dentry_string_cmp() calls read_word_at_a_time(), which might read
uninitialized bytes to optimize string comparisons.
Disabling CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS should prohibit this optimization,
as well as (probably) similar ones.
Suggested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
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Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I4c0073224ac2897cafb8c037362c49dda9cfa133
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arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 4a5d0a0f54dea..aadbb16a59f01 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ config X86
select CLKEVT_I8253
select CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE
select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
- select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
+ # Word-size accesses may read uninitialized data past the trailing \0
+ # in strings and cause false KMSAN reports.
+ select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if !KMSAN
select DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME
select EDAC_ATOMIC_SCRUB
select EDAC_SUPPORT
--
2.37.0.rc0.161.g10f37bed90-goog