack_frames() performs stack walking and may confuse
> > KMSAN by stepping on stale shadow values. To prevent false positive
> > reports, disable KMSAN checks in this function.
> >
> > This fixes KMSAN's interoperability with CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/google/kmsan/issues/89
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y3b9AAEKp2Vr3e6O@sol.localdomain/
> > Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> Tested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>

Can this patch be applied to the x86 tree, please?

- Eric