On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 13:47, Alexander Potapenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 6:05 AM Walter Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The aux_stack[2] is reused to record the call_rcu() call stack, > > timer init call stack, and enqueuing work call stacks. So that > > we need to change the auxiliary stack title for common title, > > print them in KASAN report. > > > > Signed-off-by: Walter Wu <[email protected]> > > Suggested-by: Marco Elver <[email protected]> > > Acked-by: Marco Elver <[email protected]> > > Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <[email protected]> > > Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov <[email protected]> > > Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <[email protected]> > > Cc: Alexander Potapenko <[email protected]> > > --- > > > > v2: > > - Thanks for Marco suggestion. > > - We modify aux stack title name in KASAN report > > in order to print call_rcu()/timer/workqueue stack. > > > > --- > > mm/kasan/report.c | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c > > index 4f49fa6cd1aa..886809d0a8dd 100644 > > --- a/mm/kasan/report.c > > +++ b/mm/kasan/report.c > > @@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ static void describe_object(struct kmem_cache *cache, > > void *object, > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC > > if (alloc_info->aux_stack[0]) { > > - pr_err("Last call_rcu():\n"); > > + pr_err("Last potentially related work creation:\n"); > > This doesn't have to be a work creation (expect more callers of > kasan_record_aux_stack() in the future), so maybe change the wording > here to "Last potentially related auxiliary stack"?
I suggested "work creation" as it's the most precise for what it is used for now. What other users do you have in mind in future that are not work creation?

