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| author | Ulises Mendez Martinez <umendez@google.com> | 2026-09-04 15:07:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2026-09-13 18:15:43 -0700 |
| commit | 7e61560628d17ea6b1d8ee370f6d42694cff8758 (patch) | |
| tree | e6080164b2f4c4c419894bdb3ce4d956ca9a98c5 /lib/Kconfig.kfence | |
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objtool: Validate disassembler headers in libopcodes probegrafted
commit 3f2de814c059 ("objtool: Fix libopcodes linking with static libraries")
tested for libopcodes availability by linking a test snippet with a forward
declaration of disassemble_init_for_target().
However, testing symbol linkage with an extern declaration only verifies
the presence of the library (.so/.a) and bypasses checking for development
headers (binutils-dev). On systems where libopcodes is present without
development headers installed, the probe succeeds, enabling BUILD_DISAS.
Subsequent compilation of objtool then fails:
fatal error: 'bfd.h' file not found
113 | #include <bfd.h>
Additionally, the probe invokes $(HOSTCC) without $(HOSTCFLAGS), ignoring
any sysroot or include flags specified for the host compiler.
Fix this by including <bfd.h> and <dis-asm.h> directly in the test snippet,
passing $(HOSTCFLAGS) so host compiler options are respected, and defining
PACKAGE="objtool" to satisfy the configuration check in <bfd.h>.
Fixes: 3f2de814c059 ("objtool: Fix libopcodes linking with static libraries")
Fixes: 436326bc525d ("objtool: fix build failure due to missing libopcodes check")
Reported-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Assisted-by: Antigravity:Gemini-Next
Signed-off-by: Ulises Mendez Martinez <umendez@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260904150710.2997558-1-umendez@google.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.kfence')
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1 files changed, 99 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kfence b/lib/Kconfig.kfence new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6fbbebec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/Kconfig.kfence @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +config HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE + bool + +menuconfig KFENCE + bool "KFENCE: low-overhead sampling-based memory safety error detector" + depends on HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE + select STACKTRACE + select IRQ_WORK + help + KFENCE is a low-overhead sampling-based detector of heap out-of-bounds + access, use-after-free, and invalid-free errors. KFENCE is designed + to have negligible cost to permit enabling it in production + environments. + + See <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst> for more details. + + Note that, KFENCE is not a substitute for explicit testing with tools + such as KASAN. KFENCE can detect a subset of bugs that KASAN can + detect, albeit at very different performance profiles. If you can + afford to use KASAN, continue using KASAN, for example in test + environments. If your kernel targets production use, and cannot + enable KASAN due to its cost, consider using KFENCE. + +if KFENCE + +config KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL + int "Default sample interval in milliseconds" + default 100 + help + The KFENCE sample interval determines the frequency with which heap + allocations will be guarded by KFENCE. May be overridden via boot + parameter "kfence.sample_interval". + + Set this to 0 to disable KFENCE by default, in which case only + setting "kfence.sample_interval" to a non-zero value enables KFENCE. + +config KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS + int "Number of guarded objects available" + range 1 65535 + default 255 + help + The number of guarded objects available. For each KFENCE object, 2 + pages are required; with one containing the object and two adjacent + ones used as guard pages. + +config KFENCE_DEFERRABLE + bool "Use a deferrable timer to trigger allocations" + help + Use a deferrable timer to trigger allocations. This avoids forcing + CPU wake-ups if the system is idle, at the risk of a less predictable + sample interval. + + Warning: The KUnit test suite fails with this option enabled - due to + the unpredictability of the sample interval! + + Say N if you are unsure. + +config KFENCE_STATIC_KEYS + bool "Use static keys to set up allocations" if EXPERT + depends on JUMP_LABEL + help + Use static keys (static branches) to set up KFENCE allocations. This + option is only recommended when using very large sample intervals, or + performance has carefully been evaluated with this option. + + Using static keys comes with trade-offs that need to be carefully + evaluated given target workloads and system architectures. Notably, + enabling and disabling static keys invoke IPI broadcasts, the latency + and impact of which is much harder to predict than a dynamic branch. + + Say N if you are unsure. + +config KFENCE_STRESS_TEST_FAULTS + int "Stress testing of fault handling and error reporting" if EXPERT + default 0 + help + The inverse probability with which to randomly protect KFENCE object + pages, resulting in spurious use-after-frees. The main purpose of + this option is to stress test KFENCE with concurrent error reports + and allocations/frees. A value of 0 disables stress testing logic. + + Only for KFENCE testing; set to 0 if you are not a KFENCE developer. + +config KFENCE_KUNIT_TEST + tristate "KFENCE integration test suite" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS + default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS + depends on TRACEPOINTS && KUNIT + help + Test suite for KFENCE, testing various error detection scenarios with + various allocation types, and checking that reports are correctly + output to console. + + Say Y here if you want the test to be built into the kernel and run + during boot; say M if you want the test to build as a module; say N + if you are unsure. + +endif # KFENCE |
