mm: clarify CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING and usage
The Kconfig text for CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING doesn't mention that it has to be enabled explicitly. This updates the documentation for that and adds a note about CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING to the "page_poison" command line docs. While here, change description of CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_ZERO too, as it's not "random" data, but rather the fixed debugging value that would be used when not zeroing. Additionally removes a stray "bool" in the Kconfig. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725223832.GA43733@beast Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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on: enable the feature
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page_poison= [KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
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poisoning on the buddy allocator.
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off: turn off poisoning
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poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
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CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
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off: turn off poisoning (default)
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on: turn on poisoning
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panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
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@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ config PAGE_POISONING
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Fill the pages with poison patterns after free_pages() and verify
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the patterns before alloc_pages. The filling of the memory helps
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reduce the risk of information leaks from freed data. This does
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have a potential performance impact.
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have a potential performance impact if enabled with the
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"page_poison=1" kernel boot option.
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Note that "poison" here is not the same thing as the "HWPoison"
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for CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE. This is software poisoning only.
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@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ config PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY
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say N.
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config PAGE_POISONING_ZERO
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bool "Use zero for poisoning instead of random data"
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bool "Use zero for poisoning instead of debugging value"
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depends on PAGE_POISONING
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---help---
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Instead of using the existing poison value, fill the pages with
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allocation.
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If unsure, say N
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bool
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config DEBUG_PAGE_REF
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bool "Enable tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation"
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