Re: [PATCH mm] kasan: print virtual mapping info in reports

From: Marco Elver
Date: Wed Feb 16 2022 - 18:26:40 EST


On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 at 21:42, Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 8:31 PM Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 at 20:01, <andrey.konovalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Print virtual mapping range and its creator in reports affecting virtual
> > > mappings.
> > >
> > > Also get physical page pointer for such mappings, so page information
> > > gets printed as well.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Note: no need to merge this patch into any of the KASAN vmalloc patches
> > > that are already in mm, better to keep it separate.
> > > ---
> > > mm/kasan/report.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c
> > > index 137c2c0b09db..8002fb3c417d 100644
> > > --- a/mm/kasan/report.c
> > > +++ b/mm/kasan/report.c
> > > @@ -260,8 +260,18 @@ static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag)
> > > pr_err(" %pS\n", addr);
> > > }
> > >
> > > + if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr)) {
> > > + struct vm_struct *va = find_vm_area(addr);
> > > +
> > > + pr_err("The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at\n"
> > > + " [%px, %px) created by:\n"
> > > + " %pS\n", va->addr, va->addr + va->size, va->caller);
> >
> > Can you show an example of what this looks like?
>
> [ 20.883723] The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at
> [ 20.883723] [ffff8000081c9000, ffff8000081cb000) created by:
> [ 20.883723] vmalloc_oob+0xd8/0x4dc
>
> > It's not showing a stack trace,
>
> No, only a single frame.
>
> > so why not continue the line and just say "... created by: %pS\n"
>
> Putting it on a separate line makes the line lengths looks more balanced.
>
> Also, printing a frame on a separate line is consistent with the rest
> of KASAN reporting code.

That's reasonable, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>