From: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk>,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] x86/word-at-a-time: Instrument load_unaligned_zeropad()
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:03:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911070346.801948-3-morbo@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911070346.801948-1-morbo@google.com>
load_unaligned_zeropad() is implemented as inline asm plus an
exception table entry on every architecture, so the compiler never
sees the actual memory access and cannot emit KASAN/KCSAN
instrumentation for it.
Resurrect the instrumentation that was lost when migrating from
read_word_at_a_time() by renaming load_unaligned_zeropad() to
arch_load_unaligned_zeropad() and adding a common instrumented
load_unaligned_zeropad() in the new
asm-generic/word-at-a-time-instrumented.h, pulled in from the bottom
of asm/word-at-a-time.h. This mirrors the existing
arch_atomic_*()/atomic_*() split in linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h,
where the arch_* version is the raw, uninstrumented primitive and the
plain name is the instrumented one everyone should call.
The wrapper is __always_inline, so it compiles down to exactly the
same inline asm as before plus instrument_read() -- confirmed via
objdump that no calls or relocations to load_unaligned_zeropad(),
instrument_read(), or the KASAN/KCSAN check functions remain when
KASAN and KCSAN are both disabled.
Convert x86 to the new split here. Follow-up patches convert the
remaining architectures (arm64, arm, riscv, s390, powerpc) that
implement load_unaligned_zeropad().
Fixes: d94c12bd97d5 ("string: Add load_unaligned_zeropad() code path to sized_strscpy()")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-5
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
---
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org
---
arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h | 4 ++-
.../asm-generic/word-at-a-time-instrumented.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time-instrumented.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
index 422a47746657..483d27dc96b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static inline unsigned long find_zero(unsigned long mask)
* and the next page not being mapped, take the exception and
* return zeroes in the non-existing part.
*/
-static inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
+static inline unsigned long arch_load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
{
unsigned long ret;
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ static inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
return ret;
}
+#include <asm-generic/word-at-a-time-instrumented.h>
+
#endif /* _ASM_WORD_AT_A_TIME_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time-instrumented.h b/include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time-instrumented.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a66d53bf538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time-instrumented.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_WORD_AT_A_TIME_INSTRUMENTED_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_WORD_AT_A_TIME_INSTRUMENTED_H
+
+#include <linux/instrumented.h>
+
+/*
+ * Each arch's asm/word-at-a-time.h defines arch_load_unaligned_zeropad()
+ * as inline asm plus an exception table entry, so the compiler never sees
+ * the actual memory access and cannot emit KASAN/KCSAN instrumentation
+ * for it. Provide the common, instrumented load_unaligned_zeropad() that
+ * every caller uses by wrapping the arch version with instrument_read().
+ *
+ * This is marked __always_inline, and arch_load_unaligned_zeropad() is
+ * itself a tiny inline-asm-only function, so this compiles down to the
+ * same inline asm as before plus instrument_read() (which itself compiles
+ * to nothing when KASAN and KCSAN are both disabled) -- no actual call.
+ */
+static __always_inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
+{
+ instrument_read(addr, 1);
+ return arch_load_unaligned_zeropad(addr);
+}
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_WORD_AT_A_TIME_INSTRUMENTED_H */
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 7:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 7:03 [PATCH 0/7] kasan: Add KUnit config and fix missing instrumentation in load_unaligned_zeropad() Bill Wendling
2026-09-11 7:03 ` [PATCH 1/7] kasan: Add .kunitconfig for KUnit tests Bill Wendling
2026-09-11 7:03 ` Bill Wendling [this message]
2026-09-11 7:03 ` [PATCH 3/7] arm64/word-at-a-time: Instrument load_unaligned_zeropad() Bill Wendling
2026-09-11 7:03 ` [PATCH 4/7] arm/word-at-a-time: " Bill Wendling
2026-09-11 7:03 ` [PATCH 5/7] riscv/word-at-a-time: " Bill Wendling
2026-09-11 7:03 ` [PATCH 6/7] s390/word-at-a-time: " Bill Wendling
2026-09-11 7:03 ` [PATCH 7/7] powerpc/word-at-a-time: " Bill Wendling
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