[PATCH v2] mm: kmsan: remove runtime checks from kmsan_unpoison_memory()

From: Alexander Potapenko
Date: Wed Jan 24 2024 - 12:33:31 EST


Similarly to what's been done in commit ff444efbbb9be ("kmsan: allow
using __msan_instrument_asm_store() inside runtime"), it should be safe
to call kmsan_unpoison_memory() from within the runtime, as it does not
allocate memory or take locks. Remove the redundant runtime checks.

This should fix false positives seen with CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y when
the non-instrumented lib/stackdepot.c failed to unpoison the memory
chunks later checked by the instrumented lib/list_debug.c

Also replace the implementation of kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs() with
a call to kmsan_unpoison_memory().

Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicholas Miehlbradt <nicholas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/kmsan/hooks.c | 36 +++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kmsan/hooks.c b/mm/kmsan/hooks.c
index 5d6e2dee5692a..0b09daa188ef6 100644
--- a/mm/kmsan/hooks.c
+++ b/mm/kmsan/hooks.c
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ void kmsan_handle_dma_sg(struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
}

/* Functions from kmsan-checks.h follow. */
+
+/*
+ * To create an origin, kmsan_poison_memory() unwinds the stacks and stores it
+ * into the stack depot. This may cause deadlocks if done from within KMSAN
+ * runtime, therefore we bail out if kmsan_in_runtime().
+ */
void kmsan_poison_memory(const void *address, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
if (!kmsan_enabled || kmsan_in_runtime())
@@ -371,47 +377,31 @@ void kmsan_poison_memory(const void *address, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmsan_poison_memory);

+/*
+ * Unlike kmsan_poison_memory(), this function can be used from within KMSAN
+ * runtime, because it does not trigger allocations or call instrumented code.
+ */
void kmsan_unpoison_memory(const void *address, size_t size)
{
unsigned long ua_flags;

- if (!kmsan_enabled || kmsan_in_runtime())
+ if (!kmsan_enabled)
return;

ua_flags = user_access_save();
- kmsan_enter_runtime();
/* The users may want to poison/unpoison random memory. */
kmsan_internal_unpoison_memory((void *)address, size,
KMSAN_POISON_NOCHECK);
- kmsan_leave_runtime();
user_access_restore(ua_flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmsan_unpoison_memory);

/*
- * Version of kmsan_unpoison_memory() that can be called from within the KMSAN
- * runtime.
- *
- * Non-instrumented IRQ entry functions receive struct pt_regs from assembly
- * code. Those regs need to be unpoisoned, otherwise using them will result in
- * false positives.
- * Using kmsan_unpoison_memory() is not an option in entry code, because the
- * return value of in_task() is inconsistent - as a result, certain calls to
- * kmsan_unpoison_memory() are ignored. kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs() ensures that
- * the registers are unpoisoned even if kmsan_in_runtime() is true in the early
- * entry code.
+ * Version of kmsan_unpoison_memory() called from IRQ entry functions.
*/
void kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs(const struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- unsigned long ua_flags;
-
- if (!kmsan_enabled)
- return;
-
- ua_flags = user_access_save();
- kmsan_internal_unpoison_memory((void *)regs, sizeof(*regs),
- KMSAN_POISON_NOCHECK);
- user_access_restore(ua_flags);
+ kmsan_unpoison_memory((void *)regs, sizeof(*regs));
}

void kmsan_check_memory(const void *addr, size_t size)
--
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