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1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
2 /*
3  * Special rules for ignoring entire classes of data-racy memory accesses. None
4  * of the rules here imply that such data races are generally safe!
5  *
6  * All rules in this file can be configured via CONFIG_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE. Keep
7  * them separate from core code to make it easier to audit.
8  *
9  * Copyright (C) 2019, Google LLC.
10  */
11 
12 #ifndef _KERNEL_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE_H
13 #define _KERNEL_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE_H
14 
15 #include <linux/bitops.h>
16 #include <linux/sched.h>
17 #include <linux/types.h>
18 
19 /*
20  * Access ignore rules based on address.
21  */
22 static __always_inline bool kcsan_ignore_address(const volatile void *ptr)
23 {
24 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE))
25 		return false;
26 
27 	/*
28 	 * Data-racy bitops on current->flags are too common, ignore completely
29 	 * for now.
30 	 */
31 	return ptr == &current->flags;
32 }
33 
34 /*
35  * Data race ignore rules based on access type and value change patterns.
36  */
37 static bool
38 kcsan_ignore_data_race(size_t size, int type, u64 old, u64 new, u64 diff)
39 {
40 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE))
41 		return false;
42 
43 	/*
44 	 * Rules here are only for plain read accesses, so that we still report
45 	 * data races between plain read-write accesses.
46 	 */
47 	if (type || size > sizeof(long))
48 		return false;
49 
50 	/*
51 	 * A common pattern is checking/setting just 1 bit in a variable; for
52 	 * example:
53 	 *
54 	 *	if (flags & SOME_FLAG) { ... }
55 	 *
56 	 * and elsewhere flags is updated concurrently:
57 	 *
58 	 *	flags |= SOME_OTHER_FLAG; // just 1 bit
59 	 *
60 	 * While it is still recommended that such accesses be marked
61 	 * appropriately, in many cases these types of data races are so common
62 	 * that marking them all is often unrealistic and left to maintainer
63 	 * preference.
64 	 *
65 	 * The assumption in all cases is that with all known compiler
66 	 * optimizations (including those that tear accesses), because no more
67 	 * than 1 bit changed, the plain accesses are safe despite the presence
68 	 * of data races.
69 	 *
70 	 * The rules here will ignore the data races if we observe no more than
71 	 * 1 bit changed.
72 	 *
73 	 * Of course many operations can effecively change just 1 bit, but the
74 	 * general assuption that data races involving 1-bit changes can be
75 	 * tolerated still applies.
76 	 *
77 	 * And in case a true bug is missed, the bug likely manifests as a
78 	 * reportable data race elsewhere.
79 	 */
80 	if (hweight64(diff) == 1) {
81 		/*
82 		 * Exception: Report data races where the values look like
83 		 * ordinary booleans (one of them was 0 and the 0th bit was
84 		 * changed) More often than not, they come with interesting
85 		 * memory ordering requirements, so let's report them.
86 		 */
87 		if (!((!old || !new) && diff == 1))
88 			return true;
89 	}
90 
91 	return false;
92 }
93 
94 #endif /* _KERNEL_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE_H */
95