Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] powerpc/mm: prepare kernel for KAsan on PPC32
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:25 PM Christophe Leroy wrote: > > Le 15/01/2019 à 18:10, Dmitry Vyukov a écrit : > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:06 PM Andrey Ryabinin > > wrote: > >> > >> On 1/15/19 2:14 PM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:27 AM Christophe Leroy > >>> wrote: > On 01/14/2019 09:34 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:16 PM Christophe Leroy > > wrote: > > > > > > In kernel/cputable.c, explicitly use memcpy() in order > > > to allow GCC to replace it with __memcpy() when KASAN is > > > selected. > > > > > > Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once > > cache is > > > enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache, > > > so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > > > --- > > > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++-- > > > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 6 ++ > > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > > index 1eab54bc6ee9..84814c8d1bcb 100644 > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > > @@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec > > *s) > > > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; > > > > > > t = PTRRELOC(t); > > > - *t = *s; > > > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); > > > > Hi Christophe, > > > > I understand why you are doing this, but this looks a bit fragile and > > non-scalable. This may not work with the next version of compiler, > > just different than yours version of compiler, clang, etc. > > My felling would be that this change makes it more solid. > > My understanding is that when you do *t = *s, the compiler can use > whatever way it wants to do the copy. > When you do memcpy(), you ensure it will do it that way and not another > way, don't you ? > >>> > >>> It makes this single line more deterministic wrt code-gen (though, > >>> strictly saying compiler can turn memcpy back into inlines > >>> instructions, it knows memcpy semantics anyway). > >>> But the problem I meant is that the set of places that are subject to > >>> this problem is not deterministic. So if we go with this solution, > >>> after this change it's in the status "works on your machine" and we > >>> either need to commit to not using struct copies and zeroing > >>> throughout kernel code or potentially have a long tail of other > >>> similar cases, and since they can be triggered by another compiler > >>> version, we may need to backport these changes to previous releases > >>> too. Whereas if we would go with compiler flags, it would prevent the > >>> problem in all current and future places and with other past/future > >>> versions of compilers. > >>> > >> > >> The patch will work for any compiler. The point of this patch is to make > >> memcpy() visible to the preprocessor which will replace it with __memcpy(). > > > > For this single line, yes. But it does not mean that KASAN will work. > > > >> After preprocessor's work, compiler will see just __memcpy() call here. > > This problem can affect any arch I believe. Maybe the 'solution' would > be to run a generic script similar to > arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh on all objects compiled with > KASAN_SANITIZE_object.o := n don't include any reference to memcpy() > memset() or memmove() ? We do this when building user-space sanitizers runtime. There all code always runs with sanitizer enabled, but at the same time must not be instrumented. So we committed to changing all possible memcpy/memset injection points and have a script that checks that we indeed have no such calls at any paths. There problem is a bit simpler as we don't have gazillion combinations of configs and the runtime is usually self-hosted (as it is bundled with compiler), so we know what compiler is used to build it. And that all is checked on CI. I don't know how much work it is to do the same for kernel, though. Adding -ffreestanding, if worked, looked like a cheap option to achieve the same. Another option is to insert checks into KASAN's memcpy/memset that at least some early init has completed. If early init hasn't finished yet, then they could skip all additional work besides just doing memcpy/memset. We can't afford this for memory access instrumentation for performance reasons, but it should be bearable for memcpy/memset.
Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] powerpc/mm: prepare kernel for KAsan on PPC32
Le 15/01/2019 à 18:10, Dmitry Vyukov a écrit : On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:06 PM Andrey Ryabinin wrote: On 1/15/19 2:14 PM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:27 AM Christophe Leroy wrote: On 01/14/2019 09:34 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:16 PM Christophe Leroy wrote: > > In kernel/cputable.c, explicitly use memcpy() in order > to allow GCC to replace it with __memcpy() when KASAN is > selected. > > Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once cache is > enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache, > so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS. > > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++-- > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 6 ++ > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > index 1eab54bc6ee9..84814c8d1bcb 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > @@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec *s) > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; > > t = PTRRELOC(t); > - *t = *s; > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); Hi Christophe, I understand why you are doing this, but this looks a bit fragile and non-scalable. This may not work with the next version of compiler, just different than yours version of compiler, clang, etc. My felling would be that this change makes it more solid. My understanding is that when you do *t = *s, the compiler can use whatever way it wants to do the copy. When you do memcpy(), you ensure it will do it that way and not another way, don't you ? It makes this single line more deterministic wrt code-gen (though, strictly saying compiler can turn memcpy back into inlines instructions, it knows memcpy semantics anyway). But the problem I meant is that the set of places that are subject to this problem is not deterministic. So if we go with this solution, after this change it's in the status "works on your machine" and we either need to commit to not using struct copies and zeroing throughout kernel code or potentially have a long tail of other similar cases, and since they can be triggered by another compiler version, we may need to backport these changes to previous releases too. Whereas if we would go with compiler flags, it would prevent the problem in all current and future places and with other past/future versions of compilers. The patch will work for any compiler. The point of this patch is to make memcpy() visible to the preprocessor which will replace it with __memcpy(). For this single line, yes. But it does not mean that KASAN will work. After preprocessor's work, compiler will see just __memcpy() call here. This problem can affect any arch I believe. Maybe the 'solution' would be to run a generic script similar to arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh on all objects compiled with KASAN_SANITIZE_object.o := n don't include any reference to memcpy() memset() or memmove() ? Christophe
Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] powerpc/mm: prepare kernel for KAsan on PPC32
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:06 PM Andrey Ryabinin wrote: > > > > On 1/15/19 2:14 PM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:27 AM Christophe Leroy > > wrote: > >> On 01/14/2019 09:34 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > >>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:16 PM Christophe Leroy > >>> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > In kernel/cputable.c, explicitly use memcpy() in order > >>> > to allow GCC to replace it with __memcpy() when KASAN is > >>> > selected. > >>> > > >>> > Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once > >>> cache is > >>> > enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache, > >>> > so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS. > >>> > > >>> > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > >>> > --- > >>> > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++-- > >>> > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 6 ++ > >>> > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > >>> > > >>> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > >>> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > >>> > index 1eab54bc6ee9..84814c8d1bcb 100644 > >>> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > >>> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > >>> > @@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec > >>> *s) > >>> > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; > >>> > > >>> > t = PTRRELOC(t); > >>> > - *t = *s; > >>> > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); > >>> > >>> Hi Christophe, > >>> > >>> I understand why you are doing this, but this looks a bit fragile and > >>> non-scalable. This may not work with the next version of compiler, > >>> just different than yours version of compiler, clang, etc. > >> > >> My felling would be that this change makes it more solid. > >> > >> My understanding is that when you do *t = *s, the compiler can use > >> whatever way it wants to do the copy. > >> When you do memcpy(), you ensure it will do it that way and not another > >> way, don't you ? > > > > It makes this single line more deterministic wrt code-gen (though, > > strictly saying compiler can turn memcpy back into inlines > > instructions, it knows memcpy semantics anyway). > > But the problem I meant is that the set of places that are subject to > > this problem is not deterministic. So if we go with this solution, > > after this change it's in the status "works on your machine" and we > > either need to commit to not using struct copies and zeroing > > throughout kernel code or potentially have a long tail of other > > similar cases, and since they can be triggered by another compiler > > version, we may need to backport these changes to previous releases > > too. Whereas if we would go with compiler flags, it would prevent the > > problem in all current and future places and with other past/future > > versions of compilers. > > > > The patch will work for any compiler. The point of this patch is to make > memcpy() visible to the preprocessor which will replace it with __memcpy(). For this single line, yes. But it does not mean that KASAN will work. > After preprocessor's work, compiler will see just __memcpy() call here.
Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] powerpc/mm: prepare kernel for KAsan on PPC32
On 1/15/19 2:14 PM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:27 AM Christophe Leroy > wrote: >> On 01/14/2019 09:34 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:16 PM Christophe Leroy >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > In kernel/cputable.c, explicitly use memcpy() in order >>> > to allow GCC to replace it with __memcpy() when KASAN is >>> > selected. >>> > >>> > Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once >>> cache is >>> > enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache, >>> > so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS. >>> > >>> > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy >>> > --- >>> > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++-- >>> > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 6 ++ >>> > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >>> > >>> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c >>> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c >>> > index 1eab54bc6ee9..84814c8d1bcb 100644 >>> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c >>> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c >>> > @@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec *s) >>> > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; >>> > >>> > t = PTRRELOC(t); >>> > - *t = *s; >>> > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); >>> >>> Hi Christophe, >>> >>> I understand why you are doing this, but this looks a bit fragile and >>> non-scalable. This may not work with the next version of compiler, >>> just different than yours version of compiler, clang, etc. >> >> My felling would be that this change makes it more solid. >> >> My understanding is that when you do *t = *s, the compiler can use >> whatever way it wants to do the copy. >> When you do memcpy(), you ensure it will do it that way and not another >> way, don't you ? > > It makes this single line more deterministic wrt code-gen (though, > strictly saying compiler can turn memcpy back into inlines > instructions, it knows memcpy semantics anyway). > But the problem I meant is that the set of places that are subject to > this problem is not deterministic. So if we go with this solution, > after this change it's in the status "works on your machine" and we > either need to commit to not using struct copies and zeroing > throughout kernel code or potentially have a long tail of other > similar cases, and since they can be triggered by another compiler > version, we may need to backport these changes to previous releases > too. Whereas if we would go with compiler flags, it would prevent the > problem in all current and future places and with other past/future > versions of compilers. > The patch will work for any compiler. The point of this patch is to make memcpy() visible to the preprocessor which will replace it with __memcpy(). After preprocessor's work, compiler will see just __memcpy() call here.
Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] powerpc/mm: prepare kernel for KAsan on PPC32
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:27 AM Christophe Leroy wrote: > > > > On 01/14/2019 09:34 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:16 PM Christophe Leroy > > wrote: > > > > > > In kernel/cputable.c, explicitly use memcpy() in order > > > to allow GCC to replace it with __memcpy() when KASAN is > > > selected. > > > > > > Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once > > cache is > > > enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache, > > > so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > > > --- > > > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++-- > > > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 6 ++ > > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > > index 1eab54bc6ee9..84814c8d1bcb 100644 > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > > > @@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec *s) > > > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; > > > > > > t = PTRRELOC(t); > > > - *t = *s; > > > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); > > > > Hi Christophe, > > > > I understand why you are doing this, but this looks a bit fragile and > > non-scalable. This may not work with the next version of compiler, > > just different than yours version of compiler, clang, etc. > > My felling would be that this change makes it more solid. > > My understanding is that when you do *t = *s, the compiler can use > whatever way it wants to do the copy. > When you do memcpy(), you ensure it will do it that way and not another > way, don't you ? It makes this single line more deterministic wrt code-gen (though, strictly saying compiler can turn memcpy back into inlines instructions, it knows memcpy semantics anyway). But the problem I meant is that the set of places that are subject to this problem is not deterministic. So if we go with this solution, after this change it's in the status "works on your machine" and we either need to commit to not using struct copies and zeroing throughout kernel code or potentially have a long tail of other similar cases, and since they can be triggered by another compiler version, we may need to backport these changes to previous releases too. Whereas if we would go with compiler flags, it would prevent the problem in all current and future places and with other past/future versions of compilers. > My problem is that when using *t = *s, the function set_cur_cpu_spec() > always calls memcpy(), not taking into account the following define > which is in arch/powerpc/include/asm/string.h (other arches do the same): > > #if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && !defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__) > /* > * For files that are not instrumented (e.g. mm/slub.c) we > * should use not instrumented version of mem* functions. > */ > #define memcpy(dst, src, len) __memcpy(dst, src, len) > #define memmove(dst, src, len) __memmove(dst, src, len) > #define memset(s, c, n) __memset(s, c, n) > #endif > > void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec *s) > { > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; > > t = PTRRELOC(t); > *t = *s; > > *PTRRELOC(&cur_cpu_spec) = &the_cpu_spec; > } > > : > 0: 94 21 ff f0 stwur1,-16(r1) > 4: 7c 08 02 a6 mflrr0 > 8: bf c1 00 08 stmwr30,8(r1) > c: 3f e0 00 00 lis r31,0 > e: R_PPC_ADDR16_HA .data..read_mostly >10: 3b ff 00 00 addir31,r31,0 > 12: R_PPC_ADDR16_LO .data..read_mostly >14: 7c 7e 1b 78 mr r30,r3 >18: 7f e3 fb 78 mr r3,r31 >1c: 90 01 00 14 stw r0,20(r1) >20: 48 00 00 01 bl 20 > 20: R_PPC_REL24 add_reloc_offset >24: 7f c4 f3 78 mr r4,r30 >28: 38 a0 00 58 li r5,88 >2c: 48 00 00 01 bl 2c > 2c: R_PPC_REL24 memcpy >30: 38 7f 00 58 addir3,r31,88 >34: 48 00 00 01 bl 34 > 34: R_PPC_REL24 add_reloc_offset >38: 93 e3 00 00 stw r31,0(r3) >3c: 80 01 00 14 lwz r0,20(r1) >40: bb c1 00 08 lmw r30,8(r1) >44: 7c 08 03 a6 mtlrr0 >48: 38 21 00 10 addir1,r1,16 >4c: 4e 80 00 20 blr > > > When replacing *t = *s by memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)), GCC replace it by > __memcpy() as expected. > > > > > Does using -ffreestanding and/or -fno-builtin-memcpy (-memset) help? > > No it doesn't and to be honest I can't see how it would. My > understanding is that it could be even worse because it would mean > adding calls to memcpy() also in all trivial places where GCC does the > copy itself by default. The idea was that with -ffreestanding compiler must not assume presence of any runtime support library, so it must not emit
Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] powerpc/mm: prepare kernel for KAsan on PPC32
On 01/14/2019 09:34 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:16 PM Christophe Leroy wrote: > > In kernel/cputable.c, explicitly use memcpy() in order > to allow GCC to replace it with __memcpy() when KASAN is > selected. > > Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once cache is > enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache, > so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS. > > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++-- > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 6 ++ > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > index 1eab54bc6ee9..84814c8d1bcb 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > @@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec *s) > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; > > t = PTRRELOC(t); > - *t = *s; > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); Hi Christophe, I understand why you are doing this, but this looks a bit fragile and non-scalable. This may not work with the next version of compiler, just different than yours version of compiler, clang, etc. My felling would be that this change makes it more solid. My understanding is that when you do *t = *s, the compiler can use whatever way it wants to do the copy. When you do memcpy(), you ensure it will do it that way and not another way, don't you ? My problem is that when using *t = *s, the function set_cur_cpu_spec() always calls memcpy(), not taking into account the following define which is in arch/powerpc/include/asm/string.h (other arches do the same): #if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && !defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__) /* * For files that are not instrumented (e.g. mm/slub.c) we * should use not instrumented version of mem* functions. */ #define memcpy(dst, src, len) __memcpy(dst, src, len) #define memmove(dst, src, len) __memmove(dst, src, len) #define memset(s, c, n) __memset(s, c, n) #endif void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec *s) { struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; t = PTRRELOC(t); *t = *s; *PTRRELOC(&cur_cpu_spec) = &the_cpu_spec; } : 0: 94 21 ff f0 stwur1,-16(r1) 4: 7c 08 02 a6 mflrr0 8: bf c1 00 08 stmwr30,8(r1) c: 3f e0 00 00 lis r31,0 e: R_PPC_ADDR16_HA .data..read_mostly 10: 3b ff 00 00 addir31,r31,0 12: R_PPC_ADDR16_LO .data..read_mostly 14: 7c 7e 1b 78 mr r30,r3 18: 7f e3 fb 78 mr r3,r31 1c: 90 01 00 14 stw r0,20(r1) 20: 48 00 00 01 bl 20 20: R_PPC_REL24 add_reloc_offset 24: 7f c4 f3 78 mr r4,r30 28: 38 a0 00 58 li r5,88 2c: 48 00 00 01 bl 2c 2c: R_PPC_REL24 memcpy 30: 38 7f 00 58 addir3,r31,88 34: 48 00 00 01 bl 34 34: R_PPC_REL24 add_reloc_offset 38: 93 e3 00 00 stw r31,0(r3) 3c: 80 01 00 14 lwz r0,20(r1) 40: bb c1 00 08 lmw r30,8(r1) 44: 7c 08 03 a6 mtlrr0 48: 38 21 00 10 addir1,r1,16 4c: 4e 80 00 20 blr When replacing *t = *s by memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)), GCC replace it by __memcpy() as expected. Does using -ffreestanding and/or -fno-builtin-memcpy (-memset) help? No it doesn't and to be honest I can't see how it would. My understanding is that it could be even worse because it would mean adding calls to memcpy() also in all trivial places where GCC does the copy itself by default. Do you see any alternative ? Christophe If it helps, perhaps it makes sense to add these flags to KASAN_SANITIZE := n files. *PTRRELOC(&cur_cpu_spec) = &the_cpu_spec; } @@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ static struct cpu_spec * __init setup_cpu_spec(unsigned long offset, old = *t; /* Copy everything, then do fixups */ - *t = *s; + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); /* * If we are overriding a previous value derived from the real diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c index 947f904688b0..5e761eb16a6d 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c @@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ notrace unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned long dt_ptr) { unsigned long offset = reloc_offset(); - /* First zero the BSS -- use memset_io, some platforms don't have -* caches on yet */ - memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, - __bss_stop - __bss_start); + /* First zero the BSS */ + memset(PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start); /* * Identify the CPU type and fix up code sections -- 2.13.3
Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] powerpc/mm: prepare kernel for KAsan on PPC32
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:16 PM Christophe Leroy wrote: > > In kernel/cputable.c, explicitly use memcpy() in order > to allow GCC to replace it with __memcpy() when KASAN is > selected. > > Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once cache is > enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache, > so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS. > > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++-- > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 6 ++ > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > index 1eab54bc6ee9..84814c8d1bcb 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > @@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void __init set_cur_cpu_spec(struct cpu_spec *s) > struct cpu_spec *t = &the_cpu_spec; > > t = PTRRELOC(t); > - *t = *s; > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); Hi Christophe, I understand why you are doing this, but this looks a bit fragile and non-scalable. This may not work with the next version of compiler, just different than yours version of compiler, clang, etc. Does using -ffreestanding and/or -fno-builtin-memcpy (-memset) help? If it helps, perhaps it makes sense to add these flags to KASAN_SANITIZE := n files. > *PTRRELOC(&cur_cpu_spec) = &the_cpu_spec; > } > @@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ static struct cpu_spec * __init setup_cpu_spec(unsigned > long offset, > old = *t; > > /* Copy everything, then do fixups */ > - *t = *s; > + memcpy(t, s, sizeof(*t)); > > /* > * If we are overriding a previous value derived from the real > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c > index 947f904688b0..5e761eb16a6d 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c > @@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ notrace unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned long > dt_ptr) > { > unsigned long offset = reloc_offset(); > > - /* First zero the BSS -- use memset_io, some platforms don't have > -* caches on yet */ > - memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, > - __bss_stop - __bss_start); > + /* First zero the BSS */ > + memset(PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start); > > /* > * Identify the CPU type and fix up code sections > -- > 2.13.3 >