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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst index 323eedad53cd..6a48d96c5c85 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst @@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ in the Makefile. Think of this as applying ``__no_sanitize_memory`` to every function in the file or directory. Most users won't need KMSAN_SANITIZE, unless their code gets broken by KMSAN (e.g. runs at early boot time). +KMSAN checks can also be temporarily disabled for the current task using +``kmsan_disable_current()`` and ``kmsan_enable_current()`` calls. Each +``kmsan_enable_current()`` call must be preceded by a +``kmsan_disable_current()`` call; these call pairs may be nested. One needs to +be careful with these calls, keeping the regions short and preferring other +ways to disable instrumentation, where possible. + Support ======= @@ -338,11 +345,11 @@ Per-task KMSAN state ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every task_struct has an associated KMSAN task state that holds the KMSAN -context (see above) and a per-task flag disallowing KMSAN reports:: +context (see above) and a per-task counter disallowing KMSAN reports:: struct kmsan_context { ... - bool allow_reporting; + unsigned int depth; struct kmsan_context_state cstate; ... } |