[RFC,v3,21/35] arm64: mte: Disable dynamic tag storage management if HW KASAN is enabled

Commit Message

Alexandru Elisei Jan. 25, 2024, 4:42 p.m. UTC

To be able to reserve the tag storage associated with a tagged page
requires that the tag storage can be migrated, if it's in use for data.

The kernel allocates pages in non-preemptible contexts, which makes
migration impossible. The only user of tagged pages in the kernel is HW
KASAN, so don't use tag storage pages if HW KASAN is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <[e-mail]>
---

Changes since rfc v2:

* Expanded commit message (David Hildenbrand)

 arch/arm64/kernel/mte_tag_storage.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Patch

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte_tag_storage.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte_tag_storage.c
index 90b157132efa..9a1a8a45171e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte_tag_storage.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte_tag_storage.c
@@ -256,6 +256,16 @@  void __init mte_init_tag_storage(void)
 		goto out_disabled;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The kernel allocates memory in non-preemptible contexts, which makes
+	 * migration impossible when reserving the associated tag storage. The
+	 * only in-kernel user of tagged pages is HW KASAN.
+	 */
+	if (kasan_hw_tags_enabled()) {
+		pr_info("KASAN HW tags incompatible with MTE tag storage management");
+		goto out_disabled;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Check that tag storage is addressable by the kernel.
 	 * cma_init_reserved_mem(), unlike cma_declare_contiguous_nid(), doesn't